Sad news, Charlie, our much loved, well-travelled, ‘cat with no ears’ is no more.
At 16 years a healthy geriatric cat deserves a dignified death.
However yesterday afternoon during his afternoon nap at home on our back veranda he was attacked by two wiry-haired terriers and was killed.
These two dogs had squeezed under a closed side gate & climbed up the stairs to attack him.
I was away from home, and Pat could not get the dog to release Charlies throat until our next-door neighbour hit the dog with a rake handle.
Charlie was rushed to the Vet, but with a crushed windpipe, it was too late.
We inherited Charlie five years ago from our daughter in Melbourne who couldn’t take him with her when they moved house.
It took Charlie only a few days to adapt to his new caravanning-life and being required to walk on a lead.
In the five years he had travelled with us in the caravan for over 40,000km.
He attended four
Bushtracker Musters, at Quilpie, Tepon Park Herberton, Quorn, Rydal, and just missed Jeparit by a couple of weeks, on our return from W.A.
He had an unusual habit of making friends with dogs, and provided a lot of caravanners with a “cat fix”. He was a very placid cat, too old to chase small birds, and not a thief. You could safely leave fresh meat on the bench & not have to worry about the cat.
In 2009 he had to have his ears removed due to skin cancer, and survived three other episodes with the Vet when he was not expected to live. So maybe he had used up all of his ‘9 lives’.
Charlie will be sadly missed by all that have known him
Neil & Pat
Some photos to remember him by
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