Sob.. our beautiful cat has been killed

[Polgara2]

She was only 18 months old and we all loved her sooooooooo much. The DC and I are devastated and I keep expecting to see her little face at the patio doors mieowing to come in . She was knocked down so mercifully it was quick but it is so not fair. She should have had a much longer life.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Wish I could do more than offering hugs to you and your children.

Val x

Oh I am so sorry...Mum lost the family cat a few months ago and he is missed terribly - they are only little but are so much part of the family

Thank you hugs are good.

I can't believe how upset I have been feeling actually. Dh keeps saying she wasn't a person exasperatingly (he did love her too but just isn't an emotional trainwreck like me) but I just keep thinking well she was part of our family. It happened whilst we were away as well so feel a bit in the dark about things really.

She has been buried in the garden and has a plant and a ceramic cat thingy over her (MIL organised whilst we were away). Sigh.

Well I would be absolutely devastated. I love my cat a lot more than I like a lot of people. It's harder when it's sudden and they are young, so you can't console yourself that they've had a long life. I'm sure hers was very happy though

Just because they are not a person, does not mean you feel the loss any less - I loved the two family cats to bits and when they died, I was absolutely gutted

I was terribly upset when my last cat was run over.I was pregnant with DD1 and I remember just howling when DH found him.We really loved him.It was five years ago and we still think of him and miss him.I'm so sorry that your little cat has died,I do know how you are feeling.

for you. I remember that empty feeling, one of ours was killed on the road at 7 months old. Horribly DD found her when she went out to the school bus. It was a while ago now but I still worry if the cats aren't about in the morning.
Ours wasn't around for long but writing down all her funny habits and happy memories helped a lot.

You poor thing.
It's really hard when a pet dies suddenly, even worse when they were so young and should have had years ahead of them.

I still cry daily over my puppy that died 12 days ago. It's so hard and I just don't know how to get over his death so other than offer you my sympathies, I can't advise you. Time is meant to be a great healer. If you feel like crying, then you should cry.

All sympathies. I actually saw my cat being run over (amazingly he survived) and it was one of the very worst things I have experienced. I just feel so terribly sorry for you all . How lovely of your mil to take care of everything.

So very sorry. One of ours was run over when he was a year old, I really feel for you all.

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words. I don't feel quite such a nutter for being so upset now. I just found a cat hair and it set me off again .

I do keep thinking I can see her out of the corner of my eye at the kitchen door waiting to come in as well as she always sat patiently.

She did have a good life I agree, she was well pampered! I have been looking for pictures of her but unfortunately we hadn't taken many as she had got older, have just got the kitteny ones - of course we didn't expect her to be taken away so suddenly.

That's a good idea, writing things down about her - it might help.

Thanks again

Thats really sad.

I still remember how I felt when my cat was run over when I was about 13. I was home alone and a lovely man came round to say he had her and I sobbed and sobbed for days.

Ours was a rescue cat, she had been penned up for a couple of years producing litter after litter and loved the freedom we gave her.

I like the idea ofwriting things down, its wortgh a go so the memories dont fade.

Take care.

DP has always muttered about the cost of the bl**dy cats and "if they ever get ill then it will be the Big Injection". Not that we took that seriously at all. Recently the older cat has been ill, and I took her to the vet with the instruction from DP "I don't care how much it costs, just make her well again" and "if it is serious you have to ring me at work" and when we got home safely, I was informed that the cats are family members. From irritation to family members in a single afternoon, it transpires.

We all would be heartbroken if anything happened to them, so I understand your grief.

I'm so sorry.
I know exactly how you feel, one of my cats was killed on the road last week, I still keep expectng to see her.
I'm now even more paranoid about my other cats being injured or killed.

Sorry for your loss.

Every cat I have ever owned has either been found killed on the road,or just disappeared - probably killed on the road.

I won't have a cat any more for this reason.

So sorry Polgara. A similar thing happened with our second cat who was so cute and loving. We came home and she was dead in the front garden. That was one of the worst nights of my life and we still miss her now. Do write down things about her. A friend of ours also printed out photos and sent them to us which was kind and we still have those up.

Aw so sorry for all of you that have lost cats as well.

DD2 and I had a little 'moment' on the way to school this morning when she suddenly remembered about how she thought the cat's paws had smelt of popcorn and it just set us off. And telling a friend and fellow cat lover/owner made me worse.

I keep hearing more information about it all from various people, it would seem the world and his wife were involved in the saga but everyone was very helpful apparently which is nice. Oh and pusskins was a frequent visitor to a few of our neighbours which we hadn't known about, sociable little thing that she was.

Having spoken the dc we are definitely going to compile a little book about her.