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Just letting it all out here as I know plenty of PSers understand the emptiness and pain associated with losing a pet. We said goodbye to our big boy Pippin today. He lived with my parents, but the whole family adored him. He was always a big, fat fluffball, but over the last couple of weeks he was barely eating and became so thin. Mum was reluctant to take him to the vet, because we all had a pretty good idea what the outcome would be. We just wanted him home. Yesterday mum took him to be told he had renal cancer, and would be put to sleep this evening. He was left at the clinic for pain relief, and the vet rang an hour before we were due to be there to let us know he had quietly passed in his sleep. We knew it was coming, but are just so very, very sad. He wasn't even 10.
Typical of the big brute, to only do things on his terms and not ours! Mum's heart is completely broken. I just spoke to her, and she feels so sad on her first evening with a cold, empty lap. He was a surly, sarcastic boofhead, but would always melt into your arms at the sight of a warm lap to sit on and sleep. They will never have another cat, they just cannot deal with this heartache again. We have lost our last 3 cats to renal disease under the age of 10, and it's too much to bear anymore. The thought of them in a petless house makes me even sadder, they have never been without a cat. They are empty nesters, so Pippy was one very adored kitty.
We miss him so much.
Typical of the big brute, to only do things on his terms and not ours! Mum's heart is completely broken. I just spoke to her, and she feels so sad on her first evening with a cold, empty lap. He was a surly, sarcastic boofhead, but would always melt into your arms at the sight of a warm lap to sit on and sleep. They will never have another cat, they just cannot deal with this heartache again. We have lost our last 3 cats to renal disease under the age of 10, and it's too much to bear anymore. The thought of them in a petless house makes me even sadder, they have never been without a cat. They are empty nesters, so Pippy was one very adored kitty.
We miss him so much.