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Lost my Rusty kitty.


HoneyCat

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As I'm sitting here and writing I keep looking at my window waiting for Rusty to come home for diner.
Almost 14 years in my life we moved 4 times and he always stayed with me never got lost. Amazing cat somehow he always knew to come home as soon as I thought about him and no matter where I was in the house he would find me. Everyone who has met Rusty including the people who don't like cats loved this cool kitty. Saturday after thanksgiving I saw him catching some sun rays through the window laying down next to my dog it was so nice I took a picture and then I noticed him struggling while walking I was shocked I mean he was just climbing trees and fences in the day before. Took him to the vet and found out he has a tumor on his kidney. He come home with me and I watched him struggle, he lost his vision and sense of smell he followed me around by listening to my foot steps but on his own he was bumping to walls and looked disoriented. I took Monday and Tuesday off from work and stayed with him giving him comfort and feeding him hoping that he would pass in his sleep. Then yesterday I couldn't watch him suffer like that anymore and took him to the vet to put him down. It really hit me when I went to pick him up. He is buried next to my house right in the spot where he would hand out.

I love you Rusty and I and the dog we miss you so much.

 

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Dear Honeycat,

 

I am so sorry for your loss. We lost our childhood cat in exactly the same manner, her kidneys failed and she lost her appetite. My Dad brought her home as he was so devastated and my mum had to make him take her back to the vets to be put down.

 

More recently though I lost my 15 month old cat yesterday, he was paralysed after being hit by a car. 

 

I had to make the awful decision to have him put down and I miss him so much already. I feel sick with grief, I have a headache and sore throat, puffy eyes from crying so much. 

 

We do not have any other pets so our home is so empty now. 

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I am so sorry for both of you.  i am sitting here with tears flowing.... 

 

I took over the care of my sister's cat this past August. She was moving, had twin babies etc...and Malcolm (16 yr Cat) was getting old and so I offered to help him live out his days....peacefully. in the countryside.. 

He had a throat tumor making eating challenging...breathing was rough...nearly had him put down after week one but then I thought he had a little spark left...and he did....4 more months. 

Anyway, I tended to this cat 24/7.,...blended cat smoothies, comforted, warmed, snuggled....i fell in love with this cat...my husband too. Malcolm had always been in my life as he was was sister;s cat for 16 yrs, but i didnt bond with him...I soooo bonded with him. Today the vet came to our house and he left peacefully. I was able to hold him until he was completely at peace. He stayed in his bed afterward for an hour or so...it was a wonderful way to honor him. 

But wow...i miss him. He was just a beautiful spirit...and he allowed me to share my heart...to challenge it and he accepted my compassion...he taught me to love, unconditionally...til the very end.  

I love you Malcolm ...xoxo

 

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I am so sorry for your loss, you took such good care of your kitty he must have known he was truely loved. It is hard when you have a bond. 

 

I am just finding it so upsetting to see all the cats and dogs who have been abandoned over christmas and so many rehoming places wont rehome to us as my son is 3 (they say no under 5s).

 

The grief is getting a bit better day by day but I miss him so much and I can't talk to a single person I work with about it as they all hate cats and love dogs. Also worried of sounding like an unhinged cat lady and being insensitive to people who have lost family members. 

 

I just miss my little Mickey so much, I am so lonely when I get up for work, come home from work basically any time I am at home and when I am out and about I can't help seeing things that remind me of him like his favourite cat food. 

 

The song on the radio "it's going to be a cold lonely Christmas without you" :(

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