Comments on: Remembering Mr Pussy In Summer

By: Patricia Hughes-Davies

Patricia Hughes-Davies — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:04:16 +0000

Your wonderful recollections of Mr. Pussy are always such a delight to read.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:04:14 +0000

I really miss my calico cat Susie who never left my side when I was being treated for cancer and very unwell. We’d watch TV together in bed and she’d snuggle up beside me when I needed to sleep, only leaving for food and toilet breaks. When my hair fell out she took to sleeping on my head at night as if keeping it warm.

Sadly she contracted feline leukemia at 15 and we had to do the right thing by letting the vet send her to sleep, he told us she would probably only live another 2 weeks and it wouldn’t be a good death. I have never felt so bereft as sitting with her in those last moments.

I sometimes dream about her and she’s happy.

By: achim

achim — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:41:03 +0000

Is there a better and more empathetic way to describe a relationship with a cat? I only had the neighbour’s cat CHICO around me, who visited me every day. But my experiences and feelings with him were similar. I studied a cat psychology book at the time so that I could understand him better.

Two unforgettable anecdotes: he loved my 50s couch with its blue nubby fabric and the folded blanket on it from the same era. In an impressive ritual, he turned in circles on it, curled up and slept — for about 20 minutes. I read in the book: cats don’t need longer periods of rest. However, they do perform this ritual several times a day!

When I came home one day, CHICO was sitting in front of the letterboxes in an impressive sphinx pose — he had ‘caught’ a mouse and proudly presented it to me. In the book, it says: you MUST praise the cat for this ‘gift’ so that he doesn’t suffer any emotional distress… Oh, my beloved cat!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Liz Aitken

Liz Aitken — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:17:04 +0000

I love these little vignettes of Mr Pussy! What a character he must have been; so refined, and dignified. The Life & Times of Mr Pussy is a wonderful book. I have read it several times and enjoy it every time.

By: Christine Swan

Christine Swan — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:54:48 +0000

Oh dear Mr Pussy, how we all miss him! I am thinking of the long procession of cats that I have lived with in my current location, and I have counted to eleven. The first, jet black, like Mr Pussy, travelled from London with me. The most recent addition is similarly attired but has the addition of more claws – polydactyly as it is known. All the better to scratch you with. She too sleeps all day and ventures out at night to observe the creatures of that time.
I think that one of the things that I love best about cats is that, despite giving them freedom, they choose to come back to you. I had countless discussions with my late daughter, a sociology student who loved cats, about whether or not they bond with us. I believe yes, she believed no. The academic jury is definitely out. Whether it is just shelter and food that makes them stay, or, us, their human servants and companions who they adore, we will never truly know. In reverse, our love for them is real and our lives are the richer for it.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:00:54 +0000

I think it was Hilda Baker who said ,”She knows you know .”
This applies to Mr Pussy .

By: Wendy Cook

Wendy Cook — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:29:17 +0000

This tribute to Mr Pussy is so lovely. Thank you for writing it.