Snake Farm
Ol school snake charmer!
He wasn't feeling well last evening and wouldn't eat or drink so we kept him in last night and took him to the Vet this morning where we found out he had a blockage in his bladder but everything was already shutting down on him and he didn't make it. He's always been an in and out cat and always done his business outdoors so we had no way of knowing he was having trouble till it was too late. I feel terrible about it but he was well loved and he gave us ten years of joy. His mother was a stray that lived near a concrete plant that I ran at the time. He and his litter mates lived in a Groundhog hole and I watched them for a month or so but could never catch any of them. Finally after predators had gotten most of them I managed one day to get between him and his hole. He was really wild and I chased him into a big stack of pallets. I tore the pile down and there was a little ball of grey fur in the corner of the bottom one. I reached in an pulled him out........I was determined to have him and he was determined to kill me! Little did he know that he was headed for a life of love and luxury.I'll never forget walking proudly into the house that evening with my cardboard box poked full of holes and bloodied from the elbows down and enough blood on my pants that it looked like I had just gutted a deer LOL. My wife looked at me and laughed and said "Well, it looks like you finally caught your cat" However it was her that won him over that night with some shrimp and he was Momma's Boy from then on.
When he was young he mostly goofed off.....
....and worked on carburetors a little here and there
The only real job he ever had was making us smile and he was great at it...
If he wasn't working he was lounging........and it still made us smile
And he loved to play with our Tabby "Daryl"......they logged a lot of miles chasing and climbing
We laid him to rest this afternoon beside his pal "Jessie" that we lost three summers ago, she was with us 18 years.
So long "Toby", we will miss you.
When he was young he mostly goofed off.....
....and worked on carburetors a little here and there
The only real job he ever had was making us smile and he was great at it...
If he wasn't working he was lounging........and it still made us smile
And he loved to play with our Tabby "Daryl"......they logged a lot of miles chasing and climbing
We laid him to rest this afternoon beside his pal "Jessie" that we lost three summers ago, she was with us 18 years.
So long "Toby", we will miss you.