It is such a nice surprise to see this forum still very much alive. And on top of that, this thread not closed off.
Too many years from the time I reported I be in Riyadh to now. The passing of Ivan made me realised time running out and I left Riyadh.
https://www.facebook.com/shanlung/posts/10157290571053421
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This was in Quora, written on 21 Jan 2018 as an answer to
How can I say goodbye to a loved dying cat?
But I like this to be in my Facebook as well.
This was in parts and bits from Facebook and other forums earlier on, and kind of compiled into Quora
Extracted in full below from https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-say-goodbye-to-a-loved...#
And added a few more nuggets of Ivan as well
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Written before to a similar situation.
Repeated here in full.
This will be a series of letters written by me to one of my forum on the passing away of Ivan. He was with us for 21 years.
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I now have a grey. I named her Vorna. The good witch of Rigante world and who saw Riamfada running for the first time to that old sacred tree.
She was not fledged and not flying for 13 years. With a chain to her foot. She bit and attacked an owner for 5 years until she was sold for a song to my friend Charles. And then bit and nailed and attacked him for another 5 years until he begged me to take her in Sept 2019. I refused as I liked travelling and going to see Tinkerbell periodically. I went to Taiwan 2 times in 2019
https://www.facebook.com/shanlung/posts/10157820326633421 Nov 2019
https://www.facebook.com/shanlung/posts/10157355673273421 May 2019
Then COVID19 hit us. I knew no travelling about for a long time. I then accepted Charles offer and when lockdown was temporary over in July 2020, I went to get that CAG that I called Vorna. She had not name prior to that.
I fought the battle for her heart and her mind while she attacked and nailed and whacked me for a couple of months.
Then I won her over.
And slowly as she molted, I returned to her her heritage of flight.
This and the links inside will explain how Vorna and I got along
https://shanlung.livejournal.com/168696.html