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CatteningMy cat died today
I have two senior cats. One is 18 and is beginning to decline. The other 14 and doing ok, although she has suffered from issues all her life, and was likely blind from birth.
The 14 year old went from fine to decline in a weekend and passed before I could get her to the vet this morning.
Her name was Artemis and she was a little fluffy jellybean who wandered up to me just a day or two after I lost my grandma. She was hilarious and spacy, and LOUD, but prone to unexplained seizures and was almost totally blind. Taking good care of her was difficult sometimes, and she was getting a lot more antisocial with age.
I'm a bit shocked as I was mentally preparing for my oldest cat to go; but I suppose they don't have to go "in order".
So beautiful and perfect-looking.
Thank you! I am happy that at least some of the hyacinths weren't completely destroyed.
Some of our hyacinths were destroyed by mice, but some survived. Also, I put the flair "I grew it", but actually it was my partner who grew it. In our family when it comes to plants- my partner does all the planting and potting, I only do the watering.
I love hyacinths!!
Me too! I especially love that you can first buy already blooming one in a tiny pot and then after the flower dies put the bulb into the soil
i'm wondering if planting mint as a deterrent could be helpful for next year -- i know rats hate it, mice may be similar. absolutely beautiful colour.
Yeah, people have recommend that under my previous post - so we definitely gonna try that. Although, I have read comments under someone's post about rabbits and somebody said that mint is very invasive. So I guess, we'll have to do some more research on that.
It is very true mint is invasive--we've struggled for years to keep it under control.
it can be invasive, you're right. that's something i worry about in my garden as i live somewhere with a huge weed/feral plant problem, but i didn't think about it when i suggested it. i grow spearmint -- when it doesn't get a lot of water and isn't pruned it does die off and seems to contain itself to about a 1 metre area. however i do live in quite arid conditions. otherwise putting it in pots and monitoring it closely could be an idea. :)
Hyacinths are lovely ☺️ Too bad with the mice :/ we also have a mouse problem in our kitchen garden, and the cats just aren't helping... So, next step is traps with seeds. I don't know what else to do.