RIP Whiskers, 1997-2013

[ffutures]

Whiskers, my sister's cat, died peacefully in his sleep today. He was mauled by a dog a couple of years ago, made a good recovery from that but was generally fairly poorly for the last few months and fairly obviously senile, so it didn't come as a huge surprise. His sister died in much the same way last year.





Whiskers wasn't the brightest or friendliest of cats, but people liked him, and he was an expert scrounger which probably didn't do much to keep him healthy - half the street seemed to be feeding him sometimes. He was definitely a character, and he'll be missed.

PS - please don't offer kittens. At the moment they're not planning to get another cat, although I suspect they will in the end, and I think they'd rather make a decision in their own time.

Comments

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

Sympathy.
I hope they do offer a home to another in a while, but it has to be in their own time. It took me six months after losing Spooks (and then I got Max... the cat gods, how they laugh at me).

FF

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think they might eventually, but I'm not going to pressure them.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Always a sadness.

Amazing how they sharpen their scrounging skills.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I suppose it goes with being a cat. There's probably a biologist working on it somewhere.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh! He was Shaka's double! I can imagine how much he will be missed.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think we'll all miss him (and his sister), despite being a little dim he did have a strong personality. Mostly in the "I'm going to sit exactly where I will be a real nuisance / stop you getting your bike out" sort of way, but so it goes.