I also cried for every pet that died and the first one for me here on PatTalk was Lut's Sydney. I was sad about a week. In the evenings I just wanted to go home and spend some more time with my kitty, give her a hug so she stays with me forever. I understand it's not possible, I only hope she'll stay here as long as possible.
When Lut took her second kitty so soon - Maya, I asked myself what would have I done if this were to happen to me. The same, I am sure. This kitty existed, it's not that she created her for her own sake, just to comfort the loss. And this kitty needed desperately a home, a lot of love and she had even more love to give.
As Edwina's Secretary said - "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all..."