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A while ago I posted this: https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/quality-of-life-pet-content/
He recovered for a while, then over the last 2 weeks suddenly got very skinny, puffy face, sunken eyes, and his back legs - which had recovered to a slight limp - were barely supporting him.
He asked to go outside 2 days ago and never returned, I've just found him curled up behind the shed and had to er, shovel him up awaiting a full burial tomorrow.
Sad times and now we have to tell the kids when they come back from school no doubt to floods of tears.
RIP Joe the Cat at 18.5 decent years.
Sorry for your loss - damn good innings though. Sending hugs.
18.5 years a good showing!
Sad times.
Ah, that's crap. 18 is pretty good going though.
Sorry to hear that.
As i found out not that long ago, losing a pet is bloody heart-breaking.
Sending love.
18 years is good going, but knowing that doesn't make it any easier.
Good luck with the kids
That's a good age, little comfort I know. Heartbreaking little furry bastards.
😥
Condolences, it never gets easier.
18 years is a great innings, especially as I grew up with mainly pedigree colourpoints that struggled to get past 10. My last two were moggies and both went over 15 (hard to know exactly as they were rescues) and that was a real shock when they went, thought they'd go on forever. It's also amazing how they know their time has come and go hide to pass away.
RIP Joe. We had one that was about 19 before she popped off. We inherited her as a bit of a feral kitten so we didn't know exactly how old she was.
It's hard when they go.
129 1/2 in cat years is a good innings.
Condolences to youand family. My kids were grown up by the time our cat died, they had been toddlers when she was a kitten. A couple of very sad phonecalls though.
Cheers, just had my 13yo in tears and I thought he was the easy one. My wife is telling my 10yo daughter later.
Heartbreaking little furry bastards
This, the little bugger had a flatulence issue for the last few years which was the cause of me often pondering a quick ending under my breath, but when it actually comes to it, its always oddly hard to deal with.
Sorry to hear this, not easy to deal with.
Sorry to hear that kryton.
I lost a pet this year and I'd forgotten how much it hurts.
Horrid to have to tell children about the loss.
I'd like to go outside in my garden, curled up behind the shed. RIP Joe.
Ah bolleaux, that's horrible. Condolences to the Kryton mob.
Ah, sorry to hear about Joe.
He looks similar to my 11 year old, Fred the cat, who spends hours of each day asleep on top of me.
Hope the kids are ok.
Saying goodbye to pets always sucks, especially when they are ones you can "properly" interact with, RIP Joe.
Still miss our five indoor guinea pig girls we had from late 2009 until end of summer 2020. Found my very shy ~35cm long Distichodus rostratus (fish) dead yesterday. 🙁
Condolences to all of you. RIP Joe. We lost Maddie a few weeks ago and it's still raw and it's like a piece of me is missing. Hope you are all okay. Thinking of you
We just said goodbye to one of ours with similar but not identical issues. Got a bit clumsy and uncoordinated followed by a rapid loss of weight and loss of appetite. Vet visit found a large mass in the intestine, probably cancer which could either be a slow, or aggressive type. The clumsiness was down to having lost almost all of her muscle, she would struggle to jump onto the sofa.
Took her home and took her off a thyroid specific diet and fed her a chicken diet but couldn't get any weight on her, and then she started getting incontinent and back legs were damp with urine. Took her back after two weeks and one kidney had massively enlarged and she was very dehydrated so the decision was made unfortunatly.
My mum and dad got a cat when I was a tiny that eventually lasted till I was about 15 IIRC so it was a bit like losing a fury, slightly sullen Brother.
All the subsequent pets they just forgot to tell me about them dying till I happened to pop home.
Properly dreading our cat dying (currently about 7) our eldest absolutely loves him to bits and he's one of the nicest cats I've ever met (still a bastard of course)...
Condolences to you and yours OP.
RIP Joe
Sad times. We do rather get to love our cats!
Really sorry to hear about Joe. 18 happy years is good going though
They're part of the family, the infuriating, furry, permanently hungry little buggers
Thanks again.
Well, the tears are over, they’ve both set Joe wallpapers on their iPads and i er, did some gardening while they were out at their various activities.
Believe it or not there’s already kitten talk! 😩
We ended up with 5 at one point, currently back to FOUR young ones. We had Jazz and Belle for about 16/18 years then came Tiggy when they were 10. When Tiggy was about 10 then came a ragdoll, who unfortunately got run over, so back to just Tiggy. We then got a rescue (Leo the ginger ninja) just before the breeder's cat was pregnant again so ended up with four (tiggy, Leo, Simba and Luna). That then went to five a year later (another ragdoll same parent cats - Kyoto) then a ouple of years later Tiggy passed at 15.
Currently 4 of them.
Sorry for your loss.
Sorry to read this Kryton. Cats work their way into your heart.
Never a easy thing to deal with especially with young one in the house, my sympathies
So sorry about Joe. Always very sad when a much loved animal pops its clogs.
Maybe a visit to a 'rescue centre' for a new kitten is a great idea.
I've posted this before and I'm sure I'll post it again...
The Cats’ Will
When humans die they make a Will
To leave their homes and all they have
To those they love.
I too, would make a Will if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I leave my happy home.
My dish, my cosy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy.
The well loved lap, the gentle stroking hand, the loving voice
The place I made on someone’s heart.
The love that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end,
Held in loving arms.
If I should die
Oh, do not say
”No more a cat I’ll have
To grieve me by its loss”
Seek out a lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy.
The love I leave behind.
T’is all I have to give.