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Yes!
Since I was about two years old I've had a cat called Sam. The first was a stray and my mum named it as we didn't know if it was a boy or girl.
Sam 2 got run over
Sam 3 lasted for around 14 years
Long break
Sam 4 disappeared at 6 months, think he got a brain tumour and went off to die
Sam 5 got hit by a car 2.5 years
Sam 6 (called Oscar for 6 weeks then caught my mum calling him Sam) played with a dead rat, got peritonitis, died 2.5 years
Long break
Sam 7 hand reared, got infection, had very poor immunity due to hand rearing, died at 2.5 years.Each had their own personalities and particularly as Sam 7 died in the same week as a major distressing family bereavement, you understand that whilst cats have their own personality you can heal your grief very quickly by getting another; not so with people.
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Amazing!
I am so sorry about the early passing of Sam 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7... Sam 8 is sure to be around for years to come! :-)
Cats are amazing, maybe I am projecting my human emotions onto Patch too much, maybe she understands, I don't know, but whenever I am feeling low, which has happened a fair bit over the last couple of years, she always has a way to make me feel better. So I might have saved her from the cat home initially, she has most certainly saved me way more over ther last (just under) 3 years.
ExTra
Just out of interest, I have been meaning to ask you for a while... have there been Sam 1 to 7?