Sageti has died.

[helen99]

When I adopted Sassua almost a year ago, I had intended it to be a temporary fostering until she could be transferred to a permanent home. The original plan had been to give her to a friend who had expressed interest. However, that never happened because I wanted to do the ingrown claw surgery first. The ingrown claw surgery got put off until very recently, though, and meanwhile that person found a stray kitten and took her in. Then I tried to give her to aekiy, but as he doesn't know where he's going to be staying or what finances will actually be like once he leaves here, he didn't feel right about taking on that responsibility right now. So... Here I was with this cat. I love her, but I already have four cats (who don't necessarily get along with her very well), and I also kept getting the feeling she didn't actually belong to me exactly. Of course I wouldn't dump her or give her to someone I didn't know. Meanwhile she planted herself on the top step leading to the upstairs where rialian lives. We'd thought she just found that area comfortable and safe to sleep, and we were actually a little annoyed at having to step over her enormous girth every time we tried to go up and down the stairs (it made it kind of dangerous). But it turned out she had something else altogether in mind.

Meanwhile, about a week ago, rialian's cat Sageti passed on (he said it was ok to mention it at this point - some may know this already). It was rather sudden and unexpected - he seemed healthy enough, and his fur was glossy and he hadn't lost any weight. This past year he had seemed to slow down a little, but nothing notceable or alarming (and he was 12 years old, so we thought it was 'normal' for his age). But one day, he was just ... gone. It was very much like Sageti, actually. He had lived his life very quietly and in the background, content to follow rialian from room to room while he was upstairs, and to sleep while people were out or downstairs. The second floor of the house was his territory, as he really didn't like the other cats (except Oosie, who is aerodynamic and not confinable to any one part of the house). At night, he would jump up on the bed and purr, and during the day he would sleep in a cool spot by the chair. We found him by the chair - apparently he had passed in his sleep.

A week after he passed on, Sassua arose from her perch at the top of the stairs. Someone had momentarily opened the stairway gate that we had installed to guard Sageti's territory. Like a large white mist, she slipped in unnoticed and quietly took over the upstairs. She has mostly been upstairs ever since, only coming down to say hello once in a while. My cats are not displeased...

Thus have I finally found a home for Sassua, rialian's new cat...

Comments

[kiarrith.livejournal.com]

wow, smart cat. *hugs*

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry to hear about Sageti. I hope Sassua helps you and Ri deal with his loss... seems like she's determined to already.

[dogemperor.livejournal.com]

Demi passed on in rather similar (and sudden) fashion...and four months later Kali practically showed up on our doorstep (and LITERALLY showed up in the case of our friends, who called us).

Funny how kitties show up when they know they'll be needed :3

[ebonhost.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about Sageti... I remember him sleeping next to me when I came to visit before my first Threshholds. Please pass on my condolences and hugs to Rialian, and I am very glad that Sassua has attached to him.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

My condolences.

I'm glad Sassua knows where she belongs.

[stardansr.livejournal.com]

My condolences.

[fearadyn.livejournal.com]

What a heart wrenching story~Wonderful tho that Sassua acted on what she knew was needed. But now she has become queen of her domain, this one must be very happy!

[aloyen.livejournal.com]

My condolences and congrats simultaneously. Maybe she's always been there for that reason. (As I hear Vorlons in my head...)

[laurelindel.livejournal.com]

That is good... I had a dream last night that Rialian had found a new cat, a white female, but in the dream I didn't recognize her as Sassua.