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C I B O
July 2009 - 27 January 2015
this was Cibo's fave position when sleeping at night. i should have known that something must had been wrong with him when he started sleeping in a different position, which i attributed to the cold blow of the wind since the last quarter of 2014. Cibo was one of our four original homegrown cats. he would've turned 6yrs old this July along with his twin brother LeMur. he would've 'terrorized' the little ones still if only we had ordered a blood work for him when he was confined at the vet clinic for 4 days. this afternoon, my sister called me up 'coz his doctor called her that Cibo became unresponsive since before lunchtime. he was still ok this morning but all of a sudden fell into a comatose-like state. we rushed to the vet as soon as we can. we got there and saw the state he was in. my sister immediately broke into crying. Cibo was just lying still inside his enclosure; his eyes were widely opened while his tongue was very much seen. we had seen a no. of kittens didn't make it and a few older cats whose lives were cut short but seeing Cibo that way is still heartbreaking. he was very much alive when we left him the night before, very much responsive although evidently seen that something was wrong with him. his heart was still beating normally. when i scratched his forehead, his eyes fluttered. he even tried to get his tongue inside his mouth. he also moved his ears when he heard the other patient, a dog, barked loudly. he even meowed one last time. i was hopeful, although his doctor shared that once, one of her cats fell into the same state and didn't make it. i was hopeful and i was holding on to the thought that he just needed to see me & my sister and he will make some movements again of his own. after about 30min, my sis & i were about to leave. we were telling him that we will be back in the evening to stay with him. immediately after his doctor returned him to his enclosure, his heartbeat began slowing down. i didn't notice it right away buy my sis did. i was focused on his face and i was even telling him how he was moving his tongue like he was being playful. my sis told his doctor and when she checked, it was indeed slowing down. his breathing started to have longer intervals. one last time, his doctor brought him outside his enclosure to the table where she tried to revive him. and then there it was, the declaration that Cibo was no longer breathing. my heart shuttered into countless pieces once again. like i was back at that uber sad day when Chaps had her last deep breath.
we brought Cibo to the vet last week Monday due to UTI. he was responsive to the course of treatment and was discharged last Friday. apart from not eating on his own, he was ok. we thought he was just adjusting because he was gone for 4 days. perhaps if we ordered that blood work right away, Cibo would've still been alive. this is why when pets get sick, it is terrible since they won't be able to tell you exactly what he/she is feeling. i, my sis & i have done what we should have but i still feel like i could've done more. his blood result came way too late. he had bacterial infection and his liver & kidneys had failed.
Cibo, i would miss the way you meow whenever we called for your name; your eagerness when it was time to eat; the way you walk whenever we would move you from one place to another as if you're a dog. i had laid you to your final resting place beside Winkipai with the hopes that you are now happier with her & your mom, Hanni. rest in peace, Cibo. we will take care of LeMur.
#Cibo #neko #passing #27Jan2015 #Tuesday #iMissCibo
almost Feb
2011-Jan-26, Wednesday 09:32> our adopted kitten, Pocci, passed away this morning. it came to us a week ago. i think Pocci's 5-6wks old. we're not sure who was its mom but we're guessing it's one of the mommy cats we're feeding but not residing in our house. poor Pocci... if only it didn't acquire mouth sore, it would've survived since it was already eating cat & table food. any cat lovers in my f-list? do you know why kittens, barely a month old, often acquires mouth sore? anyhow, Pocci was a very cute & adorable kitten. it wasn't born here & not related to any of our household cats, yet it came to us as if our home's its home.
RIP Pocci~ 'twas short but sweet.
> on a happier not, we had family dinner tonight for the birthday of my tito this 27th. he's 50! the resto's staff sung 'Happy Birthday' & gave him a slice of cake. haha they heard it when we sung 'Happy Birthday' to him before eating dinner. i hope he'll have many many more birthdays to come.
> went to my alma mater yesterday afternoon with my sis. hah! i was in panic mode already because i really wanted that LE watch released for the centennial celebration of my university this year. so happy that they still have the design that i want. advance birthday present! or presents... lol bought a jacket, shirt & ballers as well. still want the other jacket, which is more expensive than the one i bought.
i miss school. though it's tough to be a student, i love going to school and learn new things. i prolly should go back and get a masterals degree or something.
> on a bittersweet note, Xander < @alexander_0729 > finally tweeted after a week of 'unexpected' hiatus. i was really glad to hear from him again, only to feel uneasy after a few hours.
fangirling is my happy pill. and with last year's turn of events in the fandom, i think i've carried this 'think of the most negative thing' way of thinking that Xander's tweet made me think of SS501 members' signing on different agencies and continue as solo artists (for the time being) & Jin leaving KAT-TUN and gone solo. one was enough. two was too much. three would be so poisonous already, i might not wanna be a fangirl anymore. or at least leave that fandom or sth.
. . . . . my throat feels itchy . . . . . i hope it won't develop into a sore throat . . . . .
RIP Pocci~ 'twas short but sweet.
> on a happier not, we had family dinner tonight for the birthday of my tito this 27th. he's 50! the resto's staff sung 'Happy Birthday' & gave him a slice of cake. haha they heard it when we sung 'Happy Birthday' to him before eating dinner. i hope he'll have many many more birthdays to come.
> went to my alma mater yesterday afternoon with my sis. hah! i was in panic mode already because i really wanted that LE watch released for the centennial celebration of my university this year. so happy that they still have the design that i want. advance birthday present! or presents... lol bought a jacket, shirt & ballers as well. still want the other jacket, which is more expensive than the one i bought.
i miss school. though it's tough to be a student, i love going to school and learn new things. i prolly should go back and get a masterals degree or something.
> on a bittersweet note, Xander < @alexander_0729 > finally tweeted after a week of 'unexpected' hiatus. i was really glad to hear from him again, only to feel uneasy after a few hours.
fangirling is my happy pill. and with last year's turn of events in the fandom, i think i've carried this 'think of the most negative thing' way of thinking that Xander's tweet made me think of SS501 members' signing on different agencies and continue as solo artists (for the time being) & Jin leaving KAT-TUN and gone solo. one was enough. two was too much. three would be so poisonous already, i might not wanna be a fangirl anymore. or at least leave that fandom or sth.
. . . . . my throat feels itchy . . . . . i hope it won't develop into a sore throat . . . . .
♪♪ Papai... Papai... Papai... Papai...
2010-Aug-21, Saturday 14:20
June 19, 2009 - August 21, 2010
At 8:30 tonight, my sister called us up. WINX cried so loud that all of our other cats' attention went to her. Me, my mom, bro & his gf were still in the kitchen; it was a little after dinnertime. We all rushed to our garage only to see Papai struggling to catch her breath. She was already having difficulties in breathing. My bro & his gf monitored her heartbeat while we call her name to fight, to not give-up. After only 5-min, she became still. But we weren't ready yet to give-up on her. We still tried and tried to call her name so she'll know we're all there for her. My bro's gf noticed some jaw movement even after she went still. I saw it too. We still hoped. Dee said that whenever she and/or my bro say, 'Bye', there would be jaw movement from her. Mommy already went inside when she saw Papai already lying very still on the table. We waited for another 20min in hopes that she'll be back. But her legs started to become cold; her paws were all pale, even her lips. I cried. Papai was gone. She was 1-yr & 2-mos old. Although she's already on medication to recover from the viral infection, I guess we're already too late when we had a vet check her up. I felt that I failed her as 1 of her owners. I failed not only her but also Bootes & Lytto. If I decided to act when Winx started to reject eating, we could've saved her. We could've saved them all. Pai's big appetite declined about a week ago but we assumed that it'll just be for a few days. We thought she was just depress with the lost of one of her 3 remaining babies. I was optimistic that Winx will recover from the viral infection. Damn, I was wrong! She showed some improvements the day after the 1st night of her medication and we're all so glad. I figure it'll take her 3 entire days to show signs of recovering since she hasn't eaten the longest amongst the 4 who got infected. I was hopeful. Just this morning, Mommy & Cy were able to feed her milk, soup and a few spoons of rice. She was walking around the garage, out of her box, when my mom, sis & I headed to attend the mass. She was under our a/c when we returned home and she seemed fine. My sis & my bro's gf gave her early dinner so that she can already have something an hour before giving antibiotics. Just 30-min after she had dinner - milk using a syringe, soup & very little pieces of chicken - she cried out loud and that was it. Winx is my mom's fave amongst our (used) 17 cats/kittens (when the week started). She's the lone female amongst all of the cats who had grown-up and been living in our house for sometime already. Although we had her isolated from the males, just last June 28, she gave birth to 5 kittens, 2 of which passed away consecutively a day after they were born. She was a dedicated mom for the past 7-wks. She didn't let her kittens to go astray; she would immediately carry them back to their box. Or if not, she'll make sound to call our attention. The night after her last baby, PiBee passed away, she seemed to had been looking for it. She had been used to having 3 babies around her whenever nighttime arrives. PiBee's passing was her last strength and so tonight, she went with them. I dug her spot, in between Bootes & Lytto.There won't be anymore Papai I would bid goodnight whenever I close the door before opening the a/c. No more Papai to sing to.
I f***in loathe that virus that hit our cats. Not only it got Winkee's kittens, it also took hers, Bootes' & Lytto's. But as what my mom said, pets take the hit for their owners because of love. I believe in this. Yes, it is sad. No, depressing already. But still, thankful that our pets would rather take the fall for us. From 17 cats & kittens last week, we're now down to 11. One from each siblings was taken by that f***in viral infections. WINX left Lemur & Cibo; BOOTES left Jack & Twinx; LYTTO left Deuggie, Ldr & Lego.
Rest in peace, Baby WINKEE PAI. You'll always be our one and only Princess PAPAI.
x's: ftr, i DON'T enjoy making in memoriam albums for our pets. i really do hope we won't lose any more pets. 6 cats/kittens in 1 wk is too much. nways, here's WINKEE PAI's album.
Pi Bee passed away early this morning. last time i checked on it was around 3:30AM. it was sleeping peacefully beside its mom, Winkee Pai. although its passing was kinda expected since it was only 7-weeks old and its mom has been hit with a viral infection, it's still sad. part of me hoped that it'll be able to make it and grow up.
that's 5th in a row in less than week. please, Lord, no more deaths for our pets. we still have 4 remaining weak cats and kittens. 2 of which are getting better, showing improvements already, while 2 are still yet to show the same improvement. it had only been over than 48-hrs since we started giving all of our remaining cats & kittens antibiotics, 4 for treatment &5 4 as preventive measure. we opted not to give the 4 adults any treatment since 1) it's basically hard to give 'em medicines since they aren't as 'tame' as the ones who have grown-up and been living inside our house for sometime, and 2) they come and go as they please, although our house is their home, they also spend a lot of time outside.
i hope we won't lose anymore cats. from 17 cats & kittens to only 12 in less than a week. pet-lovers on my f-list, please include our cats and kittens, esp. the ones who are sick, in your prayers. i know you understand what i'm feeling more than those who aren't pet-lovers like us. thanks.
and to Pi Bee, rest in peace, the last standing Papai baby. although it was short, you brought us joy together with your other 2 siblings (and 2 more who passed away after just a day/2 days after birth).
3 Papai babies who had survived till their 7th week. we weren't able to find out which one's PiBee,
the only one we're able to name, since they all had the same features with that of their mom, Winkee Pai.
that's 5th in a row in less than week. please, Lord, no more deaths for our pets. we still have 4 remaining weak cats and kittens. 2 of which are getting better, showing improvements already, while 2 are still yet to show the same improvement. it had only been over than 48-hrs since we started giving all of our remaining cats & kittens antibiotics, 4 for treatment &
i hope we won't lose anymore cats. from 17 cats & kittens to only 12 in less than a week. pet-lovers on my f-list, please include our cats and kittens, esp. the ones who are sick, in your prayers. i know you understand what i'm feeling more than those who aren't pet-lovers like us. thanks.
and to Pi Bee, rest in peace, the last standing Papai baby. although it was short, you brought us joy together with your other 2 siblings (and 2 more who passed away after just a day/2 days after birth).
3 Papai babies who had survived till their 7th week. we weren't able to find out which one's PiBee,
the only one we're able to name, since they all had the same features with that of their mom, Winkee Pai.
Papai baby #1 June 28, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Papai baby #2 June 28, 2010 - August 17, 2010
Papai baby #3 PiBee June 28, 2010 - August 20, 2010
Papai baby #2 June 28, 2010 - August 17, 2010
Papai baby #3 PiBee June 28, 2010 - August 20, 2010
MR. BOOTES
2010-Aug-19, Thursday 12:30
August 07, 2009 - August 19, 2010
BOOTES passed away after lunchtime. My sis & I were running errands and so our youngest brother was the only home who attended to him until his last breath. He was 1yr & 12 days old. It was totally unexpected, just like Lytto's passing the day before. I was at Globe, ATC when I received a call from my brother, telling me that BOOTES was already having a hard time to breath. I told him to comfort him and tell encouraging words so he would still fight. But my brother said that he was already like crying in pain, struggling but no more strength to fight back. He hung up the phone only to call back after 2-min. BOOTES already passed away. When he went back to him after he hung up on me, he made one last movement and that's it. Just a whole day & 1 night of not eating, BOOTES joined Lytto. It was very saddening since I'm very much hopeful that he would be able to survive again since he was able to do so when he was a lot younger. I was wrong. He only got colds then but a viral infection now. Just like that, our sweet, nice, 'demanding' BOOT-BOOT left his siblings, cousins, mom, relatives & us. After I hung up the 2nd call, I was alarmed. I texted my sister that we can no longer wait for tomorrow to get all our remaining neko(s) check by our Baby Chaps' vet. I texted his doctor and asked if it's alright if I'll just give him a ride to & from our side so that he can check all of them in our house. I called him a no. of times and after I almost lose hope of not being able to get a response from him, I got a text. I called him up & confirmed the time. It doesn't matter if I have to go back & forth a no. of times to the same route with bad traffic not improving. All I had in mind was to get all our remaining cats checked. I can no longer stay put and do nothing as I did for a few days.
Although I regret not calling the vet the minute one of them got sick & waited for another cat of ours die, I'm treating BOOTES' passing as his sacrifice of saving our other 4 out of 13 cats who're still sick. BOOTES indeed kicked me to do some action. I hope I won't fail him & Lytto. I'm more optismistic & hopeful now that our cats are taking medicines to reinforce their anti-bodies & increase nourishment. I hope & badly pray we won't lose another one.
BOOTES has gone and I've accepted it. I said my bye-byes to him after my other brother dug a spot for him near where we laid Lytto to rest. There won't by anyone in the morning to 'meow' so that he'll be moved to our front gate. No one will answer anymore whenever my youngest brother would say, 'Hi BOOTES!'. The nicest of all the 3 first litter of K-Tee chan who tended to the 2nd litter of his mom from the time they started to go out of their small box up until he got sick. There won't be another MR. BOOTS! BOTA as my sis would sometimes call him. The nicest, big brother of Lego, Ldr, Deuggie & Lytto (RIP) is gone. Twinx & Jack had lost their youngest brother.
RIP BOOTES! I'm really gonna miss you. So as LYTTO. Rest well now. Sleep tight our dear BOOTES & LYTTO!
In memoriam of BOOTES.
Although I regret not calling the vet the minute one of them got sick & waited for another cat of ours die, I'm treating BOOTES' passing as his sacrifice of saving our other 4 out of 13 cats who're still sick. BOOTES indeed kicked me to do some action. I hope I won't fail him & Lytto. I'm more optismistic & hopeful now that our cats are taking medicines to reinforce their anti-bodies & increase nourishment. I hope & badly pray we won't lose another one.
BOOTES has gone and I've accepted it. I said my bye-byes to him after my other brother dug a spot for him near where we laid Lytto to rest. There won't by anyone in the morning to 'meow' so that he'll be moved to our front gate. No one will answer anymore whenever my youngest brother would say, 'Hi BOOTES!'. The nicest of all the 3 first litter of K-Tee chan who tended to the 2nd litter of his mom from the time they started to go out of their small box up until he got sick. There won't be another MR. BOOTS! BOTA as my sis would sometimes call him. The nicest, big brother of Lego, Ldr, Deuggie & Lytto (RIP) is gone. Twinx & Jack had lost their youngest brother.
RIP BOOTES! I'm really gonna miss you. So as LYTTO. Rest well now. Sleep tight our dear BOOTES & LYTTO!
In memoriam of BOOTES.
LYTTO...BYTTO...BYTTEE
2010-Aug-18, Wednesday 11:30
February 27, 2010 - August 18, 2010
LYTTO passed away this morning, 8:10AM, due to unknown reason. He was 6-mos old. Since he already passed the 3-mos critical period, we believed that he'll be able to survive whatever illness that hit him. We shouldn't have assumed. He didn't eat for one night & a whole day; just had liquid. This morning, Mommy woke my sister because his status was already alarming. I was already awake and so I heard what my Mom was telling her. I was only a minute late when I got up to check Mr. American Cat. He was already still, not breathing. His feet were already cold. His eyes were partially opened & so I shut it. I held him, still not able to accept that he's no longer breathing. I still tried to wake him up for he might have just had a shock or something. No response. He was just still. We wrapped him in a cloth before placing him in a sack. My bro dug a spot for him. We showered the LYTTO's spot with flowers; I had it marked. Two weeks ago, exactly this Wednesday, LYTTO went out of our fences and gave me bruises on my knees. I'll forever remember him for the scar will forever be on my knees.
to pay tribute to our Bytto, i uploaded all of the pictures i have of him at my Facebook account. I'm glad that I was able to photo-document LYTTO's growth. It's just too bad & too sad that his life was so short.
RIP LYTTO. We'll never forget you, Mr. American Cat.
i have lots to post about but i don't have time.
just a quickie post...
sis woke me up an hour ahead of my waking time.
two of our kittens jumped over our front fence.
one prolly followed one of the mom cats and crossed the street,
while the other remained on the dry leaves and twigs on my mom's little garden in front of our house.
i tried to catch the one that crossed the street, Lytto, for the fear that it might get run over by a car.
but stupid kitten failed to recognize my voice and so it ran and ran and i had no choice but to try and catch it.
it went straight to the little garden, where i found the other kitten Lego.
Lego didn't give me a hard time and so i was able to catch it right away.
Lytto, on the other hand, put on a little show.
it tried to jump back over the fence but it was too little to make a jump as high as the adults.
it ran towards the gate where it tried jumping to go inside once again but failed.
i tried to catch it but when i found a chance to held unto it,
it struggled and freed itself from my hands.
as i was trying to catch it back,
i slipped, bruised my knees and sored my palms.
i even had small scratches on my left leg.
after Lytto got away again,
it ran across the street once more.
i stopped following it since a truck was gonna pass by.
i think it got more scared with the sound of it that afterwards,
it ran back to the front of our house.
i tried to catch it again but it ran to the vacant lot beside our house.
it was concealing itself on the branches of the tree that went down during the typhoon Basyang,
and was crying like a scared cat with nowhere to go.
i slowly went to it but it ran once more.
it went back to the front of our house where i continuously tried to calm it so i can catch it.
after a while, it must've recognize my voice, finally.
i was able to catch it and put it back inside our house.
Lytto was in so much stress, it stayed under the sofa for a while before coming out.
sis had the four kittens under the plastic cage so that they won't ran off again.
i should put a leash on them already.
they have their collars since a month ago but we want them to still have fun and play around w/o a leash.
but at this rate, since i already had their leashes prepared a long time ago,
i should have 'em tied.
so even if i caught Lytto,
i did it with a lot of scratches & bruises.
good thing i didn't bruise my palms or i won't be able to make meatballs later for dinner.
just a quickie post...
sis woke me up an hour ahead of my waking time.
two of our kittens jumped over our front fence.
one prolly followed one of the mom cats and crossed the street,
while the other remained on the dry leaves and twigs on my mom's little garden in front of our house.
i tried to catch the one that crossed the street, Lytto, for the fear that it might get run over by a car.
but stupid kitten failed to recognize my voice and so it ran and ran and i had no choice but to try and catch it.
it went straight to the little garden, where i found the other kitten Lego.
Lego didn't give me a hard time and so i was able to catch it right away.
Lytto, on the other hand, put on a little show.
it tried to jump back over the fence but it was too little to make a jump as high as the adults.
it ran towards the gate where it tried jumping to go inside once again but failed.
i tried to catch it but when i found a chance to held unto it,
it struggled and freed itself from my hands.
as i was trying to catch it back,
i slipped, bruised my knees and sored my palms.
i even had small scratches on my left leg.
after Lytto got away again,
it ran across the street once more.
i stopped following it since a truck was gonna pass by.
i think it got more scared with the sound of it that afterwards,
it ran back to the front of our house.
i tried to catch it again but it ran to the vacant lot beside our house.
it was concealing itself on the branches of the tree that went down during the typhoon Basyang,
and was crying like a scared cat with nowhere to go.
i slowly went to it but it ran once more.
it went back to the front of our house where i continuously tried to calm it so i can catch it.
after a while, it must've recognize my voice, finally.
i was able to catch it and put it back inside our house.
Lytto was in so much stress, it stayed under the sofa for a while before coming out.
sis had the four kittens under the plastic cage so that they won't ran off again.
i should put a leash on them already.
they have their collars since a month ago but we want them to still have fun and play around w/o a leash.
but at this rate, since i already had their leashes prepared a long time ago,
i should have 'em tied.
so even if i caught Lytto,
i did it with a lot of scratches & bruises.
good thing i didn't bruise my palms or i won't be able to make meatballs later for dinner.