I think I’m coping quite well with the loss of my baby Buttons.. My heart hurts a lot but my main concern now is for Mr B and Nutini.. They really aren’t coping!
Nutini won’t stop crying and hiding in the bed room… I hope she’ll adjust soon but the fact she has PTSD might mean that this will only make her regress.. That’s my concern so I’m trying to distract her with play time and lots of goats milk treats..
She’s started excessively cleaning herself which is a warning sign for stress..
Bob came in early and completely blanked her and wouldn’t even make eye contact with her and he’s the one that’s the most tollerent with her .. In so much as he’ll walk past her and not swat at her Dr Jeckyll chases her and miss Hyde swats her too..
Mr B isn’t coping either he’s been drowning his sorrows listen to sad music I know it’s his way of coping I just worry it’s not healthy.. He’s even more lost cause Nutini will have nothing to do with him she cowers if he makes eye contact she’s intensely fearful of him so he cant even cuddle her which is really upsetting him as he is extremely worried about her..
He brought the dogs for a walk and when he came back he really surprised me! he said he wanted Nutini to have another friend immediately so as not to make her disorder any worse.. I dont want a kitten right now because I feel it’s too soon even saying it feel so silly buttons is only gone hours! I can’t betray his memory!
But In a sick twist of fate I had been looking at a kitten last week on a rescue site I got all my dogs from.. Mr B seen me looking at his profile but said nothing at the time..obviously he was thinking of him after.. This little fella was found thrown out of a car ( exactly like buttons was) and he has a very badly ulcerated eye that’s more than likely going to leave him partially blind and he also has an extremely deformed front leg that will be removed .. He’s only 6 weeks old now .
Mr B surprised me and said “can we not help him!” You said the only indoor only cat you’d have is a disabled one and here’s one right now that needs an experienced home”.
He asked me to ring the rescue which I did but I asked him to give me a few days to see if Nutini gets any worse.. Buttons is a quick mover in the meadow If this is meant to be ..