We came home tonight to find our gorgeous 10 year old boy dead on the floor. He'd obviously been in distress and we're devastated. Vet said it could've been poisoning or heart attack, but it looks like he was asleep on his favourite chair, then started to salivate, possibly had a seizure then died.
We are racked with guilt that we weren't here and he died alone. Luckily our 4 year old was asleep in the car and didn't see but we'll need to explain tomorrow. She asks a lot of questions so not sure how much to tell her. I think even if we tell her we found him in the living room it might stir up bad thoughts for her, but how to be truthful yet vague? Our other cat died 2 years ago and she still talks about him and how she misses him.
We're just in shock and I can't stop crying. Our poor, crazy, grumpy, determined, soppy, loud fluffball. We'll be finding his fur for the rest of our days, I think.
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, just needed to tell people who'd understand and could maybe advise.