Furry sad news

There's a lovely senior catizen called Tiggy who's appeared on this blog a few times. We are furry sad to report that she went to the Rainbow Bridge. She was furry, furry senior (over 20 years old) and had gotten furry frail, so she decided that it was time.

Tiggy had a furry long, happy and healthy life with lots of cuddles, food, nice places to nap and beans who told her everyday how lovely she was.

Tiggy was still in good spirits even only a couple of weeks before she went to the Bridge. The last time Jasmine saw Tiggy, Tiggy was asking Jasmine if she would share the ham off her pizza! :)

We are all furry sad, but Jasmine's mum is especially sad. Jasmine's mum is the bean who looked after Tiggy in her senior years, and who was cuddling Tiggy when it was finally time to go to the Bridge.

We love you Tiggy and we miss you.

Introducing Tiggy

Here's Jasmine with Tiggy. Tiggy is quite a senior kitty, like Gramma Trixie from the MeezerTails and Brendan from Caturday.

We're not sure how old Tiggy is because she was a stray, and so we don't know when she was born. Her story is that a long, long time ago, a cute little tabby used to visit Jasmine's family's yard. As Jasmine loved all cats, she used to say hello to this kitty, give her pats and occasionally a little snack. After a while it became apparent that the little grey tabby had been abandoned by a mean person, and what's worse, she'd never been 'fixed' and was now pregnant! Poor little girl!

Jasmine's family adopted this little grey stray and Jasmine named her Tigger after Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. When the time came for Tiggy to have her babies, the vet helped her and then later gave her an operation so there wouldn't be any more kittens.


Tiggy doesn't even have an official Gotcha Day because she used to visit on-and-off for a while before Jasmine realised she didn't have a furrever home of her own.

Mostly Tigger gets called 'Tiggy' now, or 'Angel', or a bunch of other cutesy names. Sometimes Jasmine used to call her "Little Myip Yip" because Tiggy's miaow's sounded more like "myip yip m'gah" than "miaow".

Tiggy the Senior Catizen

This is Tiggy, whom I introduced to you last year. She is furry, furry old. Tiggy was a stray that Jasmine and her family adopted when Jasmine was a little bean, so we're not sure exactly how old she is.

Tiggy still lives with Jasmine's parents. She has a comfortable life and is furry well looked after. The v-e-t says she is doing furry well for such a senior kitty!

Tiggy cozy on her Tiggy bed

More pictures of Tiggy. Her Tiggy bed looks furry comfy!

Nicknames

Beans seem to love calling us lotsa diffurrent names. Here are some of the other names I get called:

- Sweetie. This is obviously because I'm sweet.
- Cutie. This is obviously because I'm cute.
- Chompy. This is because I love to chomp things, including fev-ver butt mousies, more fev-ver butt mousies, fev-ver wands, spinning mousie toys, fluffy wands, and Jasmine
- Tiggy. Very occasionally Jasmine accidentally calls me Tiggy. Tiggy is a poodin-who-came-before. She was a lovely little spotty stripey tabby just like me! Tiggy was furry loved, and lived to be furry furry senior (over 20 years!), so I don't mind if Jasmine accidentally calls me Tiggy sometimes.

For more variety, Jasmine also adds "Little" to these names, e.g. Little Chompy, Little Cutie, etc. I think you get the idea!


What other names do you get called?

=^..^= Ashley

Tiggy testing out the new camera phone

Jasmine's mum just got a camera phone, and guess who was the subject of the first photo? Little Tiggy, the senior catizen of course.

Introducing Ashley, Part I

Hi Poodins. We are all furry sad about Tiggy going off to the Rainbow Bridge, but we also have some happy news to report (although it has a sad beginning). Over to you, Ashley...

Hi Poodins. I'm Ashley. I'm going to be living with Jasmine for a little while.

I heard Jasmine say something about 'fostering'. I'm not sure what this is, but Jasmine explained to me that it means that she's going to look after me for a while and help me find my furrever home.

Jasmine also told me about the cat blogsosphere and it definitely sounded like something I'd like to try, so here I am!

I've been having a really tough time recently, but thanks to the SPCA, some nice vet people, and Jasmine, things are looking much better for me now.

I'm about one year old and I'd been living with some beans who were not the most responsible beans. Firstly, they didn't give me a ladiegardenectomy. I'm not even sure what that is, but Jasmine tells me it's furry important and that all young kitty ladies should have one. My former beans also let me roam outside by myself, which apparently is especially bad if you haven't had your ladiegardenectomy.

One day my tummy started to grow and grow, and I could feel wiggly things inside me. Then one day the wiggling stopped, but my tummy was still furry big, and I wasn't feeling too good.

(Note from Jasmine: The kittens had died inside her and she wasn't able to birth the stillborn kittens. She was in labor for days before she was taken to a vet, by which point she was semi-comatose and her uterus had become infected as well. The vet did not expect her to survive.)...

I am furry new at this blogging thing, and I think I need a nap already. I will tell you more about me in the next post!