Cariad Rats
Cariad Mika
Russian Point Black Eyed Siamese
DOB 13/03/2007
My beautiful boy is gone, I found him dead in his hammock, looking like he'd forgotten to wake up.The saddest thing is...it was all a total shock. He was absolutely fine right up until the day I found him dead . He was only 14 months old, full of life, a little bit porky, but otherwise totally healthy. It's just a total mystery, and I'm totally devastated, as he was one of my favourites, and has only just sired a litter as well. He was at Clevedon show on the previous Saturday, and met some of my new kitten owners on the Sunday.
Mika was one of the babies from Pam and Richey's litter, who were sadly affected by the bug that went round a few of our rats early last year. Mika was probably the only baby that had no symptoms at all, so I decided that if he made it to a year old with no problems I'd breed from him, rather than write off the whole litter.
He was a sweetheart right from the start, snoozing under my chin as a young kitten, and then growing into an enormous cuddle monster that you could do anything to. He's also done well at show, and won best new varieties at Cardiff this year.
Mika's main moment of fame was during November 2007, when I was asked to do an interview for BBC Radio Wales to promote rats as pets in light of the release of the Ratatouille film. They asked me to bring a rat to the studio...so Mika was the perfect little man for the job! He was as good as gold, and loved being fussed by the presenters, and converted a few rat sceptics in the process.
He recently sired a litter with Cariad Babooshka, of which I have kept a son and two daughters, one of which helped me gain my stud name by getting BOA at Clevedon 2008...I owe so much to him.
I just can't believe he's gone...it's just so sudden and unexplained.
Sleep well Mika...why is it always the brightest stars that shine for the shortest time??
Happy Ending -
Mika
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell
This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on
This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
A Little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love [repeat]
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
To live the rest of our life,
But not together.