Never Too Old To Travel: Sully’s Big Adventure

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Hi, I’m Dr. Karyn! Read my introduction to larn much astir maine and conscionable my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.

When I came to the UK successful 2012, it was expected to beryllium for a twelvemonth oregon two. I would prime up locum enactment and travel, and yet instrumentality to Australia erstwhile the question bug stopped biting. Well, arsenic I constitute to you present from Cornwall, UK, you tin astir apt archer that beingness had different ideas. The occupation with question is that the much of the satellite you see, the much you privation to explore, truthful I kept extending my departure. Along the mode I picked up a stray feline (Clutch), a husband (Reece), and began accumulating cats and dogs. By 2016, my parents started to fishy that I wasn’t going to beryllium coming location anytime soon, and, arsenic they were looking to determination into a ‘retirement resort’, they thought it was precocious clip I took backmost my tabby cat, Sullivan (aka Sully).

Now, Sully was 14 years aged astatine this point, truthful I wasn’t convinced that it was the champion plan, but arsenic I had unintentionally abandoned her for the past 4 years, I felt that I couldn’t accidental no. And truthful began the logistical nightmare of transporting a favored overseas. Fortunately, she was leaving Australia, not entering, arsenic the onshore down nether does not marque it casual – conscionable inquire Johnny Depp!

Stunning Sullivan

A Stressful Journey (for me)

I was evidently rather disquieted astir Sully’s determination overseas; not lone would she beryllium spending 24 hours connected a plane (with a comfortableness halt halfway), she would beryllium moving into a location with 3 dogs and 3 different cats, having lone ever lived with 1 different cat. It was going to beryllium rather the upheaval.

Well, I needn’t person worried!

From the infinitesimal we returned location from collecting her from the airport, she sauntered retired of her bearer towards a vessel of nutrient and ne'er looked back.

Okay, it took her a fewer weeks to get utilized to sharing a location with dogs, a taxon she had ne'er encountered before, but with nutrient arsenic a shared interest, Sully soon realized that she and the Labradors had thing successful common!

Poppy and Sully stock a meal.

New World, New Wildlife, New Weather

Despite being a predominantly indoor cat, I would occasionally instrumentality her to research successful the garden. One greeting I was stunned to perceive her “I’ve caught something” sound, antecedently reserved for erstwhile she carried astir her favourite toy, Fishy. There she was, looking some arrogant and surprised, with a dormant vole successful her mouth. I wasn’t hugely thrilled that she had conscionable killed a beauteous small creature, but I besides wasn’t wholly convinced that the beauteous small carnal was not already dormant erstwhile Sully ‘caught’ it. However, I was delighted to spot that my elderly, world-weary feline was intelligibly uncovering her mode successful her caller home.

Having grown up successful the tropical clime of Brisbane, Queensland, adjusting to the overmuch cooler British upwind was different hurdle that Sully sailed over. In aboriginal 2018, we were deed by “The Beast from The East”, with unprecedented levels of snowfall covering our satellite successful a heavy achromatic blanket; thing of a novelty for maine arsenic good arsenic Sully. But retired she went, tiptoeing done the wintertime wonderland our plot had been transformed into, arsenic though it was immoderate different day.

Sully’s triumphant travel showed maine that we should ne'er underestimate our feline friends, adjacent if they are getting connected successful years.

What is this acold stuff!

A Memorable Life 

In July 2018, my parents were implicit for a sojourn – not looking astir arsenic spritely arsenic Sully did aft her level travel I mightiness adhd – and they were delighted to spot however blessed and steadfast Sully looked, and however good she had settled into her caller life. I knew they had felt anxious astir sending her here, and it was beauteous that they could spot however good she was doing.

Two weeks aft my parent’s visit, Sully passed distant successful her sleep.

She hadn’t been unwell, and had shown nary motion of being sick oregon successful pain. She had lived a fantastic life, including 2 years successful a unusual caller home, and though I was devastated, I couldn’t assistance but consciousness relieved that she had been blessed close to the end. She had been capable to walk her last years with me, and that she’d been capable to accidental goodbye to Mum and Dad earlier she went.

As beingness journeys go, hers was beauteous damn good.

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