Hi my name is Ozzie I am now an Angel after going ''Over The Rainbow Bridge'' on the 14th June 2016 after a brave battle with Cancer...My Dad will be posting Words and Pictures for me now...Hope you enjoy my Blog and visit again soon !
I have been losing a bit of weight for just over 12 months. Mum & Dad took me to the Vets in August and I was checked over and had a blood test which did not show anything wrong except for a slightly high Thyroid reading but not needing any treatment for. I went back to the Vets a month later and my weight was checked and it was stable and hadn't changed.
During December I wasn't eating as much as I should have been and started to lose a lot more weight so at the beginning of January I went back to the Vet and they found I had a bad infection in my lower jaw and unfortunately they have found that I have a Tumour in my lower jaw, the options to treat me is very limited due to my age and if did have an operation to try and remove it, unfortunately it probably wouldn't give a long term positive result .
I was given an antibiotic injection and some painkillers to take at home.
I went back to the Vets on Monday and luckily I haven't lost any more weight which is good and was given another antibiotic injection and more Arthrocam painkiller to take home and will go back in a month's time. I’m OK in myself and eating well now having changed to softer senior wet food (not so good with dry food anymore though) so hopefully Paws crossed I still have a decent amount of time left to spend with Mum, Dad & Alfie.
So Sorry ! It's been such a long time since I posted anything on here after Ozzie crossed the bridge I had great intentions to carry on posting stuff on but I struggled to make it happen.
Today...It will be six years since our boy had to leave us.
I still so dearly miss Ozzie he was such a special friend and we had the closest bond with each other, its a job to explain but he was the most loving and gentle cat you could ever meet. I still say good morning to him every day and on a clear night look up to night sky and see the brightest star and know its him looking down on me from the Bridge, he regularly visits me in the morning when I'm in our home office, a Rainbow of colours appears for a short time on the floor and other times pass across his picture opposite me on the wall.
You will forever be in my Heart my dearest boy....Lots of Love Dad
As you know from my last post, I created an Ozziecat UK You Tube Channel that will feature our new arrival Alfie and of coarse Jasmine plus some past videos I have taken over the Years featuring my dear little boy ''Angel Ozzie'' as I said before I haven't got masses of footage of him but enough to put together a few videos.
I have now posted the first video of Ozzie discovering all about Ice for the first time !
I hope you enjoy it, and apologies for the editing Steven Spielberg has got nothing to worry about just yet !. Hopefully I will get better at it.
So sorry its a while since I've posted anything on the Blog, has been difficult to get motivated since Ozzie left us (still miss him so very much !) but that needs to change. I will now start to post regular items on here.
Alfie relaxing on my Lap on his first day with us
The big change is we have a new Member of the Family...Alfie or sometimes known as 'Alfred Kitten !' when he is being naughty !.. He's a British Shorthair Silver Tabby Born on the 23 April 2016 and joined us at the end of July when he was 13 Weeks old
He was soon settling in & making himself at Home !
We made the decision not to leave it to long before getting another Cat. We didn't want Jasmine to become used to her own company & it being harder to introduce another Cat if we left it for to long.
Anyway we had the chance of having Alfie who came from an unusually large litter of Seven..Three Sisters & Three other Brothers. We didn't choose Alfie..He chose us, coming up to me and jumping on my Lap (It was more of a scramble rather than a jump) and was soon settling himself down and Purring so very loudly he seemed happy with my lap, so swapped over & tried Jackie's which seemed satisfactory & very Comfy too, so that was about it, he made the decision that we were the ones..so we couldn't really argue with that. We collected him a few weeks later when he had all his Jabs & was 13 Weeks.
Alfie is unusual for a Cat because he doesn't see himself as a Cat where food is concerned !..so will not eat almost all forms of Cat Food. The Lady we had him from said the Kittens were fed Whiskas & Royal Canin Pouches & also starting to have James Wellbeloved Dry Kitten food, they had been having cooked Chicken & White Fish. When we got Alfie home we gave him a bowl of Whiskas which he took one sniff of and started scratching around the bowl trying to tip it over & scratch the mat to cover it up because it was offending his eyes so much !. So we tried a different pouch then some dried food but he was having non of it. We were given a bag of cooked Chicken Breast with the other food when we picked him up put some of that down and he gobbled it up without it touching the sides. So we were beginning to suspect that when his Brothers & Sisters were eating the Pouches or Dry Cat food he was deliberately at the back of the Queue & when the Chicken & Fish were on offer he was getting his fill at the front. He was underweight for his age (being from such a large litter) so didn't want to just put cat food out and wait it out until he was so hungry he would start to eat, he needed to be eating well to catch up on his weight, so we buy packs of chicken thighs cook them cut them up, portion them, then freeze them. We get packs of Frozen White Fish which we cook fresh when he needs them. We were worried that just having fish & Chicken he wasn't getting all the Vitamins he would be getting from complete Cat Food so have got some Felina Complete which we mix with his food so he gets all the Vitamins & Minerals he needs.
He has now progressed to liking Beef, Lamb, Duck so that's good news. We do get him to have a little Royal Canin Kitten Dry food which we mix in with his Chicken (which he accidently eats most of). The only Cat food he has started eating is Natures Menu Frozen Raw Food which did not suit his stomach in the raw form but found if we lightly cooked it he was fine..plus he really likes them so that is good news . We also add a little cooked wholegrain rice to his food so he gets some fibre in his diet too.
He's a lovely loving little chap and has settled in well. Jasmine is getting used him now, she still hisses at him occasionally when he's in ''Hyperactive Mode'' running around the house like a mad thing chirruping away to himself then launches himself at Jasmine (in a playful way) but Jasmine doesn't always appreciate it !. He is calming down a bit now since he went to the Vets and had his ''Man Bits'' sorted out !.
Alfie & Jasmine helping out with the Housework
Jasmine keeping a watchful eye on her little Bro
Exciting News. I have created a Ozziecat UK You Tube Channel . At the moment there is only one Video which features Alfie having Fun showing off his Ball Skills in the Conservatory. I will be adding more Videos very soon which will feature Jasmine & Angel Ozzie. I thought I hadn't got that much Video of them but having searched my back up drive from previous Computers I have found quite a few going back to when they were Kittens, so I'm working on putting them all together to make a few Videos of them very shortly plus some more of Alfie !. In the mean time take a look at Alfie in Action and give it a like if you think its any good !.
Thank you so very much !.... We have been so overwhelmed by the Love for Ozzie from all his Pals around the World. We have received Hundreds of very touching sympathy messages for him. It has so helped us through this Sad time knowing what an great impression our little boy has made in his short life. Let me tell you a little of what Ozzie was like.. He was the most gentle boy you could ever meet he never put his claws out or used his teeth in anger ever, when it was Treat time and you were not serving them up quickly enough his Paw would come out and gently guide your hand and the treat to his mouth. He was known as the ''Treat Monster'' because he would have lived just on Treats if allowed to ! You would always find him sat next to the treat cupboard in the hope of some treats and getting annoyed when there was non forthcoming !
Stick Treats were one of his favourites
In the middle of a Patrol he would have to come in for a Treat Stop
He could down a stick treat in one without having it broken into bits !
Treats are a little slow forthcoming so Ozzie gets
Impatient
''Let me at them !''
He was quite a nervous little chap around people outside & those who visited the house, he knew exactly if visitors were Cat/ Animal lovers & would be very wary & keep out of the way of those who weren't...(he was never ever wrong !) We never knew why he was nervous with people think it was just way he was, Jasmine is much more laid back with strangers. He had a little ritual we did every night/early hours of the morning without fail he would come into the Bedroom usually around 4am and sometimes even multi visits from 2.30am onwards reach up the bed and gently tap me on the shoulder then sit back on the floor looking up with that innocent ''Oh...your awake that's good come with me lets go and hunt down some treats'' we would then go into the back bedroom where we would see if we could find any hidden treats that he had missed (he had never missed any !) and have a bit of fuss and a few extra Treats !. This all started when he had his eye problem and had to have his eye removed after he came home after surgery I had the bright idea of hiding Treats upstairs at bedtime so during the night he could search them out & keep him amused.
He loved going out on his Patrol's and would come and subtly remind me it was time to go, which would involve sitting on the desk & staring at me until it put me off what I was doing, if that didn't work walking across the laptop keyboard was guaranteed a result !
Ozzie in staring Mode !
More intense Staring needed
If all else fails...this always worked !
Out on Patrol he would regularly meet up with his friend Percy from next door. Percy was the only cat in the neighbourhood that Ozzie got on with as soon as we moved in Percy came around to say hello and the two of them just clicked and it was as if they had been Pals all their lives !
Ozzie & Percy at a Patrol Meeting
Ozzie didn't mind sharing his Watering Can's with his Pal
Ready to set out on a Patrol together
Water was another great fascination to Ozzie whether it was the Sink, Watering Can, Puddle, Bird Bath or our glasses of water....but never his own water bowl !
I have lost count how many times he has tipped our unattended glasses of water over, and find him in the middle of a pool of water looking very pleased with himself !
No glass of water was safe from Ozzie
Puddles were tasty !
Bird Baths were great too
Watering Cans were his favourite
Not only outdoor ones either !
There was so much more I could say about Ozzie he was such a character. I miss him so very much we had such a close bond. I work from Home a lot so he was always there like my Shadow, with me all day long (except in the Afternoon when he would settle himself down for his Afternoon Nap) Regularly when I was doing stuff in the Kitchen he would come and sit on the Kitchen table just watching me, I would look over to him and say ''Love you Mate'' he would slowly half close his eye and lower his head a little as if to say ''Love you too Bud'' I would then go over and give him a little hug.
Jasmine misses her Brother a lot too and has got very vocal since he has left us, especially at night when she goes around the house in the middle of the night crying out. We go and comfort her and take her on to our bed where she then settles down, usually sleeping across my chest !
Its Broken mine & Jackie's Heart losing him so young. I imagined he would be around for another ten years or so and us becoming a couple of Grumpy old so & so's together ! He will be in our Hearts forever...never forgotten. Thanks again for all the Lovely messages. Best Wishes Steve (Ozzie's Dad) R.I.P my beautiful little boy...
I'm afraid its bad news. Our dear little boy Ozzie passed away peacefully at Home yesterday Afternoon ( 14th June 2016) after a Brave battle with Cancer.
We are going miss him so much and will leave a huge hole in our lives.
R.I.P my little man
Steve
(Ozzie's Dad)
I will do a tribute to Ozzie's life with words & Pictures next week.
