We found out last night that our beautiful 2 year old cat was hit by a car and killed. I haven’t slept a wink and am so devastated.
But regardless of my grief, I have another cat, her sister whom we had from the same litter. Nala (the cat who’s no longer with us) was very affectionate when home but also had an adventurous side, she would disappear for up to a week at a time, then come home and demand our attention. Our surviving cat is very much a home bird and rarely goes further than the garden.
I’m concerned that she will grieve Nala, but as they spent days on end apart, will she just think that Nala’s off on one of her adventures?
Also we’re meant to be going on our first family break away in a couple of weeks (we had our first baby 3 months ago). The plan was that my mum would come and feed the cats twice a day and spend a little time with them (she lives 5 mins away) as we’re only going for three nights, we have a cat flap and will only be 40 mins away in case of emergency. I didn’t want to take the cats to a cattery as they love to be out running around and didn’t want to unsettle them. Now that my surviving cat is alone I don’t want to leave her, I’m scared that she’ll go looking for Nala and get hurt too or that she’ll be really lonely and feel abandoned, but taking her to a cattery may be even worse for her as she’s away from home and everything familiar.
Sorry for the long post, I guess I’m just wondering what would you do? Any advice appreciated, I’m just so heartbroken I can’t think straight.