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Post Something Black in Honor of my Black Cat

SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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My 20.5 year old black cat, Seryozha, passed away on Tuesday, my girlfriend found him on a freeway in Houston in early 1996, his rear left leg had been partially severed. I didn't want a cat and I asked my then girlfriend to take him to Animal Protection later that week. When I got to her school and picked her and the cat up to go home somehow the thought of taking him to AP got forgotten. He was about 6-7 weeks old when we got him, so forlorn and hurt of course.



A couple of days later we took him to the vet and had to have the rest of his rear leg amputated so he wouldn't get infections from the open wounded stump. I remember it cost something like $300-400 which was a lot of money for us then. He soon became very fiercely loyal to us and was a constant companion at home. He had curious habits of timing, like coming and reminding us about 930-1000pm that it was bed time. He always seemed to know when someone was ill or not feeling well because he would lay on them until they felt better.



We had him so long that he outlived two other cats and a dog, our other cat made it to 19 years and our dog to 16 years. He was the last connection to our old life in the south. His adopted parents married, and have been married nearly as long as we had him in our lives. His love for us manifested in our adopting two more black kittens last year so that his legacy will continue - their names are Lyosha and Tyeni.



So in tribute I request that something black may be posted in his honor, blackened silver would be very cool, but dark copper is nice too.
Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
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