05/26/2026
We’ve had to share bad news with our Facebook audience before and as our followers we thank you for always being by our side while we go through tough times. But this is by far the most difficult post we’ve ever had to make. Because we know how much he was loved by the entire community we felt it necessary to make the announcement that our precious boy Stevie is no longer with us. For the past 17 years he has been the truest friend and most loyal companion we could ever have asked for. He has survived being mistaken for a stray and hauled off to a farm for over a month, being locked in the upstairs of a building to the brink of starvation, countless tangled with birds, snakes, rats, dogs, paper bags, peacock feathers, and anything else that threatened the security of his fiefdom. But last fall, he was injured, and though he rallied, it seemed to be the beginning of his decline. Though this winter and part of the spring, we thought he might just be slowing down with age, his movements became more labored and he lost his appetite. We thank Rocking KM for the lengths they went to -humoring us as frantic cat owners by sending blood samples to Cornell University and ordering him special food. It wasn’t until his weight dropped substantially that we were able to detect the cancerous mass on his kidney that the first scan missed. By the time we found it, he was down to 4 pounds. How any living thing could lose 3/4 of their body mass in under a month and survive is beyond comprehension. That’s how strong and full of life our Stevie was. However, it became apparent that he was suffering and that is something we never wanted him to do. He deserved much more than that. Words cannot express our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Monna Metzger for being available to us on the Sunday of a memorial day weekend to help us say goodbye to our precious boy. We know he will live forever in our hearts, and there are memories of him throughout our years of sharing him with all of you that will continue to trickle in and we are so grateful for each and every one of those. Any good vibes you can send our way we would also thank you for. This big old building is very empty without our little buddy.
