The discussion about 9-lives brought back memories of our dear old Boston Blacky (now gone for over 50 years but still remembered).He had probably used a couple of them during his tom-cat wandering around the neighborhood, but one time he came home very ill. We never found out what the “bug” was, but it used up about 6 of his lives. We took turns nursing him (and kept the other 5 cats away so they wouldn’t catch whatever it was. It was great joy the day he took a little nibble of food.It took another week for him to regain his strength, but he was forever a changed kitty — no mor tom-catting – he was content to lay in the sun on the porch railing and then come in to be petted and fed and cuddled.
The discussion about 9-lives brought back memories of our dear old Boston Blacky (now gone for over 50 years but still remembered).He had probably used a couple of them during his tom-cat wandering around the neighborhood, but one time he came home very ill. We never found out what the “bug” was, but it used up about 6 of his lives. We took turns nursing him (and kept the other 5 cats away so they wouldn’t catch whatever it was. It was great joy the day he took a little nibble of food.It took another week for him to regain his strength, but he was forever a changed kitty — no mor tom-catting – he was content to lay in the sun on the porch railing and then come in to be petted and fed and cuddled.