Introducing our pet of the month for August - Ambrose! There is so much to say about Ambrose, our big beautiful brown Burmese boy. Partly because we have lots of stories due to his age but mostly because he was our Amazing Ambrose. I have to say “was” as before this piece was finished he passed away, aged 18 years and 9 months. He had been cared for by us, David, Rebecca and the lovely team at Concord Vet Hospital for 21 and a half months after we were advised by a specialist hospital in October 2012 that he only had a maximum of a few months to live. Thank you to you all! We can’t express how much we appreciated your help and advice. He was a much loved family member and will never be forgotten. Ambrose was big brother to cat brothers Harry, nearly 17 and Jasper, 18 and a half and to dog sister Poppy nearly 7. From the moment he came home he was a gentle, loving, calm, affectionate, strong presence in the family. He was able to put a puppy in place in his younger days without violence, by taking what we called his Spanish bull stance and lots of bluff. The breeders gave us a poem called “A Burmese on my shoulder”. And sure enough, in his early years he loved nothing more than jumping up and perching himself on a shoulder, no matter what we were doing at the time. He was a gentle soul. He was often found mesmerised by observing ants and would give loving head butts to anyone who was interested. Have a look at the photo of him quietly observing a large blue tongue lizard which strayed in front of him. He simply sat and stared at it! Ambrose was always an Indoors cat but also spent a lot of time outside in his cat run by going through a cat flap into a walkway up the side garden and into an enclosed area we call the “cat mahal”. Before we had a cat run he used to go outside on a leash. You can see the photo of Ambrose on a leash, aged two. The breeder submitted the photo as he looked so cute. Needless to say we were chuffed that our boy was a model. He didn’t have a lot of energy recently but was well groomed thanks to the efforts of little sister Poppy who happens to be a French bulldog with an enormous tongue and a generous personality. Until his recent setback Ambrose had been loving winter, hanging out with the family, following the sun on the bay window and making sure the gas heater was on. Air con was a good standby but no match to staring into the fake gas flames and jostling for prime position like sausages in a frypan! When we were eating his favourite foods he used to perch on the back of the lounge staring at us so we remembered to share. Our heartfelt thanks again go to David, Rebecca and all of the team for helping us to make Ambrose’s life happy and as well as possible. Lyn and Graham
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:20:13 +0000
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