BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back

Subject: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: maire-aine
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 10:05 AM

It's done. I had Momma Cat put to sleep this morning. She was about 16, and was going into serious kidney failure. It was just a matter of time. I knew she would only get worse, and I couldn't cope the death watch. Anyway, I'm supposed to be the grown-up, and it's my job to make those kind of hard decisions. The vet agreed that I made the right decision, but 16 years just isn't long enough.

I still have Molly and Little One, but the house just won't be the same without Momma Cat.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 10:17 AM

Hugs, aw.....

I agree-- 16 is long to a cat, but short to us. It's no help we boot our own offspring out of the nest around 18-- it's harder to empty the nest of cats. I wonder if we could somehow develop a myth that they graduate from our care to a place where they can be more than they were with us, like we do with our children. Or if only they could go into true suspended animation when we are away from them-- they'd last a lot longer and be well for longer periods at the end! (The cats that is.)

I'm getting a new one today. My big fear is he will look like and act too much like the best one I ever had, and lost-- cuz I didn't do all my crying back then, and I still wake in tears from dreaming he's come home. I have a feeling this new lapcat will let all that loose. But a house lacking the catness of cat is too weird, so....

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: Leadfingers
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 10:32 AM

Commisserations - All you can do is remember that you gave Momma Cat a good life .

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:11 AM

see 1001 things to do with a dead cat!

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: jimmyt
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:13 AM

SOrry MAryanne! I went through the same thing last week and it is a very sad time. Hang in there kiddo

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:21 AM

It is amazing how attached we can become furred friends. It is sad to see them suffer and sad to lose them. But Momma Cat was fortunate to have your care for 16 years. We moved a few weeks ago and our cat has been reluctant to venture outside. The first night (and only night) she did go out, she was attacked by several dogs and we eventually found her at the top of a cedar tree. After a trip to the vet and several stitches cat and family are doing fine. But we had some anxious moments for a while.

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: GUEST,Cookieless Nerd
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:01 PM

So sorry, Maryanne

My old Kitty is suffering hyperthyroidism; she lost half her weight and had no energy at all. We're stablizing her on medication and then deciding what to do. She's feeling much better but hormone levels still through the roof. She's fourteen and I hope she pulls through!

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: jeffp
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:13 PM

My sympathies, maire-anne. I've been there and will be again. It's amazing how much we grow to love the fuzzballs and miss them when they're gone.

jeffp

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 04:04 PM

We also had an old one pass, last week. Good for you for doing what was best for her. Let those who remain give comfort and *sing* to you of their love for you and Momma Cat.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 08:40 PM

Let's get out the crockpot!

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 08:47 PM

Sniff...

That's two kitties this week and I hates it...

(((((((((((Big Hug, Mama Cat)))))))))))))))))))

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: Scoville
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 11:37 PM

It's a bad week for cats. A girl brought us her recently-acquired cat today because it was peeing everywhere and not gaining weight. She'd only had the cat a month, and had been told that it was 3 years old and "had always been thin". After a urinalysis and some bloodwork we had to tell her that it was probably more like a 10 to 12-year-old cat and was in the last stages of diabetes and early stages of kidney failure. It was awful.

Give yourself some time to recover and, when you're ready, go rescue a homeless kitty. I think the best way to show your love for a passed pet is to do well by another who needs you. I'm on my fourth American Eskimo dog; they've all been completely different "people" but they were all in need of saving and turned out to be great friends in their own ways.

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: JennieG
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 03:30 AM

So sorry to hear about Momma Cat - if it helps, our cats send you a hug and a lick. One of ours is nearly 17 and I don't know how much longer we will have her.

Hugs
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Momma Cat won't be coming back
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 13 Aug 04 - 03:41 AM

I have heard about the death of more cats this year...I mean of course cats die all the time, but this year they were one's I knew personally and loved.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Right now I'm cat-sitting one of my favorite cats who just lost her brother a month ago. She's taken on a whole load of his personality traits which is so interesting to see.



..xx..e