Originally posted by Mbaez My sincere condolences. She was beautiful and you helped her to live a better life once fixed.
Thanks very much. She was definitely spoiled, in many ways the grande dame of the outside colony, alpha kitty. We will miss her, although I suspect at least a few of the gang will not. They'll have to jockey for top spot now, I have my bets on two of them...her sister, Bea ("little witch"), and dowager Roxy (unrelated, but a force in her own right, and mama-cat to about 3/4 of the kitties in the colony). We realized, about 2 weeks ago, that Bootie Bear was probably nearing her final journey, so we tried to protect her and make sure she had a special food plate. Last night she lay down for a final nap and passed peacefully.