His name was Blue.
He loved me very much and I loved him very much.
I just got the news.. he had been ill for some days now..
The day before yesterday and yesterday it looked like he had gotten better, but today he suddenly got a lot worse.. So I brought him to a vet and the vet said he had to be taken to hospital.
Now the vet just called home saying Blue was dead.
Apparently his urethra had gotten clustered up with dirt somehow and he couldn't urinate, thus leading to poisoning in the blood. Unfortunately I hadn't figured it was that bad until today when I brought him to the vet..
I should've brought him there earlier.. but it just looked like a cold at first.. and then a couple of days ago I figured it probably was just a bladder infection and all the symptoms seemed to support that. Never could I have guessed it was something this bad.
The vet also thought it was strange that he got this illness, as it usually gets only neutered cats that live in the home, Blue was neither neutered nor did he live inside the home.
I feel kinda guilty I didn't bring him to the vet earlier, even though I stood by his side while he was ill, I told him things in a sweet voice to make him sleep better. My dad always said that when cats are ill the best thing is to leave them be and let them get a lot of rest.
He was only 1 year old, but I think he lived a happy life. He was a smart little cat. When he saw me or heard my voice he came meowing in many cute different tonalities and showed his affection to me.
I think he's happy now.. I hope he'll forgive me for not having brought him earlier to the vet, but I think he will, he liked me very much and even during the illness I tried to make him feel as comfortable as possible. I even gave him 2 of my 4 towels (I'm doing one year abroad as an exchange student, so the numbers are limited n.n"") to cover him when it was cold last week and gave him milk when he refused to eat.
Yeah, it comes as a little of a shock, but oh well..
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I believe he's now here with me. Maybe the next cat I get will be a reincarnation of Bluechen. <3
Sorry if this made little sense.. I'm in a little of a confused state now. I know I shouldn't be sad, since Blue's soul is here with me, because he liked me very much and he thought of me as his mommy...
that's okay, we all need to vent every know and then.
i'm really sorry about your cat though.
I also had a cat, named Patches. He was only 2 years old.
He started to use the bathroom on the liveing room even though he was kitty littered trained. If she waited ONE more week, My Mom whould of got my Child support check and paid for the vet.
Long story short, I find it funny my Aunt threw him out it if HE was My pet. Im still mad with her about that.
I really thinks Blue still love you. Yes you should be happy he's in a better place, but the sad thing is you will never see him again untill you go to heaven.
Sorry if i start to sound heartless but theres no proof if Pets go to heaven or not. Not even my Faith teacher is sure.
He clames that Pets don't have souls like us humans, But not sure if they go to Heaven or not. He said to us It's up to YOU to belive if Pets go to heaven. Thean One girl asked if George Bush is going to #$%& (You know what im talking about) And he said Not comment.
I belive that pets go to heaven, and I bet you do too if you love your kitty that much.
Im not 100% sure about George Bush though.
I sorry your pet died and sorry if this post sound all about me. Im just trying to help you and so you won't feel like your the only one who been through this.
Im gonna shut up now.
Thanks for your answers hypershadow77 and sonic candy, some parts of your post made me giggle candy. <=')
I believe that animals have souls too and I also believe they reincarnate.. I might see him again, in the body of another cat perhaps?
It's just.. this came as a shock, I.. I didn't expect it.. it was very sudden. Just when it looked that he was getting better, he had started eating again, he suddenly gets so much worse and dies the same day..
It makes me feel sorry that he was in such pain today and had to die like this. I wish he had died a quieter death, at my side, rather than in the vet's clinic waiting to be taken to hospital..
*hugs*
I know what it's like to lose a cat too. It's always hard to lose a pet. But from what you've said, I think Blue had a good life and that you cared very deeply for him.
As far as pet reincarnation is concerned, I swear that my current cat, Bastet, is a reincarnation of my first cat, Sassy. Same color, same mannerisms, it's like Sassy's come back from beyond.
I can totally relate, Erika.
My family's up to it's fourth cat in two/three years. The first one, Coco, was run over by a car. The woman who was driving came out and apologized, but to this day I think she did it on purpose.
I can't remember the order of the second and third cats, but I remember them clearly and how they died. Sasha, the cutest little kitten you would ever see, was mauled to death by a neighbour's dog. And Jessie, an older cat we got which was more domesticated, and really friendly, was run over.
Coco hunted down a bird and gave it to me hours before she died. Sasha and Jessie both snuggled up to me before they did, too.
Got a fourth cat, now. Kora. And in the immortal words of Peter Griffin, "God, I hate this freakin' cat." u_u
My condolences. The grief of losing a cherished pet is one I'm sure many of us can attest to having to endure at one point or another. I know, I've been there.
I'm still there.
'I believe that animals have souls too and I also believe they reincarnate.. I might see him again, in the body of another cat perhaps?'
Im betting the George Bush parts was the ones that made you giggle. Im not that much of a comic relife, but im glad I chould make you giggle.
Pets DO have Souls , but not like us humans. And Im not sure if Pets can get reincarnated Like Us humans. I'll ask mt Faith teacher whean I go back to school Monday.
And Speacking of my Faith teacher, he once says if a loved one died, you should celabrate because there are no longer suffering.
Man, what an awkward party THAT will be.
Thanks for all the responses guys. <=)
Today we buried him in the back yard. I'm going to miss him. And my family in Italy misses him too..
Well, I've got to move on, I think Blue's soul is right here with me and it's only the empty body shell that was left behind. =)
I know how you feel. One of our cats developed cancer in its throat last month and we had to put her down. Sorry for your loss.
She was cremated and the ashes are on a shelf.
I can relate. We had a kitten a couple years back who had simply stopped breathing in the middle of a surgical procedure. It would have been nice for the previous owner to tell us all the kitten's siblings mysteriously dropped dead like a month after birth.
To make matters worse, our older cat had gone nuts after the kitten was missing and ran off. :<
Does it make me a bad person that I read the responses in this topic and all I could think about was 'who keeps their cat's ashes in an urn?'?
I'm truly sorry to hear bout all the kitties passing away. I dunno if anyone goes to heaven, but I do beleive that as long as you remember someone (people or animal) they are never truly gone. Erica I hope you find another pet someday that will make you happy. Blue sounded like a real sweetie.
I'm a cat lover, I own dogs too... I can relate to you and my heart goes to you. I just learned my new neighbor back home is poisoning all my cats, even the ones that had just opened their eyes.
Animals do have a spirit in my opinion. How else would they be able to come to you when they know you need them the most. I'm sure Blue is meowing down at you. It hurts, but it'll pass.
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Does it make me a bad person that I read the responses in this topic and all I could think about was 'who keeps their cat's ashes in an urn?'?
Not at all. I didn't see why either; I wanted to take it out to the field to be buried. But it was more my sister's than mine, so to the shelf it goes, I guess.
Sorry to hear about all these cats going at such a young age. That's heartbreaking; all of ours are about 15.
Poisoning cats? o.O