This morning she was coughing and has also had a sloppy bowel accident outside. She wasn't interested in breakfast even though I didn't come down until after 9 and she wasn't about when DH left at 7. He normally feeds her before he goes. I had to put the plate under her nose to get her to come and ear.
Her back legs are a bit wobbly and I will take her for a jab on Monday to hopefully get some relief. She didn't wee over night so that is postiive but when I was comforting her when she was coughing it really hit me that she is very old and isn't my baby anymore 
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She has lasted for DD's birthday but I am not sure she will make her own .
I have just put a towel on the sofa for her to sit on, just in case, but she wasn't impressed and has jumped down on to the floor.
My cat is getting to the end of her life and I am not sure I will ever get over it 
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She means the world to me, is the only thing in the world that is 100% mine, and I will miss her so much.
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JustFabulous · 03/08/2012 13:11
When she was 1 or 2 she was runner up in a most photogenic cat competition 
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How she didn't win, goodness knows 
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So sorry for your loss, Fab
She's a beauty! I had to chuckle at a cat bed with a head sticking out
JustFabulous ..... I do feel for you.
Its the hardest thing in the world to watch our beloved babiesa come to the end of life, and allowing them to go easilt is the last kindness we can offer them
Heartbreaking, and I do feel for you.
Fab, what a gorgeous cat - torties are always a bit 'special', what lovely pictures. 
Everything is making me cry at the moment. Just gave DH Mushroom's water bowl for the Guinea Pigs to use saying only until if and when it gets too much and then cried again.
Yesterday morning I had her with me.
Boy Guinea pig just leant on the bowl to see what DH has given them and the whole bowl tipped up and covered him in food .
Oh Fab I am so sorry for your loss x I own a tabby who I absolutely adore and when I tell people she's helped me cope with the break up of my marriage people look at me like this 
She looks like an absolute beauty - lovely pictures
She looks a real sweetie Fab. I had a tortie growing up, she was called Mittens. Although she didn't have any. 
Sparkling Cat means the world to me. Some people don't understand.
Clara - DH and I laughed as well. Feel bad for BGP but tbh we needed a giggle.
choc - ignore such idiots.
Well I lost my beautiful Coco when she was a year old. She went missing for 5 days and was found dead, not a scratch on her. We had waited 3 months since having our 15 year old cat PTS before having Coco.
I had alerted the local CP that she was missing, and had to send the email saying not to worry any more. The lovely lady who had rehomed Coco to me sent her condolences and a picture of Sparkling Cat who was about to be put on the website for rehoming just in case I was interested.
I said I wasn't ready as I was too heartbroken. But after a few days i thought of Sparkling cat having no home (because her owner couldn't afford her) and all the love I had to give.
I said I would go and see her but that was all. She came home with me that day.
Oh Sparkling but you were able to welcome a new furry friend.
Dh and I looked on the local RSPCA site and there were 4 we would have taken immediately but it feels disloyal and I just want Mushroom back anyway.
I think if they hadn't attached the very sweet picture of Sparkling Cat I would have waited a bit longer TBH. It was only 2 weeks. I was so unprepared we had to stop at the Pet Shop on the way home to get supplies. I gave all of Coco's stuff to the CP as 'I was never having another one'.
You will know if and when the time is right for you Fab. x
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How cute is that last pic?! So sweet
Before my old girl was pts I'd said no more cats as I knew I'd be in pieces when she went. A few months before she actually was pts, a stray started living rough in my garden. I started feeding her and then one day she hopped onto the bed beside my cat. I expected a hissy fight but nothing happened, so she kind of moved in that day.
It helped having new cat to cuddle when my girl had gone and this may sound weird, but she was so respectful of my girl's resting place - just gently padded round it and still does even now, 8 months on. I was still absolutely gutted when my old girl went though
Everyone's different and you will know when it's right for you, which is the most important thing.
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