How Can I Stop One Of My Cats From Constant Howling? - Part 3 And Final

[AndiFlatland]

I'm not sure if any of you who responded to my previous postings (20.5.15 and 14.3.17) will be alerted to this message, but in case you are, I thought it only fair that I should give you a final, sad update on dear little Wendy Wagtail - albeit somewhat late.
During June and July, Wendy became very wayward, and kept disappearing from the front garden when we were sitting on the doorstep. She seemed to be getting quite wobbly on her feet, and losing her joie de vivre, spending most of her time sleeping. I took her to the Blue Cross in late July, and the vet said that she had very little time left. But she gave me some medication to give her, to make her more comfortable for a short while, and booked her in again for the end of August. During that month, she seemed to be a little happier - but the last week was quite sad, as she really went downhill pretty fast. A few days before her last appointment, she disappeared into the street, and as I was about to go and search for her, a man came to my gate and asked me if I owned a small black-and-white cat. He told me he had been driving down to his house on the other side of the road, about 100 yards away, and had to stop because he thought there was a dead cat in the middle of the road. Fortunately, she was still alive, and had no sign of injury, and he had taken her to the nearest vets, where they checked for a microchip, and were thereby able to get in touch with me by phone.
Only 5 days after that, I took her to the booked Blue Cross appointment with a heavy heart, knowing that I would be unlikely to be returning with her alive - and although I pleaded with the vet to give me some medication which would allow Wendy just one more week of life, she said that it would be unkind to even try to prolong her suffering any further.
So this is the final chapter in a relatively short story. I only had her in my keep for just about 6 years, after having been passed around from pillar to post for the preceding 8/9 years, and never being happy anywhere. I believe that she was as happy as she ever could have been, with me and Sindy and Lucie, but eventually there was no more I could do to help her, and she was put to sleep at 3pm on Thursday 31st August. Wendy now has her forever home (or as forever as I can make it in a rented flat) alongside 5 of my former little friends in the back garden (to which only I have access). She is sadly missed.
It's suddenly become very quiet around here, with only Sindy remaining (and she's getting on for 18 herself - although still very youthful and bright-eyed). Thanks to everybody for your comments in the past, much appreciated. If anybody knows of a pair of cats who are in need of a home, perhaps you could let me know, and we can work out a way of linking me up with them (not sure if we can do that through this site, but I think I can give my phone number). I'm in the south London area - don't have a car, but my freedom pass will take me me anywhere inside the M25 zone.

[Buenchico]

Oh, that's so sad. (I've got 4 cats myself but I still miss their mum, who disappeared a couple of years ago).

A few practical points though:

1. If you need a contact point, so that other AB members might reach you, all you need to do is to create a new email address here:
https://www.gmx.co.uk/
You can then post that email address here (preferably mentioning that it's only a 'throwaway' one) and use it just for as long as you need to. Then you won't risk getting lots of spam getting sent to your regular address.

2. While there are, no doubt, loads of cat rescue centres within the M25, they often seem to make things difficult for potential adopters (and can sometimes demand quite large donations before they'll hand over an animal). Another way of finding some new feline company would be to look on the noticeboards of pet stores for 'good home wanted' notices. Pets at Home have such noticeboards in their stores (Friern Barnet, Muswell Hill, Hendon, Camden, Battersea, Old Kent Road, Wimbledon, Sydenham & Blackheath), as do Jollyes (Dartford, Enfield & Romford) and many local pet shops.

3. If you'd still prefer to go down the more formal route (with potential home checks, etc but with a wider choice of animals available), entering your postcode here would be a good place to start:
https://www.cats.org.uk/adopt-a-cat

[wolf63]

I'm sorry to hear about Wendy Wagtail, it's amazing that a small animal can have such an impact on us.

As I reread your previous posts my girl cat, Merlin, stood beside my bed and started crying. I usually ignore her when she does this and she toddled off to do cat stuff.

I wish you well in your search for a new family member.

[Islay]

What a heartbreaking and loving post.
As a cat slave myself I can relate to you so much, I lost all my older girls 10 years ago and was without cats for 2 weeks (that's as long as I lasted!)
I now have 4 owners of various ages, I agree with Chris look around at pets at home and pet shops, look around for smaller rescues they may have a less restrictive policy.
Good luck x

[Islay]

Sorry just saw you were also asking about yowling, try a feliway plug in - its expensive but if you look on Groupon they normally a bit cheaper - its a pheromone dispenser.