My cat just died

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Sorry about your loss.

I don't know what to say---except that I am truly sorry. As I read through the posts I kept hoping that you would see him one more time---I am glad you did. Losing pets are very tough. I had a chihuahua when I was little, and I still remember when she died. And I had a mixed breed black Labrador/Beagle? when I was growing up---I loved her so much, and in the late 1970s she got Parvo (before they really knew what that was) and she died. And when I was in college we got a black toy poodle that later died after I got married. Those three dogs were so special to me. They lived relatively long lives. Your cat was too young. You have my sympathies.

I'm sorry you had to through it, losing your cat and all. It's good that you got to say goodbye. It gave you closure, which will make you feel better in the long term.

Sorry to hear about your little cat...That is really sad. It's good that you got to see him one last time. I bet he's in kitty heaven right now lying on an open magazine on somone's kitchen table while basking in the sunlight coming through a window.

I'm really very sorry to hear about your kitty dying. I was going to suggest not viewing his body, but I see you already decided to. You are much stronger than I because when I had my kitty put to sleep from having seizures and brain tumor less than two weeks ago it bothered me deeply having her die in my arms and having to lift up her dead lifeless body and put it back on the vet's table. I already had PTSD and believe me that experience didn't help the matter!

Just know your kitty has crossed over the rainbow bridge and is safe and without pain now. My Siesta is there and she probably went to greet him as he crossed over since she's new there too and she would know he was a kitty of an Aspie too.

Im sorry to hear that, whitetiger. It is rough. My cat, Mr Jinx, died about 2 weeks ago and it was heart breaking. I had him for five years, he was my buddy boy.

Thanks everybody. I've been crying more today and eating uncontrollably-- a whole big bag of chips and a pint of icecream. I've been feeling very depressed.

I just don't understand why God would want to take my kitty away from me.

I'm sorry about that. I had to euthanize my dog in December 2005.

This is a good poem for grieving pet owners.


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...



www.rainbowsbridge.com

Thank you. Somebody else sent that to me yesterday and I cried my eyes out. I cried yesterday. Today, (day 3) I miss the cat constantly, but I'm not crying and stuffing my face with food. I ate 2 pints of icecream and a big bag of chips over the past 2 days!

I just miss his lively playing in the morning and our sweet little morning "cuddle time."

Well, I ended up crying like crazy later in the evening yesterday. Then, I went to sleep feeling incredibly sad. This morning, I woke up feeling "normal."

No, my cat wouldn't want me to feel sad. I believe there is an afterlife for animals and that one day, I'll see him again. I've never had this much grief over a cat before.

I blame myself for so many things: letting him go outside, stressing him out by bringing him to Oregon (of course, losing me would have stressed him out too!) and not staying up all night the night before he died, in case he meowed.

I'm trying to forgive myself and move on.

Do not feel bad about how you let the cat go outside to play, or that you moved him from one place to another. I am sure that you were a good cat keeper, and that you did your best for your cat.

I like both cats and dogs, I do not have a cat anymore but I can not imagine being without my dogs. I would like them to live for ever with me.

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Thank you. I guess it's normal to feel guilt and try to figure out what you could've done differently. But, you're right.. I was a really good cat mommy overall.

I just miss him so much!

He was lucky to have had an owner who loved him so much. You were only trying to give him the best life possible, please don't be too hard on yourself.

I understand how you feel. I had a very special kitty (Little Pig- strange name I know) I lost three years ago. I still miss her even after all this time. My thoughts are with you.

I'm sorry for your loss, I've lost pets that were part of the family myself.