Sad day - we had to put our cat down

[LSP_Ron]

The title says it all.  We've had this cat for 22 years,  it was a long run for the old girl but we had to put here down this morning.

 

We've been married only 6 months longer than we've had this cat. She was a big part of our family.  We will miss her.

 

[alaninaustria]

So sad to hear Ron - but happy to hear that she had a lovely 22 years with you both! We still miss our lovely British Short hair tabby everyday!

Losing a pet is not easy - time heals!

Cheers

Alan

[DONG]

Sorry to hear Ron our cat is pushing 16 and still thinks she's 3. They become part of the family and missed dearly when gone.

 

Don

[BloorwestSiR]

Sorry to hear that Ron. They become such parts of our family.

 

Carl

[Out2gtcha]

Sorry to hear that Ron. My 4 legged kids are as close to human kids as I'll ever get and mean the world to me. I take one of their losses as hard as any family member passing

[Phartycr0c]

There with you on that one Ron, our Darmah was 20 when she went been with me through good times and bad but when the time comes its the only right thing to do.  

 

Time does indeed heal

[ssculptor]

I know the feeling.. My back yard has a cat cemetery.. At one time we had 11 of the cute little critters. They do not live forever unfortunately (neither do we for that matter).

At first my wife became very attached to one particular cat. They would hang around together while my wife was doing things. When the cat got sick my wife spent lots of money taking her to the vets, but to no avail. When she died my wife was in tears. After that my wife stopped being extra friendly to any of them. She dd not want to be hurt like that again.  Gradually my wife became allergic to them and after the last one passed away she said no more pets. By that time the kids had grown up and left home. So now it is just my wife and myself. And my son who moved back home. My daughter lives only 14 miles away and she has a cat and a three legged dog she got at the animal shelter. 

Such is life.

[Bomber_County]

Ron, sorry to hear that news, man 22 years, thought ours at 17 was doing well.........he sitting beside as I type and is snoring.....

[LSP_K2]

Sorry to hear that, Ron. Losing a loved pet can be terrible.

[LSP_Ron]

Thanks LSP family   Tough day today

 

We are having close friends over for brunch today to take our minds off of the emptyness

[ScottsGT]

Sorry to hear that Ron. We had to have ours put down just over a year ago. Buddy was with us about 10 years, but liver failure took him. Poor guy was wasting away. Everyone wanted to go and and find a new kitten right away, I just wasn't ready.

But just this past Wednesday I put a deposit on a 2 week old Maine Coon kitty. He'll be ready for pick up on the wife's birthday. Can't wait!

[Rick K]

Been there multiple times.  Very difficult indeed.  A nice long life.  You gave your cat a life most cats dream of. 

[Wolf Buddee]

That sucks Ron.

 

I've been there a couple of times already with dogs. They become such an integral part of day to day life and it's tough to loose them. We have one dog now who's approaching 13 years old and every time he displays signs of any illness I dread the thought of having to go through the process of having to put him down. I really understand how hard it is.

 

Hang in there man..........

 

Cheers,

Wolf

Edited April 15, 2018 by Wolf Buddee

[dennismcc]

I feel for you, we lost one of ours last year, we adopted two cats when we lived in Oz and fetched them back to the UK, I know that you should not have favourites but Sidney was the favourite. He was 17 when we had to have him put down, he was a real character and I miss him every day, as he used to help me repair motorbikes, do gardening and build models as well as helping the wife with cooking and housework, a real people cat.

I dread losing the other one as since he has been on his own he has really blossomed and his character has really come out.

 

 

Cheers

 

Den

[Gigant]

You have our sympathies Ron.

 

We had moved into our present home in 1997 and had no cats at the time, and living in a rural area, we needed a good "yard cat" desperately, to keep down the various invading rats, mice, etc.

 

One day in late winter/early spring 1998 a very well mannered young black and white cat we named Marvin adopted us.

 

Immediately after accepting us feeding him, etc., he began to control the rodent population to the point  I no longer had to keep adding Ortho pest control products to our normal shopping list.

 

Then one day in March 2017, he came indoors and no longer wanted back out. He continued to stay indoors, and since it was cold and nasty out, I didn't blame him, but we could see he needed attention.

 

We took him to the vet clinic, where they told us he was dying of kidney failure, so we had him "put to sleep", and his body cremated.

 

We keep his ashes in a nice little wooden box in the big chest of drawers in our bedroom.

 

I also dread the demise of our remaining indoors/outdoors older female cat as well.