Cosmo (seen here on the right, with Willow) fell ill on 18th November and on the 22nd he died. It was a rare liver problem, which baffled the vet at first.
He was a great big handsome, gentle and loving cat. We were shocked and heartbroken to lose Cosmo and will continue to miss him every day for a long time. Poor old chap.
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Isobel took this beautiful picture of Willow this morning.
We are ultra-sensitive to the cats’ health at the moment and John has noticed that Willow doesn’t come to him and miaow for food quite as much as usual. I think he’s imagining it, but we’re taking him for a quick vet visit next week anyway, because we need peace of mind after our awful January.
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Willow. I am ill, so this is a day late.
Malteser is still with us, but not for long now.
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Florence, Willow and Cosmo not posing, but posing. Malty’s hanging on, but the end is near.
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Willow and Florence watching the birds from the landing windowsill.
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There are four cats in this picture. Can you spot the kitten?
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Willow, having a pensive moment five minutes ago. I wish I’d had him to cuddle at school today, where we were unlucky with the heating in below zero temperatures. I didn’t take my coat off all day. Brrrrr.
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Finally, after two weeks, all four cats nesting together. Florence has officially settled in.
I am worried about Malteser. I suspect his days are numbered; he’s eating and drinking, but is weak and wobbly. A difficult winter this year.
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Photographic evidence that Willow is very fond of Florence. She was sitting there first and he appeared and curled himself around her. The shadow in the top right of the picture is Cosmo, who is having a difficult phase at the moment. It’s taking him a while to adjust to the almost simultaneous loss of Rosie and the arrival of Florence. We are pretty sure that his eyesight is poor and that’s why he is so shy and easily frightened. If he can’t see or understand what is happening, it’s incomprehensible or positively scary. So, despite the fact that he’s huge, strong and impressively handsome, he’s a classic scaredy-cat.
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Still so sad today. Because am in a new classroom, my pupils have been very well behaved today (it seems to have had some psychological effect). I needed this, because I didn’t sleep well and feel very out of sorts.
Emma (Rosie’s original mum, who had her from a kitten to the age of 5), sent me lots of pictures of Rosie and here she is with Willow when he was a baby kitten. I can’t help but smile when I look at this adorable photograph.
A Cat A Day 