Farewell Pretty Boy

 We had to say goodbye to Pretty Boy.

So pretty in pink, watching trains

Pretty Boy wasn't originally our cat. He decided to move with us several years ago. He was more or less outdoor cat - which is not a good thing here in the cold wilderness. He slowly transformed into a pet, on his own will. He developed a hearing loss, so he wanted to be indoor cat.

With us Pretty Boy (his name means "happiness" - we didn't name him, his first family gave it to him) found shelter, peace, family, love. I do hope he found happines as well.

Worried

The stray cat that moved in with us several years ago is poorly. I didn't pay attention to him during the holidays, because there was so much going on. It was really cold, so Big broher and Little brother were also inside the house all the time. Litterboxes were full and food was eaten.

Yesterday I did pay attention. He wasn't yelling for food as per usual - I don't know if he was as quiet on friday, I wasn't here. He has lost a LOT of weigh in a year, but now he doesn't weigh a feather. I gave him food, he started to eat, but finished after a few mouthfulls. Not good.

Off to to the vet. I know d would like to be there, but she's 80km away and still sleeping (as students are).

(also my keayboard is acting up, t isn't working, and neither is lefthand side shift. I can use righthand side shift, but my login ohe laptop has t:s and that is a bigger problem, copy-paste don't work in login)

It's a bit cold

I'm very happy my ancestors didn't want to move to Siberia. -42C is a bit too cold for me. This -24 is a bit too cold for me... But the storm, Goretti, isn't here yet. I don't know if it ever will reach us. Maybe it just destroys the western Europe?

I was at the capital today, it is by the sea, so very windy. I'm still frozen. 12hrs and I'm done. But I defrosted freezers this week AND put all things back to freezers!

Catfight

It's really cold here -24C). So I emptied all preezers, put the food outside (Ikea bags are multipurpose as all Nordic people know). Itt's been about 12 hours and there's STILL some ice in the big chest freezer. So it was a due time to do this!

I've been cooking on my wood burner stove, it heats the house nicely. It's now a bit warmer outside (-18C) but I wouldn't like to go out. Full moon was yesterday, but it is still very very bright. When you look up into the sky, you can truly see the outer space.

Oh the cat fight?  Well, we DO live in the middle of the forest, deep into the woods. Big brother and little brother, the not-bonded duo went outside to have a pee and a poo (because they do not want to go as low as to use the litter boxes and baby brother does everything his big brother (not biological brother) does). Awful noice, my sister on the other end of the fields said they heard howling and wondered what it was.

Hb thought cats were fighting once again together and went to call them to be nice. Nope. This  time bigbrother was howling to a lynx! And baby brother were there, too (you know, monkey see, monkey do). Hb shouted, three cats were fighting in the freezing snow and the noise was terrible.

Lynx decided it was time to go, and cats decided it was cold enought to go inside. Big brother thinks he won and he's been daring everyone to fight. He even chased 'Suma and swipes her everytime she makes the mistake of getting too close.

Ok, so no more venturing to the forest in dark time of the day (which is like 18 hours now) for the cats. Easier said than done.