I’m sad to say that Prana died in February. I wasn’t been ready to blog the news then and it’s still hard to write about it now. These pictures are some of the last I took of him.

The night he went missing was a very windy one. Even Sieben didn’t want to go outside. But the moon was full and Prana wanted to go outside to hunt mice. That was normal for him. There’s been many nights where I’ve gone to sleep while he’s been outside hunting. But he was always in bed with us the next morning. When he wasn’t that next day we just had a sinking feeling. We put up signs, talked to neighbors and checked the shelter but there was no sign of him. I looked through sage after sage for even a tuft of fur but there was nothing. We’re pretty sure the coyotes got him. Even if they didn’t eat him all the ravens and winds would have gotten the rest. It’s harder when there aren’t remains to bury. We have a little box of his toys Thebes and I are going to bury when we’re ready.

Thebes and I were heartbroken and so was Sieben. That was especially tough seeing Sieben being so sad over his death. Prana was such an important part of our lives. I still miss him. We had him for 8 1/2 years. He was a shelter kitty and was 6 months old when we adopted him.

I loved him so much and I feel he knew me better than most people I know. He was a cuddler and such a sweetie. I’m so grateful we got to have him in our lives. It’s nice too that he’s been part of the blog. I got to look through past posts about him and that really helped during the grieving process.

Last month Prana came inside with one of his lower fangs sticking outside his lip.

We took him to the vet and he had to get two teeth pulled. One fang and the normal tooth next to it. He was put on anesthesia and had to have some fur shaved off. You can see the shaved spot on his neck in this pic:

And two more spots on his front legs:

I’m happy to report that he made it through just fine!

Then this past weekend furball got into a catfight and got an abscessed cut over his eye. I know! I have been a frantic cat mom as of late. I took him to the vet yet again and thankfully his eye will be ok. He had more fur shaved off so the vet could look at his eyelid better. He’s looking a little rough but his spirits are good.