My cat is dead

lovelyfromlancs

I'm so sorry. How heartbreaking for you. Your post made me cry.

You still have your memories, I'm sure you'll treasure them.

Thinking of you.

kazwookie

Sorry for your loss

Rosie<<< fell asleep aged 20, on Tuesday, and is now wandering around cat heaven

MrsE_2

loobylou2 wrote: »

I got up 3 times during the night to call one of my cats in from the garden because I worry so much about them being out at night!!!!. I wouldn"t care but the little monkey knows what she"s doing because she came up to the door when I called her the first time and then turned tail and ran off back down the garden!!! Its like having a teenager and worrying when they stay out all night partying!!! Can"t believe that I"ll happily go out into the garden at 3am looking in the hedges for her and shouting for her to come in but, then again I can"t sleep properly if she isn"t in the house!!!!

Ted (RIP) only managed to stay out at night a couple of times.

Once he finally came home about 3pm (I was still up & down the stairs calling him) & he had been fighting & had a bad eye, I had to take him to the vets in the morning.
The next time was also the middle of the night, again I was doing the up & down the stairs thing. He had blood on him & was smelly & dirty, so I bathed him (in the middle of the night:rolleyes:) to clean the cuts, but he had none, so I guess the other poor cat was the one in a bad way that time.

happylion1

So sorry, he was a lovely cat, they are so special to us.

loobylou2

As well as offering my condolences to Somerset yesterday I wrote about my cat Sparkle a little tortoiseshell who I couldn"t get to sleep at night without. I just wanted to let people know that she was knocked down and killed by a car feet from our front door last night. My friend and our children found her in the road at about 7.30pm, another car ( not the one which must have hit her ) stopped to see what the commotion was about and the noise in the street alerted me. She must have been on her way home and died instantly I think as there wasn"t a mark on her. We are all desperately upset which is why I'm typing this at 3am in the morning. We loved her so much, does anybody have any suggestions on how as well as coping with her loss myself I can help my children get through this. Its the first time in their lives they"ve lost either a person or a pet. Thank you

jess1974

loobylou2 wrote: »

As well as offering my condolences to Somerset yesterday I wrote about my cat Sparkle a little tortoiseshell who I couldn"t get to sleep at night without. I just wanted to let people know that she was knocked down and killed by a car feet from our front door last night. My friend and our children found her in the road at about 7.30pm, another car ( not the one which must have hit her ) stopped to see what the commotion was about and the noise in the street alerted me. She must have been on her way home and died instantly I think as there wasn"t a mark on her. We are all desperately upset which is why I'm typing this at 3am in the morning. We loved her so much, does anybody have any suggestions on how as well as coping with her loss myself I can help my children get through this. Its the first time in their lives they"ve lost either a person or a pet. Thank you

Omg how awful, i am so sorry for you and your children..

Mutter_2

RacyRed wrote: »

Mutter, I know how you feel about these things, but I really don't think this was the appropriate time or thread for you to remind us of your views.

Sorry Hun, but that is my view.

Racy, I've not read to the end of this thread, this is as far as I've got. If you are saying that I shouldn't mention keeping cats in at night, for their sake, owners sake and for the rest of us sake, then when is the right time?

I see another cat dead on a different thread. Hope that wasn't at night.

To all cat owners/lovers and those like me who admire them but who could not live with one (bird killing stuff ), keep them in at night.

If my dog had been run over whilst roaming, I would accept the sympathy but also the warning to anyone to not allow their dog to roam. What's wrong with that? Or should we all tread carefully and pretend that letting your cat roam around traffic in the dark, while you sleep soundly in your bed is OK?

If I let my dog roam around traffic whether night or day, I'd be in serious trouble. So why is ok for a cat?

There's a lot more I could add in general but out of respect for Somerset, who not only has suffered the loss of her precious pet but the trauma of having to deal with it, I won't.

I won't be reading through the rest of this thread, seems some can't cope with truth and instead !!!!!foot through life.
Should have read P U S S E Y FOOT, automaticly fltered out.

Just came back to edit. If my horribly harsh words that seem to offend at least one poster here regarding keeping the family cat in at night saves ONE, just one family, the agony of finding their cat on the roadside, then it will be worth it.

tara747

Somerset wrote: »

His name was Ziggy. He was only two years old, was grey with four white legs. I was never a 'cat' person, always a 'dog' person, but we moved to the country and had a mouse problem inside so I thought ........ a cat's the 'natural' way to deal with this. Though I didn't think I'd love the cat (like I do with dogs) I knew I'd always look after him and be a good owner. So we went to a farm that had advertised kittens for sale and picked out a kitten............ it could have been any kitten, I just said ''the grey one''.

Well I know why people can love cats now. They do have characters and they do love. Ziggy would get up when I did, come downstairs with me and wait for some milk, drink it then go back upstairs to sleep. He loved hunting and bought in live mice as well as leaving dead ones around the place. He used to 'call' every night when he came in from hunting, I'd answer, and he'd come pounding upstairs, jump on me in bed then get petted, purring and purring. If I was on the sofa, he'd come and sit on my chest and sleep there, purring. He even accepted the puppy that came later, letting the dog pull at him till he had enough and found somewhere more comfortable. I never knew that cats walked with you like a dog, I'd go up the garden and Zig would walk up beside me, if I was going he'd go too. And the way he held his paws up if he wanted to be picked up and cradled and stroked.

I got a call from my O/H this morning, I was peed off, he'd only just left and I thought he'd forgotten something. He said ''I'm sorry love but I think I've seen our cat dead on the road''. I went out to look, I thought it might be another cat, but it was a cat and it was grey with white legs. I still thought maybe it wasn't Ziggy. I went inside for a shovel as I could see blood and thought he might be squished. Went back out and tried to pick him up, he was heavier than I expected and I was struggling to get him on the shovel. Two cars and a camper van came down the hill, they all saw what I was trying to do, the two cars went past very slowly and the camper van stopped and flashed me, so I got the body into the bag I bought with me. Bless the camper van driver, I'm sure he could see I was crying. Me and the O/H buried Ziggy in the garden. My little cat is gone and I can't believe it. He was there last night, asleep on my back in bed, I heard him have a drink of water and then he came to bed, he was doing his 'squeaking', his 'talking'. He obviously went out again ......

I know some people keep their cats indoors but I don't regret letting Ziggy out. He was a country cat. He came from a farm and he absolutely loved hunting, mice and voles. He wanted to be out at night, hunting. It was nature. I know he had a good life, that's something. He was loved and he loved back, he had a good home, food, milk when he asked for it, freedom, independence. I went upstairs and found some of his white hairs on a t sheet he lay on. Just trying to come to terms with the fact he's gone and I won't see him again. Thanks anyone who reads this.

Somerset, this is one of the most touching posts I have ever read. And it reminds me why I am, and will always remain, a 'cat person'.

I'm glad you can reflect on Ziggy's happy life. Better for him to have a happy short life than a miserable long one. You are a great cat owner and when the time is right you will hopefully feel up to getting a new moggy.

Another reflection that may bring a smile to your face:
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

(((hugs)))

tara747

p.s. condolences to all the other bereaved cat owners here also xx

Somerset

looby

My heart goes out to you (( God Bless )).