R.I.P. Tibby
Tibby 1989 - 2006It is with sadness that I announce the passing of Tibby after a long battle with illness.
Tibby was born 'Kitten #3' in a litter of some other cats back in 1989 on a farm in No-Mans Heath. She enjoyed a brief time on that farm before she moved to her new home, with her new family - The Sutton's. She lived for some months with her new family along with her new friend Fergie the ginger tom cat.
Within her first year of life she found herself pregnant after a series of one night stands. This pregnancy bore a litter of kittens but heartache was set to befall Tibby as she saw all but 2 of her kittens too weak to survive the night. These kittens, Minnie the Minx and Dennis the Menace, went on to make Tibby proud. Dennis set off to travel the world and Minnie stayed around the Sutton's Farm and, despite disagreements with her mother, she stuck with her. Tibby's illness first struck around May 2005 when she inexplicably grew very weak and stopped from travelling far from the family home. A few months later a large growth appeared in her left ear. A growth that was not believed to be cancer at first, but was too risky to remove as it could have triggered a cancerous spread.
Despite this growth Tibby regained some of her strength and carried on living a full life sticking close to the home instead of roaming as she had previously done from time to time.
Tragedy struck in late 2005 when Minnie grew ill and after only a short illness was too weak to carry on and was laid to rest.
Tibby spent the next few months lazing around on chairs, sunning herself on the freezer in the back kitchen and eating Archie's food instead of her own.
Her 'cancer' was getting too much and was getting to a size that became a burden to her, she was laid to rest peacefully on July 26th 2006.
God speed Tibby.
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