It is slowly time for Roses to move out to their new homes and start their new lives.
Ilmari and Fuzzy are the first ones leaving, they are moving out on monday. I am really happy with the parents they have chosen for themselves, we are not losing two Roses, but extending our family for two more membes. I know they will have dream lives, and Ilmari will be protected as the most gentle of all the Roses in a way he deserves to be. They are really loved.
I would let their new parents have them, even if we had a room to keep them, they are a perfect match, their hearts are as warm and their temper as gentle, just as my Roses'.
Why is it so hard to think of saying goodbye then?
It is not just me, Roses are feeling that it is almost the time too.
Fuzzy is my shadow, and Ilmari wants to be carried on the hands all the time, he cries to be lifted or tries to climb by my trousers. He makes biscuits with his paws and digs his head deep in my hands, presses his little nose on me, like he wants to be a baby a bit longer and make a mental print of my touch and my scent for the future use.
On the way home from hospital today I have stopped to buy chickens, today I will make the huge amounts of food for the last time...I will miss dragging home huge amounts of meat, grinding, even scooping the toilets million times a day...I will miss their little paws waking me up in the middle of the night as they want to be cuddled, or they cannot find Ulla and there is an emergency need for milky bar, or their food bowl is empty and they crave a midnight snack...
The house will be all empty without the little Zen master and the Sweetheart boy ( he actually has a heart shape print on his head, thank you Lena for noticing )
Why is it so hard to let go...when we know it is for the best?
I feel like a little Nightingale from the Oscar Wilde's fairy tale...just in this case Roses will end up pampered...and that is what makes me smile through my tears.
O.Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/wilde/330/ ( it has been long into my adult life since I have gathered the strenght to actually read it, I have always concidered it too sad and heartbraking )
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17.4.09
Ilmari, the sweet boy
I am in love with this sweet boy with golden heart from the very beginning, I did not even try to hide it.
He is the only one whose future I have been worried about, as he is so gentle and sweet, I honestly doubt he will ever be capable of taking a good care of himself.
I am so happy with the parents he has chosen for himself, as I know now that he will even not have to...he will be protected and his every wish will be read like it has been in our home.
Girls are...a totally diferent story, they know what they want, and they have a way of showing it :)
Ilmari is...a sweet mum's boy, he is incredibely big for his age, but in his big heart he is still a little boy...as you can see from the photo. ( he is 3 moths old!)
While girls are busy playing he prefers to stay close to Ulla and milky bar.
He is the only one whose future I have been worried about, as he is so gentle and sweet, I honestly doubt he will ever be capable of taking a good care of himself.
I am so happy with the parents he has chosen for himself, as I know now that he will even not have to...he will be protected and his every wish will be read like it has been in our home.
Girls are...a totally diferent story, they know what they want, and they have a way of showing it :)
Ilmari is...a sweet mum's boy, he is incredibely big for his age, but in his big heart he is still a little boy...as you can see from the photo. ( he is 3 moths old!)
While girls are busy playing he prefers to stay close to Ulla and milky bar.
The ocicat look
We were away for a while, but we will try to make it up now.
Babies are growing, Sophia Rose's leg has healed just nicely and she is the gremlin she used to be.
Ulla is still excellent mum, very patient with girls, and above all a boy who is still, even if he is almost her size, regular visitor on the milky bar.
I was so busy with babies past months, it was a little miracle to see them being born and grow...I almost did not have time to admire my sweet beautiful girl. And she is stunning...
Babies are growing, Sophia Rose's leg has healed just nicely and she is the gremlin she used to be.
Ulla is still excellent mum, very patient with girls, and above all a boy who is still, even if he is almost her size, regular visitor on the milky bar.
I was so busy with babies past months, it was a little miracle to see them being born and grow...I almost did not have time to admire my sweet beautiful girl. And she is stunning...
27.3.09
Back from vet
We came back from the vet office half an hour ago.
I am so glad that Sophia Rose is home with us, she is a little brat with big mouth and huuuuge amount of luck.
Her spine in not injured, she has fractures without complications and she has to stay still for 2 weeks and rest.
Is there a bigger punishment for the ocibrat? Or the surounding staff?
We will do all we can to make it easy for her, she already has a little purse in which she will be carried around during the day, and a big transporter box has been transformed into her private quarters.
She really is something, she did not get anything to eat for the whole day, as we expected she will have to go to surgery, it really looked bad...she was hungry to the point of scraming for food. I got her a/d in vet's office, she just tried to covered it and decided to wait until we get home to have a snack.
I am grateful to my friends for helping out, a big hug to the sweetheart who got us the heating pad, it came so handy today. And another hug to the great friend who was a driver, a crying shoulder and a support today, I will never forget that.
I was in such a bad shape, I could not drive...and I did not want to risk returning home alone as I did not know what to expect....
A big thank you, of course goes to clinic in Ljubljana, Tristokomatih, we would just be lost without you!
I am so glad that Sophia Rose is home with us, she is a little brat with big mouth and huuuuge amount of luck.
Her spine in not injured, she has fractures without complications and she has to stay still for 2 weeks and rest.
Is there a bigger punishment for the ocibrat? Or the surounding staff?
We will do all we can to make it easy for her, she already has a little purse in which she will be carried around during the day, and a big transporter box has been transformed into her private quarters.
She really is something, she did not get anything to eat for the whole day, as we expected she will have to go to surgery, it really looked bad...she was hungry to the point of scraming for food. I got her a/d in vet's office, she just tried to covered it and decided to wait until we get home to have a snack.
I am grateful to my friends for helping out, a big hug to the sweetheart who got us the heating pad, it came so handy today. And another hug to the great friend who was a driver, a crying shoulder and a support today, I will never forget that.
I was in such a bad shape, I could not drive...and I did not want to risk returning home alone as I did not know what to expect....
A big thank you, of course goes to clinic in Ljubljana, Tristokomatih, we would just be lost without you!
Sophia Rose has had an accident
Sophia Rose has had an accident today, she felt while coming down from the cat run.
She has injured her back part and behind leg. It does look pretty bad, but vet is convincing us it can look bad and end up just fine.
Kittens have started to climb everywhere and I assumed that if they are able to climb up, they will be able to come down safely.
How wrong I was:(
I confess I panicked when I saw her limping, I was all tears and my brain shut down.
We are taking her to the vet clinic in Slovenia, and we hope for the best.
At home decision has been made, even if the worst scenatio happens, she will stay at home as loving pet.
We have lost a kitten, 5 years ago, due to the elbow fracture, a vet decided to put Max asleep. At the time we did not know better, and we trusted our local vet.
He was even so rude to say I am making a too big drama out of it, as it is only a cat.
We have learned the lesson, unfortunatelly the hard way, and this time we will do all in our powers for Sophia to get the best posible treatment.
I gave her Rescue remedy, Arnica 30 c, a drop of Metacam to take the pain away, and now we wait for the orthopedic surgeon to start working at 4 pm to take her to clinic. She is sleeping now, and does not seem to be in pain at the moment.
Other kittens are fine, they are at this time closed in my brother's bedroom where there is no place they can climb.
I am a bit paranoid now, even a ceiling tall cat tree we have on the coridor which they have been climbing for over a month now, looks like a treat to me.
I know accidents happen and I will have to let them go again to live their lives, I am just to afraid to do so at the moment.
She has injured her back part and behind leg. It does look pretty bad, but vet is convincing us it can look bad and end up just fine.
Kittens have started to climb everywhere and I assumed that if they are able to climb up, they will be able to come down safely.
How wrong I was:(
I confess I panicked when I saw her limping, I was all tears and my brain shut down.
We are taking her to the vet clinic in Slovenia, and we hope for the best.
At home decision has been made, even if the worst scenatio happens, she will stay at home as loving pet.
We have lost a kitten, 5 years ago, due to the elbow fracture, a vet decided to put Max asleep. At the time we did not know better, and we trusted our local vet.
He was even so rude to say I am making a too big drama out of it, as it is only a cat.
We have learned the lesson, unfortunatelly the hard way, and this time we will do all in our powers for Sophia to get the best posible treatment.
I gave her Rescue remedy, Arnica 30 c, a drop of Metacam to take the pain away, and now we wait for the orthopedic surgeon to start working at 4 pm to take her to clinic. She is sleeping now, and does not seem to be in pain at the moment.
Other kittens are fine, they are at this time closed in my brother's bedroom where there is no place they can climb.
I am a bit paranoid now, even a ceiling tall cat tree we have on the coridor which they have been climbing for over a month now, looks like a treat to me.
I know accidents happen and I will have to let them go again to live their lives, I am just to afraid to do so at the moment.
24.3.09
Kittens aiming sky high
Kittens have discovered curtains. They are amasing, it takes them just a couple of seconds to climb all the way up to the ceiling!
They are really keen on adrenaline sports, this one raises heart beat to some members of our family fast and predictable.
Yet, we are persistent in taking them gently off curtains and keeping them busy with something else, and for now it works!
They are really keen on adrenaline sports, this one raises heart beat to some members of our family fast and predictable.
Yet, we are persistent in taking them gently off curtains and keeping them busy with something else, and for now it works!
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