In many ways, this is a difficult page to compile, as with all our pets, we want them to live forever, unfortunately life delivers some cruel blows, Destiny was the recipient of a particularly unlucky blow, literally. On 29th March, at 2 weeks old, her mum dropped her, she had dramatic weight loss after steadily gaining for two weeks, we took her to the vets who gave her a shot to rehydrate her, by the 1st April we reached crisis point, we were seriously considering taking her to be put to sleep but as we'd said we'd give her the weekend, we waited until Monday, she was fighting so hard and we felt we had to back her. On Monday the 2nd of April her weight had stabilised and we saw this as a turning point. All the late nights and early mornings hand feeding her were starting to pay off, if nothing else we had a little hope to take through to the following day. This pattern continued, on the 10th April we even had a massive 25g gain in the space of 30 hours, again we were still worried because her head was starting to look big and she still couldn't walk. On the 11th April at 10.40am, we had an appointment with our vet. Immediately on seeing her he diagnosed hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and informed us that there is nothing that can be done for her. We had to say goodbye to this little baby who had fought so bravely for nearly 2 weeks. At 10.50am her struggle was over. It was a real privelige to have known her. If she had made it, we could never have given her away, she was so special.

Tilly is a seal point neuter, she has a wonderful nature and was like my shadow, unfortunately, she wasn't able to cope with living in a breeding household and started to bully the other girls, especially Siena, (the kitten that never left). She is now a companion for somebody else who has no connection to breeding and no other cats, she is now far happier than she was here for the last 18 months that she was with us.

 

Before the realities of a breeding multi cat household kicked in, we said that we would never rehome a cat, it is the hardest decision that we've ever had to make too, a decision that we hope that we never have to make again, but if the cats happiness and wellbeing is compromised by them being here, then hard decisions have to be made and acted upon. On the day that Tilly went to her new home, I kept thinking about turning around and bringing her home all through the journey, but there were 4 cats wellbeing to consider including her.

We've never stopped loving her and miss her still, barely a day goes by that we don't think about her. It's only right that she still has a place on the site.

Tilly and Twinkle as kittens 5 days after we got them, crazy days!!!

Tilly enjoying some Autumn sun in October 2006

 

We miss you Tillycat.