4 weeks ago tomorrow, my most precious and once in in a lifetime cat George passed away at the age of 6 - with absolutely no reason. I can't put into words just how much he meant to me.
My husband suffers with Rapid cycling bipolar disorder. While he is actually fairly managed, my George was pretty much my coping mechanism. He just knew me, he could read me so well. If I was having a stressful day, or just needed some calm time, he would find me, and insist on having a cuddle. He was a massive lump of love, being 6,5kg and 110cm. He just knew that I needed him. Stupid as it sounds, sometimes I would talk to him. I think more than anything my tone of voice meant he would react in whatever way I needed.
We live pretty much in the sticks, and he has done incredibly well at reducing a mouse problem in our garden that was ruining the garden. I have also come to learn where all the moles where coming from he brought back. We now have a rather large mole problem in the garden.
We have 9 other cats, and he has left a huge great big power void. I have 4 boys all trying to be dominant, and 2 girls giving it a go too. I have one sensitive soul (our first) who has just completely withdrawn from everything. She has been in a bathroom drawer (that I can't top her getting in) and refuses to come out of. She has lost an incredible amount of weight. We have had to set her up in my bedroom to just get her eating.
I feel so hopeless, he has left so many voids all over the place. I'm struggling to get through a day without crying. I know should look after myself, but I don't know when enough is enough and to sit down and chill out - George just knew.
I don't know what to do.
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sugarplumfairy28 · 11/11/2016 19:40
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