::tight hugs: Bubba may or may not be a good fit right now. In time, you’ll know. Trust in yourself. Your friends and family are trying to help you the best way they know … filling the void with another cat may be a good option, once you’re ready. The humane society or rescue shelters may have a laid back cat just needing some of your love and attention, when you’re ready.
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ill have to think about bubba. there is an animal shelter that i got taranga from has laid back cats. im on their facebook page and they will feature a dog or cat. last year i was in their website looking for another cat to be with taranga but after having bubba in the house we knew how that went. i have a heart for two but ill be fine with one. right now my heart is broken big time.
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my mom’s friend has a friend who is at the end stage of pancreatic cancer and has a cat who is 6 years old. she is a cutie pie. i feel bad for her that she wont have an owner soon. especially when she has known him since she was a baby. im tempted but i dont think its right. my boyfriend brought bubba over to my house last night for a bit as we had to pick him up from his furparents. i was going to cry. i asked my boyfriend if i could stay at his house last night. and i did. tonight i am at my house. and its 1:15a as i write this. i cried the minute i walked in. i cried in my boyfriends arm. i kept looking at the kitty tree as that is where she most likely be. and would walk over to her treat bowl meowing at my boyfriend. i have her ashes on the bed with me to sleep. im not sure where ill put her yet. right now she is in bed with me. so tonight is the first night im at my house since she has passed away. i did stay over the night that she passed but then i ended up at my best friends house last thursday. and spent a week at her house. a few days at my boyfirends house tho. it feels weird, quiet, lonely, etc. i found a piece of her fur that will go into the picture frame with her paw print. my best friend will plant the forget me not seeds that i got with tarangas ashes, etc. so when i go over there i can think of taranga. i do not have a green thumb at all so i know they wouldnt grow right and then i would cry every time i would try. i rather have a friend or my mom who has a green thumb to grow them. i dont think ive ever seen forget me not flowers. so it will be nice to see them. if i have i may not have noticed that is what they were. anyways, im going to attempt to sleep. i did ask my boyfriend yesterday to sleep over tonight after work. im not sure if he will. im sure ill cry tomorrow and the next day, etc.
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I know how you are feeling, @amymc, and it does get…not exactly better but…easier as time goes by. Though 4 months have passed since Harley died, sometimes I just start crying ‘cos I miss him so much. I cherish my memories of Harley (aka The Boss of Me) and lavish extra care on the rest of our furry family. 
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when i lost calvin it was easy. i was able to have it better even tho i still miss him and im still mourning of him but i had taranga there. now i have no one. i didnt fall asleep until 3a. and i woke up at 1p. i slept with tarangas ashes in bed with me and put the comforter over her. as if she is coming under the blanket for a nap or bed time. i know its a weird thing to do but it just feels natural to do that. i was looking through this thread from the beginning and see all of the pics of the cats so far has put a smile on my face but made me cry at the same time as i posted some pics of taranga. do you have his ashes? maybe hug him every once in a while or every day? how many other furries do you have again? are there pics of them that you can share?
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We have five (!!!) other cats, all strays or rescues. Two are 18-ish, the other three are 10, 8, and 5. This is Miss Sophie, found 7 years ago at Home Depot and greatly in need of medical care at the time. She is still very wary but when she wants her ears rubbed she is not shy about asking!
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awww she is a tortie like taranga was :)…how old is sophie? and glad you found her. she looks adorable.
its now been 2 weeks since she’s been gone. ive only been in my apt a few days since saturday. this weekend ill be with my boyfriend. i still sleep with her ashes by me. i decided to have her paw print near me as well. i found a bit of her fur and decided to put it in the picture frame. a few ppl i know says ill get a new cat soon. im not so sure about that. my boyfriend is wondering when ill take bubba back. i told him when i am ready. right now i feel alone but at the same time im just not ready. ive been hiding in my bedroom when i am at home. i dont feel like sitting in the living room as that is where taranga mostly was. she was in the bedroom too but she was mostly in the living room in her favorite spot on the kitty tree. when i come home i look at that thinking she is there. i have a habit of leaving a light on which is what i did when i had my babies. i would leave a light on when i was away for the weekend, etc. i gotta get myself not to leave a light on. if i do take bubba back ill continue to leave a light on when i am away for the weekend. sigh
i wanna thank yall for letting me write my feelings, etc. i feel knowing that y’all are still reading this, etc is good. i still want to see your kitties as well :)…and hear updates about them as well. that would put a smile on my face for sure. anyways, i gotta get some stuff done. ill hate doing them. one is to wash my dishes. my dishwasher is broken so i gotta wash my dishes by hand which will be difficult for me to do due to my wrist issues. putting them in the dishwasher doesnt cause any difficulties for my wrist. its easier for me to do.
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Sorry this is such a difficult time for you. Losing a beloved pet is always hard. We were lucky when we lost our last dog that one of our friends was an artist and painted a wonderful picture of her that we still have on our wall. Great dog, still brings a happy tear to my eye when I think about her.
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if i can find a good pic of her i could get it painted. that sounds like a good idea. i think about her every day. i thought about her all the time when she was alive. i think about calvin as well…ive been doing that since he has been gone. even tho this is a cat thread do you have a pic of your dog?
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what a cutie pie…how old is she?
She was about 4 in that pic. She passed at 11, about 10 years ago. Great dog.
aaahh…she does look cute…did you get another animal after her?
No, unfortunately, my wife developed severe allergies (tested and confirmed) and when she passed, my wife’s medical condition got a lot better, so we have been pet free for 10 years, much to my son’s frustration. He almost got her with the diabetes dog line of reasoning, but then the Dexcom worked. So no more pets other than fish for us. 
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awww that is a bummer. dogs and cats are the best. ive had betta fishies before. i named them all. my first set was sunset and moonrise. ill never forget them. i had them for a long time. what type of fishes do you guys have?
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Betta, neon tetra’s, moon snails, and an algae eater, plus an overabundance of natural plants.
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What a are on snails? I asked my
Boyfriend who knows so much about fishies and he didn’t know what they were which is shocking…neon tetras are interesting to look at…my boyfriend has the cardinal tetras…what kind of bettas? I had the half moon ones and then a few female ones at one point
Our tank was done using plants, so the snails rummaged around in the small rocks and ate more of the algae, you didn’t seem the much, although sometimes they would hang around on the side of the tank. Not sure what kind of Betta, blue one.
blue and red are the popular colors of the bettas. if you have a mail one, do not put another male in the tank…they will fight. also do not put a female in the tank with the male. i cant remember why but do not do it. you can have a bunch of females in a single tank. so if you plan on getting another betta that is the story behind them 
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