Mats

Meet our "hero in socks" Mats (smile)

 

Siësta

Most of our ferns are wilting due to the warm weather and ongoing drought.

While watering with a water can, I suddenly spotted a visitor.

Pan is having a siësta. I think I should follow his example ☺︎

Monday Morning

It can be difficult to get up at 6 am in the morning...

But not today!

Peace

Sleepy Sunday

Good Times

(photo august 2015)

This morning I just had to call the vet!

Mobli needed some help with so-called assisted euthanasia.

The vet came, gave him two injections en then it was over.

He reassured me this was the right and only thing to do.
It wasn't curable and his natural death could have taken several more days.

When we came to live here 11 years ago, Mobli was a regular visitor of our backyard.

He was a tough looking adult cat who hunted our field and respected our privacy.

As soon as he saw one of us, he immediately left the garden.

So we could always enter our backyard with our cat Sil with no problem.

Over the years we got quite attached to Mobli and Mobli to us.
The kenderman and me think he was a pretty special feral/stray cat ★

If you would like to see more of Mobli : click here

We'll focus on the good times we had with Mobli this weekend.
Hope you'll enjoy your weekend!

Hard Times

Mobli is getting worse and he is terrified by people and in particular by our vet.

So we decided not to ask the vet to visit us and give him a lethal injection.

We really want to save him the enormous stress it would give him.

The only way I'm coping right now... Mobli doesn't look like he's in pain.

He hasn't been eating for 2 days and he's locked in now.

That was a hard decision to make because we have always

respected his freedom but it wasn't safe any longer.

We live beside a busy road and last night he suddenly disappeared from his den.

So I went looking for him in the dark in our backyard, calling his name.

I was worried because I couldn't find him and just when I was about to enter

the house on the front he crossed this road strolling very slowly.

Although his hearing and eyesight are getting worse by the day,
he followed me inside and that's when I closed and locked the cat flap.

I'm relieved he's safe with us but I'm really sad we're going to lose him anyway.

Now it's just a matter of days...

Mobli

Mobli is fighting a lost battle ...

RAW

Since a couple of days I've been feeding Mobli raw meat.

He was getting thinner and thinner and wouldn't eat any cat food.

No longer half the cat he used to be, we were afraid of losing him.

He lost his athletic steady walk and started walking unstable, lost a lot of weight
and energy, couldn't wash properly and his eyesight got really bad.

Desperately I asked the kenderman to bring Mobli a chicken fillet,

originally planning on boiling small pieces of meat for him.

That's when the kenderman proposed to feed Mobli raw chicken meat.

Last Saturday I gave it a try and he started wolfing down his food right away.

Two days in a row he's been eating raw chicken and today I gave him some raw salmon.

He's still skin and bones but you can see he's feeling a little bit better.

When we came home today we couldn't believe our eyes...
Mobli was lying on top of the gate after barely being able to jump on a chair/my lap for days!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and I'm not giving up on him yet

but I know Mobli has become tremendously vulnerable.

But he's purring loudly when he's on my lap... even while I try to give him a wash.
Only his mouth (you can see why), hind-legs and tail can do with some extra care.

I can't understand why but the rest of his fur is shining!
Mobli ROCKS ★

Spice Up

Since temperatures are rising, Mobli is spicing up
his veterinary cat diet with a mouse or two a day

Hi!

Love him to pieces!

My Mate Mobli

Quite unusual for the time of year, we had two nights of reasonable frost in a row.

But after these cold nights we enjoyed two beautiful days of sunshine ☀︎ 

With Mobli on my lap I soaked up some sunrays on the terrace.

I have noticed my favourite feral is not only getting older but also skinnier.

He's on a veterinary cat diet, supplemented with his own catch of mice and rats.

(you can find some earlier posts here, here and here)

But his fur is shining, when I call him he comes running to me and you could be
fooled because he looks like a healthy, athletic adult cat at first sight.

He still climbs the fence and jumps on the gate easily.

I can only hope we'll get him trough another winter, he can be with us for at least

another summer and that he'll eventually die in his sleep peacefully ✭

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Too Cute

Zen

Being back at the office for just 2 days... I really need my Zen master Mobli ☺︎

Friday Wish

Hope you'll enjoy your weekend or holiday! 

Feral

my feral friend Mobli ☆

Someone Has Got To Work Around Here

Say What?

Enjoy your weekend!

Close Friend

Appartently Mobli has been fighting...

I just love my cuddly feral ♥︎

Update

Mobli is doing fine!

The examination of his blood learned us he also has a kidney problem.

But since the infected molar was removed and being on a (k/d prescription) diet

 for four weeks now he has gained some weight and he's full of life again.

That tooth must have troubled him for a long time.

He spends most of his days hunting the grounds around us.

He still likes my attention :)

He's still blocking my pathway :)

Mobli in his den. His green retreat for a nap... food and rainwater always available

Mobli still recovering on December 20th, after being to the vet