My girl has gone

[StillMedusa]

Tiny naughty tortie
You purred, and what a purr it was.
Fierce, fast and feisty,
You dispatched many a mouse, shrew and baby bird
Stole food from our plates and mouths
Slapped us awake with an unsheathed claw
Ruled our home with a paw of iron.

Tired, frail tortie.
Stiffy rising from your warming basket
Tottering to greet us
Still purring, what a purr it is
Peeing randomly, meowing confusedly
Once beautiful coat tattered and thin
Clouded eyes still seeking our attention.

19 years of faithful feline love.
But legs no longer holding,
Purring ceased.
Time to say goodbye
Gently, kindly, no bright lights and sterile bench
But softly sleeping in your basket

This afternoon, at home in my arms as the injection gently stopped her heart. She made the decision for us on Wednesday night when she stumbled and her legs wobbled, and yesterday she simply grew weaker. I stayed off work today and spent it lying next to her as she could no longer walk but she still tried to respond to me.
How we will miss her, my feisty naughty ruler of the house.

One of my favourite photos from a couple of years ago... telling me to get off my laptop!

a lovely tribute for a lovely cat, so sorry you've lost her, but the kindest thing for her

I'm so sorry. And that's a lovely epitaph.

Finding it so hard tonight. I walk into the kitchen and she's not there, in her little bed on the dining table. Right up until Tuesday she was hassling me to cook her fish, still purring.I wonder if she had a stroke on Wednesday as she suddenly lost her legs and stopped being able to eat or drink. As I held her cradled like a baby in her last moments she was so so tiny, and yet her personality was so huge. I know it was her time to go but there is such a hole in my heart for the dear little girl that gave me 19 years of love :(

[Flowers].

You’ll still expect to see her there for ages, even now I think of asbo as being my last Persian & then remember he’s gone.

My mum was inconsolable for days after her cat passed. We had to get rid of everything the cat owned.

The hardest part is the huge chunk of our hearts that they take with them, but at least we've had the privilege of their love, the pain is awful but I'd rather that than never having these special little animals. I hope the follow days aren't too difficult for you.