Lude Generation

I and my wife are in a very dark place at the moment. I ask only those who understand to reply.
Our rescue cat Becky had to be put to sleep today despite our best efforts to keep her alive.

Her history was as a rescue cat(as all the others before her were) and we have had her since she was one,eleven years ago.
She must have had a terrible time before we got her as she was afraid of most things for all her life. We never left her except to go shopping in all that time.She always came in to use her litter tray and tagged my wife wherever she went. In fact she never left our garden in all her life!
She never killed anything in fact she was scared of birds.

Two months ago her breathing became bad and on taking her to the Vets and x rays scans and blood tests showed she had acute heart problems.
To be fair to the vets they gave me the option or having he put to sleep or draining the fluid outside her lungs drained off and tablets three time a day to try and keep it in check so I went for the latter. This draining went on every two weeks and the last one was on Friday.She was fine as every time she had this procedure she was a new cat. I was playing with her at 3.15 this morning. 5.0 am I heard her sneezing and went to see her and she was sneezing blood. My wife and I sat with her and she acted OK but for a cat that never stopped purring she had. So we took her to the vets and there was no hope. That was the end. Big tough man that I am is writing this in floods of tears feeling lonely and that my guts have been kicked in.Jenny and I are in our 70's so she was our last cat as we can't go through this again, as any cat we even had would probably outlive us.

Sorry to post this but I had to tell some one.

As I said only reply if its positive, any "its only an animal" will hurt and anger me!

Paul

Mate, I feel for you. More of a dog man myself and guinie pigs even so they become part of your family.

Hugs from this end, even though you're a grumpy old fart

Nothing else I can say bud, I wish there was.

Thanks Phil.

I'm really sorry to hear that Paul. Our Willow is a rescue cat also, and I can only imagine what this must have been like for you. From the sounds of it, you both gave her a loving home for the time she was with you, and that seems much better than her initial start in life. Good on you both for taking her on.

I know you said you wouldn't have another, but if your local shelter is anything like mine, you'll find there are older cats in there who struggle to be re-homed as everyone wants a kitten, just a thought, as from the sounds of things you'll both miss having Becky around.

Hope you guys both feel better soon, and hang onto the fact you did a good thing!

Graham

Thanks for your kind reply, but we could not stand the heartbreak any more

Sorry to hear this Paul. We had to have one of ours put down earlier this year due to tumour on the liver. In 2 weeks he went from being a healthy weight to being nothing but skin and bone.

Sorry about that Adam

From one cat person to another Paul, very sorry to hear your sad news.

Thank you Mate

Condolences on your loss...crying is part of the grieving process..nothing to be embarrased of or to hide. It shows that your true nature. How a man is towards his pet is a better indicator of that person than anything else.

We have had our Cat Rej for 10 years, he is a big Brutish looking "British Blue"... The whole family adore him..they become part of our families. It's not gonna help much right now, but im sure u already know..in these situations time is the only healer. God bless.