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I am missing my lovely cat so much! That was a yellow fur female cat without any noble bloodline. Although she had a fearful name - "Tiger", because of her handsome appearance, she was very kind, she had never hurt anybody, even when my 3-year old little sister scratched her crustily. She could even understand what I was saying, she could stand up and arduously try to put her paw close to the door knob if I asked her to open the door. She would lick my chin if I asked her to kiss me. "Tiger" had never given birth becase she fell down from stairs, broke her belly, but she used to be a so kind mother to other mom's baby cats. She treated them even better than their own mother. She had never ate unless those babies ate up. During my college, I must lived in school, "Tiger" would go to my room everyday to see if everything was OK there. She knew the day I would go home, She could hear me when I just strided on the step.

But she left us when she was 12 years old. She didn't want us to see her death. One day after she was serious ill, she left our home and never came back. We've been looing for her about one week. My mom was so upset, she finally forgave to look for "Tigher", and never raise any pets from then on.

I missed "tiger" very much, I still keep her pictures.

What about your cat? What's your experience with your lovely pets?

My 16 year old cat, Sammy, died about 6 weeks ago and I can really sympathize with what you are going through. Sammy was sweet (to the other cats and the family) but our 3 dogs were totally scared of him. He could back our 100lb dog, Charlie right into a corner. If anything happened in our house, Sammy thought it must be a dog's fault!

I got him when he was 7 and he had many years of a good life with us and he died very quickly in our home so he never had to go to the vet and no decisions had to be made about when to end his life and for that I'm grateful.

It's really hard for quite a while but it does get easier with time and you can remember the best about having your cat in your life while she was there.

Best of luck.

Cats are human's best friends. They are bland, virtuous and kind. I can't abide the people abandon their pets. But I am too busy to feed those migratory cats everyday. What do you do to the wandering animals?

My heart goes out to you in the loss of your pet. I've lost three dogs and three cats during the past 20 years and each loss was extremely painful and difficult. No two pets are alike. No two pets are interchangeable. And no pet replaces another pet. But time does ease the hurt, and you always have the memories. The biggest thing that has helped me heal, especially from the last loss, was the scrapbooking project I did of the pets. I took pictures of them, and added remembrances of silly things they did, or things they liked to eat and so on, and made individual pages for each pet. What a Joy that project was!

Ugh, I gave away my cat when I moved to Africa for 3 years - and I think about her almost every day (that was 6 years ago!). She went to a dairy farm - she liked being outside so I thought she'd probably fare well there - and I could never bring myself to go back there when I came home. I felt too guilty and sad. It's such a sad thing, losing a pet! I wrote an article about it for my Psychology website, if you want to check it out - it really validates and explains why people are so sad when they lose their pets.

We have a cat now, and she's lovely but it's not the same!

Hi, thanks for telling me too much about your feeling concerning your pets. That's kind of best comfort for me. Thanks! I wanna have a dog, but I am afraid I can't walk him everyday. Or maybe some golden fish, but I am too busy to change water for them... So I decided if I don't have the ability to treat them well, I will not have any pets. I must pay responsibility for any pets I raise.

Loss of a pet is like losing someone very dear. Only a pet owner will understand the pain.

I'm sorry to hear about your cat. I have a cat named "Dece" which is short for December. He is a cream color as I'm sure you can imagine. I didn't want to call him snow ball or something boring like that. He's simese and he has all the traits. He talks until you leave the house. He talks to himself sometimes I think. He loves chasing my calves when I pass by. I let him chase. He sleeps on my chest until I go to sleep then he makes his rounds of the house. He knows when I need some attention. And if I don't need it, he gives it anyway. He meets me at the door everyday when I get home and sees me off to work most mornings. He's awesome. I don't know what I would do without. I went to Iraq a couple of years ago and my wife took care of him while I was gone. I was so terrified that something would happen to him before I got back home. I was gone 15 months. They are so fragile. I feel your pain, or I can understand it. I'd be devastated if anything were to happen to him. My condolences. No one should have to bury their own child.

I have lost many pets over many years. I am so sorry for your loss. I love cats and never will be without them in my life. When you feel up to it, try to adopt another furbaby, there are so many who need caring, love and a good home.

I agree with spiritglow. even if the pain may never really stop, adopting a new cat helps.

You're all such good people, any cat would be happy to be taken care of by you. Give them the good, loving home that they deserve.

Ultimately, I guess we can only be comforted by the fact that we've given them a good home when they were here ...