Au passed away on Sunday evening at 530PM. As you may know, Au was ill a month ago, and then recovered. But a week ago, he wasn't feeling well again. He was listless and didn't want to eat. The vet gave him some meds, including an appetite spike, but Au just didn't want to eat more than a lick of milk or little bit of fish juice.
As Au has been at death's door several times in his life, we were hopeful. But this time it wasn't to be.
He became weaker and weaker and on Saturday evening something changed in his eyes and body. He wasn't suffering but we knew it wouldn't be long. On Sunday he was still the same. We didn't want him to waken up in the middle of the night and suffer serious pain, so on Sunday evening we went to the vet.
Au fell asleep in my arms. He wasn't afraid or worried. It was very peaceful. We buried him next to Scoop in the garden that they both loved. Target and Guido were there too.
Au was a wonderful cat, who really had a zest for life. And rost chikkun. And ham. It was a privilege to be his survunt.
We're going to be a bit absent this week. See you soon.
95 comments:
We are so sorry. We will miss Au very much. Gentle purrs and headbutts to you....
We are so sorry to hear that Au is gone. We are greatful that we had the change to get to know him through these pages. Sending you our thoughts, condolences and purrs.
Soft woos and gentle hugs to you from us. We are so very sorry for your loss. Au was very lucky to have the wonderful home he had with you.
Hugs and Woos - Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning and Mom
We still cry when we think of dear Au. It really was our pleasure to share time with him, even in a virtual way. Purrs and hugs from all of us. We will love you forever Au.
I am so sorry to hear that Au had to leave for the bridge. I know you will miss him bunches. Keep him close to you in your heart and purrs.
We were so sorry to hear that Au finally left you. He was a lucky cat to have had you giving him so much love and such good care. Purrs to you-
We are so sorry for Au's passing and send you our purrs, and hugs from mum.
So very sorry for your loss. I know that Au was much loved & was able to feel that love throughout his days. I'm sending purrs, prayers & comfort to you and your furbabies.
I have tears in my eyes...thank you so much for sharing Au with us. You don't know how many days I'd ready "his" posts on facebook and it would bring a smile to my face. We're so sorry for your loss. RIP Au. Big hugs and purrs from Cindy, Buster, Rudy and Sam
We're so sorry to hear of your loss. Au will always be safe forever in your hearts.
We will always think of Au when we have rost chikkun around here from now on. We are glad to have been able to consider him one of our friends. We send you purrs and nosekissies and want you to know we are very sorry that he couldn't stay longer. You gave him a very good life.
Hi Ellen and family, I like cats and I liked Au. I'm sure that you'll agree that he was a handsome devil and would have been an instant hit with us in Canada. It's never easy and I think that you know that. I think that's one of the reasons my dad got so many of us. He figured they'd find a cure for this sort of thing but in the meantime, him and mom better load up on a few dogs. Crazy man but then again, you might have been thinking the same time with Au, Target and Guido. We wish you peace and tearful smiles Ellen.
We are very sad to hear that Au has gone to the Bridge.
We send you comforting purrs as we know you loved your sweet boy and will miss him so much. We hope you will smile when you think about all the memories you have of Au.
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Treasure,Tiger,JJ and Julie
and mom Nancy
You know you're in our thoughts. It's never easy to say good-bye. We're glad his passing was peaceful and without pain. Hugs.
Jan & Funny Farmers
we are so sorry - safe journey across the Bridge Au....we know you will be well met.
Rest in peace. {{{Au}}}
rest in peace dear au. we are so glad we met you. our hugs to your humans and guido and target. you will be missed dear au. meow!
headbutts,
emma and buster
Thinking of you with sympathy. Au had a loving home and a peaceful passing thanks to you. He will be missed by many.
Cats of wildcat woods
I'm sorry for your lost Ellen. Au has been very inspirational for our family ~ human & cats alike. Losing him is losing part of my feline pals aw well. It was devastating, but it's something that everybody has to go through. RIP Au...and you Ellen, please take care of yourself. Target & Guido still need their survant after all...............
We are so sorry to know about Au.
Our thoughts are with you
Take care
Lorenza and mom
We're so sorry about Au. We think of him when we have chikkun too. Our thoughts and purrs are with you.
We are so sorry to learn that Au had to go to the Bridge. :-( It must have been hard for him to leave his loving family but we know he's keeping an angelic watch over you now. Purrs to you all.
My heart goes out to you. I know how much he was a part of the family. Sending hugs.
Handsome Au, you will be missed by many, all over the world.
Big purrs from us to your servunts, and to your fur-brain brothers. We love you, always.
xx The Kats and Mommy Trish
Au, you will be missed so much. When we have roast chicken we will think of you. You were so brave, being ill but staying strong for as long as you did. Sending comforting purrs to your family
xoxo Cory
Purrs to you. We will miss Au too.
Sending soft purrs to comfort you at this sad time.
Charlemagne, Tamar and Mal
We are so sorry that Au had to leave. At least he is not suffering, and he is eating lots of rost chikkun and ham across the Bridge. He is running free with those who have passed before. Hugs and purrs to you.
Luf, Us and Maw
Me & Mom know Au since 2010 , Not far from early of my blogging. It's hard to believe he is gone.Au will be miss and stay in my thought. He is a good friend.
Mom Ellen, me and mom are so sorry, I send warm purrs and warm hug to you for this time.
Lots of love
Xoxo
Puddy & Mom
Oh we are so very, very sad to hear this news about the loss of your very special boy. Our gentlest purrs and thoughts of love to you to help ease your hurting hearts. We loved Au's stories and posts and we will miss him very much. We hope his kitty heaven is filled with ham and chikkun...
Be Well Sweet Au
So long, my friend Au. I shall try not to miss you too much but I can tell it will be very difficult. I send you all my love and rost chikkun.
Condolences to the whole family.
I feel your loss. The last one- Casper is a spitting image of Au. I enjoyed Au's exploits and will miss him.
Oh Au, how you will be missed. Run free, little kitty.
Kisses,
Dexter and Mango Momma
I'm in all tears...
Our thoughts are with you and we miss Au so much. Au had a wonderful life with lots of rost chikkun and love and care. He was sweet wonderful friend.
Hugs to you, Goro, Niko, and Tamago
We're so sorry for his passing and are sending universal Light and purrs, for healing of your heart. (((Hugs)))
We were so sorry to hear that Au, this wonderful cat that has graced the world with stories on his life and times, passed over the bridge. May you fly free and wait for us as we shall all be together one day.
Purrs and Prayers of support to his loving family
Timmy Tomcat, Pops, and family
Remember when I read the chapter on "The End of An Era" in Katz Tales, I can't help it but tears start welling in my eyes. Again, when I read this article, it's the same feeling and emotion. Both Scoop and Au would always be remembered as the fuzzies who have ruled their servants successfully with their fine velvet paw.
RIP Au ...
Such a great Mancat. We are sending our heartfelt purrs. It is wonderful that you could bury him in your garden, he truly deserves a nice resting spot. Rest in Peace, Au.
Comforting noselicks,
Siena & Chilli
There's this pain in my heart that won't go away for a while - I can't remember the first time I read about Scoop and Au's antics (in the local newspaper), but I have followed their adventures over the years, crossing different media...
Target and Guido have big paws to fill (which I'm sure they'll do admirably - they ARE cats after all), my condolences to Ellen and T-Man, and a big THANK YOU for sharing your wonderful experiences with these amazing beings...
All of us & our loved ones will go through this journey eventually. The most important thing Au had a great time with you & all. I bet he & Scoop are now watching you roasting chikkun over the rainbow bridge!
We are truly so sorry about angel Au!
:-( We send you many purrs and hugs at this most awful time. Take care
x
I am so sorry to read this ! It must be an awful time for you now. Only time can heal. But he had such a good life with you and through your books he will also stay in other peoples memories !
I am very sorry for your loss. I just lost my sisfur Cindi on the 25th of Feb -
I am sure Au is running thru the nip fields
since we contacted you privately you KNOW how deeply touched Cody and I were by Au. He was one of the first kitties we ever met in the blog-o-sphere.
We first learned about " chikkun" from Au....
We delighted in reading about he and Target.
Our hearts are breaking. Please take some sort of comfort in the fact that he was such a special kitty, so deeply loved by so many.
You are in our hearts, and so is Au
xoxoxo Love Caren and Cody
We are so sorry, its been a bad week in our community,Our hearts and love are with you. He will be playing with all the other kitties in Kittie heaven. Thinking of you, and big hugs to all the family xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
I sit here in tears at your loss, having lost a dear friend of my own recently. I know this all hurts, and he looks the dearest of boys. Farewell Au, you will be missed.
Marjorie and @DashKitten
Me and mommy send lot´s of (((purrs))) and huggies !
XOXO
Ellen, again I want to tell you how sorry we were to hear about Au. He was a wonderful, irreplaceable, cat - he will be missed!
XXX and many purrs
Katie and the cats
We know you are heartbroken. What a handsome kitty Au was. We just read about Au for the first time on Feb. 25 and are so sad we never got to know him. Prayers, purrs and hugs, the kitties at www.thecatonmyhead.com, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Josette
We were all leaky when we first readed about AU. We sends yous comforting purrayers.
Kisses
Nellie, Kozmo, the Hairy Slobbery sisters and Mommy
We are so sorry and sad to read about Au leaving for the Bridge.
He was such a beautiful kitty.
We are sending you lots and lots of purrs and hugs and will be keeping Au in our thoughts.
So sorry, at least you were with him and he knew you loved him and would miss him. It is always sad to lose our furry family members. We all understand you need time. We will be thinking of your and yours.
Hugs and meows from me, Foxy and all your furry family members.
many purrs to you and your family during this difficult time. Losing a loved one is never easy and we can understand the need to take the time to heal.
We have something special for you on our blog, in memory of Au.
We were so saddened by the loss of Au, but he couldn't eat his roast chick-hen and ham any more here, so he needed to move on to where he could. He was a well loved kitty. We hope his memories are a comfort and we are purring for all his family and loved ones left behind. Our deepest condolences.
We are so sorry to hear about Au. We are sending you lots of purrs and hugs. Please take all the time you need, and let us know if we can help in any way.
Purrs,
Carmine, Milita, and Jewel
Au was well loved and he loved back xxxx A pleasure to have known his story x
will miss you au!!
We are so sad for you, leaving you lots of warm hugs and nose kisses. We are sending up lots of prayers for you. Sweet Au will be missed.
So sad to hear of your heart breaking loos. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time
We were so sad about Au. He sure do fight to stay around. We sure do send many prayers and purrs.
We are so sorry to hear about Au running off to the bridge. Please know you are in our thoughts and purrayers during this very sad time.
(((hugs)))
Maggie May and The Creek Cats
Oh Ellen, it breaks my heart in two. God speed dearest Au. Love you always.
We send you our deepest condolences. We know how awful it is to lose a precious one, and it takes a while to want to get back to blogging and Fb'ing, etc.
{{{{hugs}}}}
Marilynn
Grace & Company
take all the time you need we will still be here,xx Speedy and mum
We are very sorry to hear that our friend and your dear boy has left for the bridge.
He was very lucky to have you as his servant. I'm sure he knew that.
We wish you comfort in the days ahead. I know it is not easy.
Mom Kim here - we have not met through our blogs before but heard about Au's crossing the Bridge from Ann of Zoolatry and wanted to come by. Then something you said really added to my desire to comment - "...something changed in his eyes and body...." A few years ago when I was wrestling with the decision to help my little Angel Oreo cross the Rainbow Bridge, someone once told me that there will come a day when you look into his eyes and there is nothing there - at first I didn't understand but that day did come.
Au was such a handsome kitty - with a gentle look. I am so sorry for your loss.
Mom Kim
We heard from Ann that Au has passed away. We wanted to send you our sincere and deepest condolences. Rest in peace sweet boy.Hugs and love to all of you.
the critters in the cottage xo
We are so very sorry....Au was loved by the whole blogosphere and beyond. My our purrs and prayers help just a little to comfort your broken hearts.
love,
Katie & Glogirly
Oh my friends... we felt like we knew Au through your books, he had such a character and was such a special boy.
I know our Inigo will have welcomed him in, and I bet they've already shared several chikkuns.
May Au be with Lolo/Lautrec now...plotting and planning how they will get their chicken fixes. Oh, my heart goes out to you..we have known Au (a cyber knowing!) for so long and we know your pain at his passing. Though it has been over a year since Lolo crossed the bridge, there is not a day that goes by that Mom doesn't think of him and her eyes well up with tears. We know that Lolo no longer suffers, neither does Au, but their departure has left us all sad for they were wonderful characters that will always and forever have their place in our hearts. We send you love, strength and sunshine as well as headbutts and tailwags. Au, my man, you were a wonderful boy..a wonderful boy....thank you for sharing your world with the whole world..thank you for being you and so sweet and loving...may we all meet again some day where rost chikkun is abundant and pain doesn't exist. Kisses from us at WeezDaBadCats & DaMeenDawgs - Tiny, Ellwood, Ginger, Elioth and Chouchou. xxxxxX
We are so very sorry to hear of Au's passing.
We are glad to have known such a wonderful friend and we will miss him very much.
Moe, Mindy, Cookie, Mike and mom Nina
Mom and I were so very sorry to read of Au's passing onto the rainbow bridge. what a handsome mancat....run free and chase butterflies for eternity.
Hugs Madi and Mom
Oh dear - so very sorry for your loss. What a beautiful mancat too. Our hearts are breaking for you over here. Hugs,
We are so sorry to hear of the loss of your sweet Au. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hugs,
Pam & Oskar
I'm so sorry for your loss. Hugs and purrs from all of us.
Somehow we had missed your posting. We were so sad to hear about Au and he was such a good cat. We know your heart will ache from an Au size hole. We will keep you in our purrs and prayers.
xoxoxo
big healing hugs. Au will be missed. I know he is happy & healthy over the bridge.
We pawed our way over here from Dexter's.
We are so sorry for your loss.
Bella & Sweet Pea
We are so very sorry for your loss.
xoxo Chloe and LadyBug
Ellen. We are so sorry. I don't know how we missed this. We knew Au was ill, of course. We are so very sorry . Run free little furry friend. And watch out for our Wamster. Much love.
We were so sad to hear about Au going to Rainbow Bridge. We know you will miss him very much.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
We are so sad that Au had to go to the Bridge. Thank you for loving him so much.
To live in hearts we leave behind
is not to die. - Thomas Campbell
Know that we are purring and praying for you, and sending much love.
Just saw on DEclans blog that your beloved Au passed over The Bridge. So sorry you have lost your fur baby.
We dropped over from Deccy's blog. We offer our sincere sympathy on the passing of your Au. Gentle hugs to you all. Love Stella and Rory
Oh no! We just heard; we are so very sorry about this.
So very sorry for the loss of your Au- he was like a member of our family too- Blessings to all.
I am so very sorry that you had to help Au to the Rainbow Bridge. You did exactly the right thing. I know what you mean by the change that lets you know that the end is near. I saw it in Herman. You are in our prayers and purrs.
Rest in peace Au the magnificat - a true character whom we all felt we knew and loved through your blog. Hope you're ok x
We are sorry for your loss. It seems a few friends have gone to the Rainbow Bridge. He will be met with open paws and plenty of treats! Our thoughts go out to you -- we know what the loss feels like.
Duncan and Mom.
I am so sorry he is gone. You gave him a charmed life and I know that in return he brought you great happiness. It is hard to say goodbye to faithful pets. I hope you are doing well. Blessings...Mary
so sorry!
He was a sweetie and I'm glad you shared him with us!
hugs!
hello katz tales its dennis the vizsla dog hay i am sorry to heer abowt my frend au and sorry to be layt with the kondolenses i am shoor au is having a lot of fun with my sister trouble on the other side of the rainbow bridj!!! run free au!!! ok bye
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