Looking into her eyes, makes me remember who she was, how she came into my life and how special she has been in it.
Mirar sus ojos, me hace recordar quien era, como vino a mi vida y lo especial que ha sido en ella.
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Siempre me abuela me decía cuando era pequeña, que no podía mantener o tener bien a una mascota no la tuviera. Pero para mí, los gatos son más que mascotas, son parte de mi familia, como hijos. Los que sienten esto mismo me entenderán, porque no a todos les ocurre.
Ahora mismo escribo y estoy rodeada de sus fotografías, porque esto ocurrió hace demasiados años, allá entre el 2001 y 2002. Ha pasado tanto tiempo, han pasado 22 años. Y en esa época no tenía ni teléfono celular, pero si una cámara analógica, de esas que usaban rollo. ¿Las recuerdan? También tenía una pequeña que era digital, de las primeras que salieron o más bien que podíamos tener. Luego de algún tiempo tuve un celular con el cual tomarle fotos aunque no eran de altísima calidad.
La mayoría de las fotografías que tengo de Tuty son en el jardín de mi casa en Argentina, dentro de la casa salían muy oscuras. Le encantaba estar en el jardín, era su guardiana.
Recuerdo que era una gata que veía en la medianera de mi casa y la del vecino. Ella en realidad era mascota de mi vecina, había tenido gatitos y la vecina le daba pastillas para que no tenga más.
Pero un día me la encontré en mi jardín comiendo caracoles, en su casa no podía comer. Había tantos perros que ella siempre estaba sobre los muebles para que no la corran y además le quitaban la comida. Por lo que venía a mi jardín para ver si encontraba algo de comer.
Saben amo a los gatos, como podía resistirme a esa belleza. Pero cuando la encontré en esas circunstancias no estaba tan linda como en las fotos, sino que estaba raquítica y el pelo todo graso y pegado la piel. Pobrecita estaba muerta de hambre y le di de comer.
My grandmother always told me when I was little, that I couldn't keep or have a pet if I didn't have one. But for me, cats are more than pets, they are part of my family, like children. Those of you who feel the same way will understand me, because it doesn't happen to everyone.
Right now I am writing and surrounded by their photographs, because this happened too many years ago, back in 2001 and 2002. So much time has passed, 22 years have passed. And at that time I didn't even have a mobile phone, but I did have an analogue camera, the kind that used film. Do you remember them? I also had a small one that was digital, one of the first ones that came out, or rather that we could have. After some time I had a mobile phone with which to take photos of it, although they were not of the highest quality.
Most of the photographs I have of Tuty are in the garden of my house in Argentina, inside the house they were very dark. She loved to be in the garden, she was her guardian.
I remember she was a cat that I used to see in my house and the neighbour's house. She was actually my neighbour's pet, she had had kittens and the neighbour gave her pills so she wouldn't have any more.
But one day I found her in my garden eating snails, in her house she couldn't eat. There were so many dogs that she was always on the furniture so they wouldn't run her off and they were taking her food. So she would come to my garden to see if she could find something to eat.
You know I love cats, how could I resist that beauty. But when I found her in those circumstances she wasn't as pretty as in the pictures, she was stunted and her fur was all greasy and stuck to her skin. Poor thing was starving and I fed her.
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Con el tiempo se quedó en mi casa y se puso muy hermosa. Mi vecina dijo que como ya no estaba en su casa que yo le diera las pastillas, pero yo veía que no le hacían efecto. Tenía comportamientos extraños, consulte con la veterinaria y me recomendó que la esterilizara.
Efectivamente, tenía el útero inflamado por las pastillas y había riesgo de un tumor, hice bien en operarla.
A partir de allí fue una gata saludable, amaba estar en los techos, a tal punto que llegada una hora determinada de la tarde, si se encontraba ahí aún no quería bajar y había que subir al techo a buscarla.
Por lo demás era muy obediente, a un determinado sonido que hacía con su plato de comida ella aparecía sea donde sea que estuviera, así fuera de un jardín vecino y muy lejos.
Era una gata muy grande en tamaño y lo que ven no es gordura era pelo. La veterinaria me había dicho que probablemente hubiera tenido cruza con la raza angora. Recuerdo le encantaba el queso blando y el helado, siempre se ponía cerca de mí cuando estaba comiendo helado. Era muy muy glotona, pero como les digo no era gorda sino muy peluda.
Eventually she stayed at my house and became very beautiful. My neighbour said that as she was no longer at home I should give her the pills, but I could see that they had no effect. She was behaving strangely, so I consulted the vet and she recommended that she be spayed.
Indeed, her uterus was swollen because of the pills and there was a risk of a tumour, so I was right to operate her.
From then on she was a healthy cat, she loved to be on the roof, to the point that at a certain time in the evening, if she was still there, she didn't want to come down and we had to go up to the roof to look for her.
Otherwise she was very obedient, at a certain sound she made with her food dish she would appear wherever she was, even if it was in a neighbouring garden and very far away.
She was a very big cat in size and what you see is not fat but hair. The vet had told me that she had probably been crossed with the Angora breed. I remember she loved soft cheese and ice cream, she would always stand close to me when I was eating ice cream. She was very very greedy, but as I say she was not fat but very hairy.
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Además, vivía corriendo en el jardín, y sacaba del mismo a los gatos callejeros que entraban. Los jardines no estaban bien divididos sino solo por un alambrado. Y ella era muy guardiana, en la casa sólo reinaba Tuty y Roñy, mi otro gato que tenían la misma edad. Entre ellos se llevaban muy bien y eran muy compañeros.
Era super cariñosa con quienes ella quería, pero por otro lado muy asustadiza y fuera de la familia cercana, el resto de la gente la asustaba tanto que se escondía debajo de alguna cama hasta que la visita se fuera.
Le gustaba tanto dormir acompañada, siempre estaba en alguna cama. Había que cepillarla y siempre mantener su pelo porque jugaba tanto en la tierra que se le hacían nudos, ya que el pelo era muy largo.
Era una gata que le encantaba la lluvia, pero no sólo mira ro ver cuando llovía, sino que se mojaba porque le encantaba. Lo recuerdo.
Besides, she lived running in the garden, and she would chase the stray cats out of the garden when they came in. The gardens were not well divided but only by a wire fence. And she was very guardian, in the house only Tuty and Roñy, my other cat who were the same age. They got on very well with each other and were very good companions.
She was super affectionate with those she loved, but on the other hand she was very scary and outside the close family, the rest of the people scared her so much that she would hide under a bed until the visitor left.
She liked so much to sleep in company, she was always in a bed. She had to be brushed and her fur always had to be maintained because she played so much in the dirt that she would get knots in it, as her fur was so long.
She was a cat who loved the rain, but she didn't just watch when it rained, she got wet because she loved it. I remember that.
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SPANISH VERSION (click here!)
Vivió conmigo doce años, y yo la había adoptado cuando tenía alrededor de dos años. Tuvo una vida muy feliz, y eso me deja en paz, porque se convirtió en una gran gata, hermosa, cariñosa y guardiana.
Inesperadamente vi que, en el parpado inferior de un ojo, le apareció como una lastimadura que pensamos era un rasguño, pero con el tiempo se convirtió en un tumor, la veterinaria la operó, pero ella no aguanto usar el cono y se arrancó los puntos… eso volvió a crecer. Igualmente la cuidaba y curaba la herida cada día. Algunos me decían que por ser mayormente blanca eso podía pasar.
Un día, no la encontraba y no la encontraba y luego de un buen rato de buscar en el fondo del jardín allí estaba sin vida. El shock para mi fue impresionante, verla así, estaba sola y llame a la veterinaria. Me dijo simplemente murió de un paro cardiaco.
A su lado había señales como que mi gato Roñy quería despertarla o algo así, él la quería mucho, nadie me saca eso de la cabeza. Cinco meses después Rony se fue de este plano, lo veía triste, apagado, sé que la extrañaba. Lo que viví con ellos fue increíble, mis primeras mascotas o más bien hijos.
Escribo y la traigo a mi mente, cada momento hermoso que pasé con ella, doce años de amor.
Estoy feliz de poder recordarla en esta comunidad, con todos ustedes. Les envío un gran saludo. Hasta pronto.
Amonet.
She lived with me for twelve years, and I had adopted her when she was about two years old. She had a very happy life, and that leaves me at peace, because she became a great cat, beautiful, loving and guardian.
Unexpectedly I saw that, on the lower eyelid of one eye, she had a wound that we thought was a scratch, but with time it turned into a tumour, the vet operated on her, but she couldn't bear to use the cone and tore out the stitches... it grew back. I still took care of her and treated the wound every day. Some people told me that because she was mostly white it could happen.
One day, I couldn't find her and I couldn't find her and after a long time of searching at the bottom of the garden, there she was lifeless. I was shocked to see her like that, she was alone and I called the vet. She told me that she had simply died of cardiac arrest.
Next to her there were signs like my cat Rony wanted to wake her up or something, he loved her very much, no one can get that out of my head. Five months later Rony left this plane, he looked sad, dull, I know he missed her. What I lived with them was incredible, my first pets or rather children.
I write and bring her to my mind, every beautiful moment I spent with her, twelve years of love.
I am happy to be able to remember her in this community, with all of you. I send you a big greeting. See you soon.
Amonet.
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