12/28/2016
The Traveling Cat Travels No More.
My dear friend and almost contant compainon and name sake of my little store has gone into the great beyond.
On December 26 2016 Abbys gave into the great fight of old age. He has been a wonderful cat often joked as more dog than cat.
Addopted in Ocala Fl between 4-6 yrs old Abbys was 16-20 yrs of age. Never skipping a meal or a beat he took it all instride.
From kiddy foster care with his then house mate Mr Whiskers to the grand adventure of a semi truck ride out to Dallas to be reunited
with me and inspireing a carrier for me and the hubby. Abbys has had a life like no other cat riding around the country in the Semi truck.
Most trukers have dogs so Abbys was THE converstion piece sleeping on the dash. Is Is that a cat, is it real? We always got a chukle out of
peoples reaction. We had to place Mr Whiskers into a new home because he did not like the traveling life he is out in Californa. But not Abbys
he loved the ride and would look out the window and chirp and meow and yolw at the sights and sometimes the lack of them. He traveled around
600,000 miles with us before we came back to Texas.
Three rentals and finialy our new home just pruchased where he loved the back yard and would spend hours haning out with his duck friends and watching there antics. We took abbys to the vet last week and he saide there was not much to be done his body was
shutting down.
On Dec 25 after a feast of yummy cat food and a run around outside he came in for his nap and got sick. He spend the rest of the day curled up on his blanket in the kitchen and barley ate his supper. I made the heart wrenching desicion to put him out of his suffering before he could hurt more.
So on Dec 26 The Traveling Cat put down his walking staff hung up his hobo stick and after another feast of his favoret food off we went no carrier needed this is a proffesional traveling cat.
I brought his cuddle blanket and Stephen and I were there with him petting and talking right up till the end. Stephen found the perfect spot in
the yard where we returned him to our mother so his journey to the great beyond can start.
Abbys leaves behind his house mate Meeps and Two ducks and a Peahen(he did not like her) and two very sad humans who will
forever have an Abbys sized whole in there lives.
