02/10/2024
Raven: Adopted 2010; OTRB🌈 Feb. 10,2024
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From the minute we saw her reach through the bars of her crate to paw-slap her neighbor, we knew this sassy floof was meant for us.
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For 14 years of her 16+, she made her mark on two houses, four dogs, and literally every part of our lives. She’d pull out drawers to sit in them. Slap her food bowl at you if was empty. When we transitioned to timed feeders, she’d scream at you just in case you forgot to fill them. She begged for dinner worse than the dogs. Loved fresh seafood and wild game. Would steal your chair at the table the instant you got up. Was always the first gift under the Christmas tree. Would drape herself across you to snuggle. Liked to explore the yard. Was the alpha animal regardless of age or health. Even the dogs knew to respect her. What kitten wanted, kitten got. She was the princess and she knew it.
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Lymphoma finally came for her but damn if she didn’t make that cancer work its butt off. It took five months to do what the vets expected to happen in five weeks. She spent her final days eating (literally) whatever she wanted, including baked sour cream and cheddar ruffles, taking herself outside for a nap in the tent and to watch the birds, and taking over our laps whenever she felt like it.
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See you later, kitten. I’m sure we’ll meet again.