Monday, May 19, 2008

Whitesocks goes to Kitty Heaven Today


Whitesocks, age 15 (that's 76 in people years) went to be our kitty angel today as a result of kidney failure. Socks adopted Wayne when we first moved to Paducah in 1994, and she had just had her first litter of kittens at the home we were renting. When the owners moved her to their home (just a few doors away), every day Socks would bring all of the kittens back to our house. After a few days, the kittens would stay at the new house, but not Socks. So Wayne and Socks were partners. She would come to his whistle and walk to the mailbox with him like a puppy would.
She could be a little dickens. After we moved into our home on Finley Court in 1995, something chased her up a tree...not just any tree, but one that was about 50 feet tall. A call to the fire department told us that when she was hungry, she would come down. After two days of sitting up in the tree, Wayne rented a 40 foot ladder, our neighbor Huel and I held the ladder while Wayne climbed up after Socks. After that she did a little tree climbing, but not anything that tall.
She didn't welcome Tuffy much when he joined our family a couple of years ago. They settled into Tuffy trying to play with her, and Socks hissing at him. Today Tuffy is looking for her.
Whitesocks was a good kitty and we will miss her.

3 comments:

  1. It's always tough to lose a pet. Sounds like Whitesocks had a great life with y'all and she gave and received a lot of love. Poor Tuffy! He'll have to get along without his pal.

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  2. I'm sorry for your loss. It's hard to lose a furkid.

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  3. From one kitty lover to another, sorry for your loss.

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