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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Oreo Buried

We buried Oreo today.

Oreo slept the night in the corner of my room. I was up quite a few times as he would drag himself toward the door.  Usually to collapse about 3/4 of the way. 

When the sun had hit some of the grass in the back yard,  I carried him out as i thought he might like the feel of nature. He dragged himself into the carport.

Jemma came over and she and Oreo spent a long time in the back yard and Oreo dragged himself to the Eastern fence. 

At 11:20 Jemma sat in the passenger seat cradling Oreo. 
The vet inserted a new tube thing and injected a strong sedative and listened to his heart.  After his heart stopped, there were a couple of movements. 

Tears from Jemma and I.

Back at home,  we dug a therapy grave.  Not easy.

Oreo was buried with the remainder of an open tin of cats food and smooching a carrot. 

We covered him with dirt and added some pavers mid way to the surface and again on the surface to stop the dog from digging. 

More tears from Jem and myself. 

Kids came for dinner. 

8:30pm update.
I'm feeling down.
There's an emptiness about. 
No Oreo. He'd usually be on my bed but no longer. Just a bit silly of me but there you go. 








It was very difficult to dig the grave.  Lots of roots.  We used water to soften things up.  Had to use a pick to cut through roots.
We buried Oreo with an open tin of cat food to ease his entry to cat heaven.  We also buried him with a carrot in his hands.  Oreo used to like to smooch / rub against carots.

To prevent other animals digging up Oreo, we put three smaller pavers half way between the body and the surface and then two large pavers on top.






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