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Casey and Gibbs explore their artistic side - sort of ...
‘Casey! Come here!’
‘What’s the matter, Gibbs?’
‘Look what Mum’s doing.’
‘What is she doing?’
‘Remember when I started introducing her to my artistic side?’
‘I think so.’
‘Well, you’ve obviously forgotten, so I’ll remind you. I dabbled with sorting out the wallpaper in the hallway and Mum freaked out.’
‘Oh, yes, I do remember that Gibbs. She didn’t seem very happy that you’d made some ‘inroads’, shall we say, into the redecoration programme.’
‘No, Casey, she didn’t seem very happy with my decorating skills at all if you remember. But now look at her, she’s busy doing her own redecoration programme. What’s more, she’s gone over the bits that I did.’
‘I can understand how frustrating that must be for you Gibbs, after all your hard work – which wasn’t appreciated at the time.’
‘It certainly wasn’t, Casey. If only humans had claws, they’d get the job done in next to no time. It didn’t take me more than a few minutes to strip that wallpaper off that section, over there.’
‘And she is rather making a complete mess of things, isn’t she, Gibbs?’
‘A bucket of soapy water, a sponge thing, her rubber gloves, and a funny scraper thing as well. What on EARTH is she doing?’
{Casey and Gibbs lie on the floor laughing themselves silly at the way Mum is taking off the wallpaper.}
‘Gibbs, that’s the funniest thing I think I’ve ever seen Mum do – apart from when she was going red in the face with that lady on the television, that time.’ {Casey wipes his eyes}
‘Oh my cats,’ Gibbs says, laughing along with Casey, ‘that was very funny. We thought she was going to ‘splode or something.’
‘Do you realise Gibbs, if Mum HAD ‘sploded, we would be having our dinner somewhere else?’
{Both cats realise the seriousness of the situation and calm down.}
‘Do you think we should offer to help Mum, Casey? If all three of us work together, the job will be finished in next to no time at all.’
‘It’s a noble thought, Gibbs, but suddenly I feel exhausted just watching her. I’m going for a lie down. Care to join me?’
Published on 08 August 2013
As you know, Ollie was cruelly taken from us on Monday, 8th July. It has been a month now and it’s been really hard trying to come to terms with our loss.
For me, at least, everywhere I look in the house, there are ‘Ollie spots’; places where he’d sleep away half the day until moving to another of his favourite snooze spots when he’d sleep the rest of the day away.
For Sam and Casey: well, it’s hard to know how they’re feeling. Neither one of them seems to have been affected by Ollie’s absence. Sam, being deaf, lives in his own silent world. As long as he is fed, has a bowl of water at his disposal, and various comfortable places to sleep, he seems happy. Plus cuddles and snuggle times with me, of course.
Casey is still getting used to the lie of the land – and that was something that Ollie was teaching him – so he spends most of his day in the couple of places he likes where he can sleep and keep one eye on what’s going on around him.
He and Sam do not get on at all. There are fights all the time and although I’ve used Feliway diffuser in the main room they sleep in at night, there is little change in their behaviour. This saddens me. I’ve had two groups of 7 cats with 5 or 6 stalwarts of the main group and 1 or 2 new ones added. There has never been such ferocious fighting as Sam inflicts on Casey and it really frightens Casey – and upsets me.
Both Sam and Casey chose to come and live with me which I consider to be an honour and a privilege. I do not want to rehome Casey. Sam is 16 and has renal disease and I don’t know for how much longer he may be around. I want him to have as comfortable a life as possible so that his final months or years here are what are best for him.
Whenever a cat leaves an established family set up, the dynamics change. Ollie was the glue that held these two together. Ollie and Sam had been together for almost 11 years. Ollie brought Casey to our house and was a good friend to him, showing him the ropes.
We must remember that in life, there are always those who work away often unnoticed, but their presence is only missed when they’re absent from our lives. Ollie was a very big part of my life and his absence only shows even more, just how great a cat he was.
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