Thank you, Allergic.
Linney (who is Emerald's brother) is a bit puzzled , but not frantic. Not yet, anyway.
I do remember when one of our other cats died, (McVicar) Buster ran round and round the house for a couple of hours, desperately searching for her. It broke my heart to see him.
Linney just keeps going in and out of the garden, but he does that all day in any case. I am wondering if he's looking for her.
Yesterday, when we took Emerald to the vet for the final time, and knowing in our hearts that PTS was highly likely, he followed us to the car. Usually, when he sees the carrier he runs a mile. I mean, they all do, don't they - they don't want to be put in a carrier. But yesterday evening, he accompanied DH all the way to the car.
And then he stood on the pavement, watching as we drove away.
One of my DDs said to me "Mum, cats know things that we don't" and I am sure she's right.
On a different note, it's my birthday today and we're going out for dinner tonight. Neither of us feels like celebrating but it'll get us out of the house. We've already cancelled next week's holiday - I think we had no choice - we didn't know if Emerald was still going to be alive, and if she was, what treatment she would need, so we couldn't just go away. And now she's dead, we can't abandon Linney just after he's lost his pal. And we don't feel like having a holiday now.