Has anyone lost a pet? How old was it when you put it down or when it died?

[rbrowne222]

I lost two cats very close together. Queenie (pretty calico mama cat) was killed by a pack of dogs in front of me in November 2002. So awful. Her son Cheetoh developed sublingual carcinoma (cancer under the tongue) the following spring and I babies him for a couple of month, buying him baby food and watering it down so that he could eat it. But one day his misery outweighed his quality of life, and it was time to have him put down. Believe me, being able to alieviate pain in a furkid is easier than watching one die in pain and trauma. God bless my vet who let me usher Cheetoh over the Rainbow Bridge in calm and peace. Next post is the picture of the two of them.

[rbrowne222]

Here's their picture. Sweet dreams!

[BastetsMum]

Ok here goes :

Cindy - Dacshund - 7 years old - died of poison from a toad.

Sally - Beagle - 6 months old - died of gunshot wound.

Suzie - 6 years old - rescue - died of mauling by next door neighbour's doberman's. She died in my arms.

Kelly - 10 years old - scottish terrier - rescue - strangled herself.

I don't have dogs now. Seems I am bad luck around them.

[catland]

oh Bassett'smum, that's so sad

My condolences.

[smokey the elder]

Smokey the Elder was diagnosed with a very rare (in cats) cancer in early 1999. Although she wasn't expected to last a month, I had her until Dec. 19 that year. It was only the last week she really crashed. She died in my arms. I miss her. When I get a scanner I'll have to get some pictures of her being silly.

[yorkster]

My kitty Sidney was almost 15 when his heart gave out.

My Liza girl was 12, and died of kidney cancer.

My favorite cat of ALL TIME was named kedi (aka boo-boo, pretty boy, and knuckle head) was only 8 years old when he died of heart failure.
I still can cry when I think about it.

Here is his pic:

[krazyaboutkatz]

Originally posted by yorkster


My favorite cat of ALL TIME was named kedi (aka boo-boo, pretty boy, and knuckle head) was only 8 years old when he died of heart failure.
I still can cry when I think about it.

Here is his pic:

I'm so sorry to hear about Kedi's death. I know just how you feel though because I lost my Pepper on February 3rd of this year. I still don't know what his exact problem was but he was suffering so I had to have him put to sleep. He was almost 6 years old. I miss him so much.

[Uabassoon]

My cat Zasper died this past summer, she was only two years old. It was very hard for me. But I've healed with time and now I have so many happy memories of her that I will always think of.

[yorkster]

Originally posted by krazyaboutkatz
I'm so sorry to hear about Kedi's death. I know just how you feel though because I lost my Pepper on February 3rd of this year. I still don't know what his exact problem was but he was suffering so I had to have him put to sleep. He was almost 6 years old. I miss him so much.

Krazyaboutkatz, I am so sorry to hear about Pepper. I did not know about it (I've been absent form PT for awhile).

It's really hard to lose a good friend.

[ewgirl401]

When I first got my big hansome cat Tigger, he was a little kitten. kinda looked a little like Duncan. hee hee. But anyways, when we first got him he had just a BEAUTIFUL sister named sandy, and we adopted her too!!! But a couple summers later, it was like a 100 degrees day and sandy and tigger both snuck out. They usally cross the road under it in a pipe. But we think Sandy had a bit of a heat stroke and just wandered onto the road. She got ran over... ... we burried her in the back yard and I miss her sooooo much.... I moved recently though...

[Kirsten]

So sad to read about all these losses!

I have lost two cats so far.

The first one was my Aysche, a Persian girl, she was only 20 months old when she was diagnosed with FIP. At that point she was so sick already that we decided to put her sleep to make an end to her suffering.

My second cat was my Katz who lived with me for 14 years. She had severe heart problems in the end and fluid in her lungs, and she didn't respond to her medical treatment anymore. Two days after her 14th birthday she collapsed and that was the moment when I knew a decision had to be made... The vet agreed that it was the best for her to put her to sleep, it was a very hard decision though.

Kirsten

[IttyBittyKitty]

We had such bad luck with cats throughout my childhood:

Ginger: He was my beautiful little boy! He died at around 6 months after being mauled by a dog.

Whiskey: She lived to about 3 years of age and was hit by a car.

Soda: Beautiful cameo kitty, lived until around age 1. We are not sure what happened, but we got back from a holiday and her ribs were broken and we had to put her down. We think a neighbour kicked her or threw her.

Cola: She was a rescue with some serious emotional issues. After my Mum and Step Dad separated, she stayed with him. However, the vet had to put her down as she had literally gone crazy. She was about 8 years old.

Tequila: Beautiful long haired tux kitty - and the smartest kitty you'd ever meet. She lived three years and we ran over her with our car. Silly cat loved sitting under it. Running over her was the most awful thing that ever happened to me.



Luckily I haven't lost any more kitties since then!

[smokey the elder]

I know you were young at the time and it was pretty traumatic, but those reasons are why many of us prefer to have indoor-only cats.

[In_love_with_cats]

Yes, I have lost one cat. Her named was murr, she was a tabby. A real sweetheart, she was only 12 or 13yrs old. We had to have her put down because she had kidney faliure. It was the hardest thing to do but I knew she was suffering and she was in pain and it was best to have her put to sleep. It has been 4yrs since she been gone; we had to have her put down in Jan 28, 2000. I still miss her and I think about her all the time.

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[IttyBittyKitty]

I will be keeping Pixel totally indoors *unless* she has a yearning desire to go outside (and that will be only when we are home, under close supervision) ... there are just too many dangers out there for our kitties