Oh poor darling! It's simply entirely unfair. Poor Kendra is grieving with you, just even less comprehendingly. You gave Kobold such a good life, I am just so sorry it has ended like this.
I was thinking of a question I had posed some time ago where everyone here (you included IIRC) said that it's best not to wait to get in a new companion. It might interest you that all the (unsentimental) vets said no, no way, you can't replace a living creature like that, even for cats (if they don't understand death, they do feel loss).
I really, really hope it is not all soon moot. But it does sound as though there is either a transmissible disease or a source of toxins at play. Have your neighbours been spraying anything in the garden? Are any other cats falling ill near you?
And it may not be recommended, but it is something I've always done. I do think cats understand death, they certainly understand loss, and they can become quite depressed and gloomy. A kitten in particular is very distracting. They still mourn and miss their old friend, but they have to spend some actual time licking the kitten, giving them looks of annoyance when there is too much bouncing, and sitting beside them when they are in the cat run, so it keeps them active and engaged.
Oh I don't have the priviledge of a house and garden, they are indoor cats (small loggia without toxic plants, but since roofed, not much bird infection either - I now of course dread pidgeon poop on the ruccola I grow for them or cinnamon trace in bowl).
But right away? The same day or week? Not wait a bit? Actually I think maybe if she survives she'll prefer to be alone. I daren't take an older cat, who might be more suitable in temperament, and though I recently thought I wanted a kitten, I might be too old for one and she might be jealous (she always bit off all Kobold's whiskers, though that was more a string/overgrooming thing, I think ...). I can't tell. We're both too ill now to say. Thank you again.
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I'm so sorry this happened.
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I was thinking of a question I had posed some time ago where everyone here (you included IIRC) said that it's best not to wait to get in a new companion. It might interest you that all the (unsentimental) vets said no, no way, you can't replace a living creature like that, even for cats (if they don't understand death, they do feel loss).
But all this will soon be moot.
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And it may not be recommended, but it is something I've always done. I do think cats understand death, they certainly understand loss, and they can become quite depressed and gloomy. A kitten in particular is very distracting. They still mourn and miss their old friend, but they have to spend some actual time licking the kitten, giving them looks of annoyance when there is too much bouncing, and sitting beside them when they are in the cat run, so it keeps them active and engaged.
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But right away? The same day or week? Not wait a bit?
Actually I think maybe if she survives she'll prefer to be alone. I daren't take an older cat, who might be more suitable in temperament, and though I recently thought I wanted a kitten, I might be too old for one and she might be jealous (she always bit off all Kobold's whiskers, though that was more a string/overgrooming thing, I think ...). I can't tell. We're both too ill now to say. Thank you again.
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