My cat's life ended today

[hieronymous]

Had my cat put to sleep today. Her name was Sadie, she was 15 years old. We adopted her about four years ago at age 11 - her previous owners had forced her to be an outdoor cat, then abandoned her to a shelter when the moved (they took their other cats). But we had four wonderful years together - she got to live indoors, with an indentured servant (myself) at her beck and call - and of course she brought incredible joy to my wife and I.

One of my favorite recent pics, of the two of us looking out our window:


Plus some oldies but goodies, bass-related:












Hope I didn't go overboard! But she was a very special cat. She will be deeply missed. Losing her is a big hit - taking it a bit at a time - but we had a good life together - makes me appreciate my own life that much more.

[Lightyear]

Sorry for your loss. 

And good for you and your wife for saving a shelter cat and letting her live her life out in comfort.

My daughter's cat is 16 and has turned into quite the crabby old lady - still, when her time comes, we'll all be at a huge loss

[Muzikman7]

That sucks sorry for your loss.

[Dave W]

Harry, I'm so sorry.

[Pilgrim]

Think good thoughts, man!

[Hornisse]

Very sorry to hear about your cat.  We've got 3 indoor and one adopted outdoor cat(s) and you do get very attached to them.  Sounds like she led a good live during her last years.  I see she used to "cat scan" your equipment like ours like to do.  My white cat Banshee gets her white fur all over the carpeted cabinets!

[Denis]

I'm sorry for your loss, Harry. Sadie sounds like a special cat who ended up in a great home. I know she will be missed but she will be long remembered!

[rahock]

My heart goes out to you . I am a cat lover and I'm here to tell you that the passing of a pet is more painful to me than anything else.
People tend to regard me as a tough guy without a lot of emotion, but when it comes to my little pals I'm about as tough as a ten year old girl.
I'm just ending a week of  adopting out five beautiful kittens that I've raised for the last nine weeks and I've shed more tears in the last week than I did during my entire childhood. I've still got one more kitten and the mamma. I can't bear the thought of losing them too. I'm such a sissy.
Rick

[Denis]

Rick, all four of the cats I've had and the last two of those four were all street urchins as well. They've all been there for me when times were hard, especially the oldest two, and they didn't give a damn whether my day sucked or I was jobless or upset or angry. They just wanted to hang around me and that was more than I could ever ask of them.

Haha, I sound like some sort of bleeding heart as well but I love them all!

[fur85]

So sorry about your loss. Thanks for posting those pictures, they're great, especially the one looking out the window.

[exiledarchangel]

Sorry for your loss, I've lost a dog I had found on the streets wandering and I feel your pain.

[godofthunder]

It's never easy, part of being a pet owner. We put our collie down this summer. I am so sorry.

[nofi]

so sorry to hear about your cat. i know that feeling well. where i used to live i fed all the strays and they would eat side by side with 'possums with no trouble. if i caught a feral mother cat my vet would neuter her for half price. one white female would jump through an open window and drop a litter each spring behind the stereo. when we moved ten years ago we had three male cats from age eleven to sixteen. they all died within five months of natural causes. that took a long time to recover from. i know you will get through this but it may take awile.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I'm am so sorry for your loss. I have seven little rescued spoiled little troublemakers myself.  That window picture is awesome. Know that you had a friend.

[Lightyear]

The window picture got me to thinking, dangerous I know, about what it must of been like for primative man to first befriend wild animals and start to domesticate them.  Keeping in mind that for the primatives anything that moved would be seen as food and therefore another shot at survival.