it's not fair

[aryanhwy]

Thomas and Gemma took us to the humane society when we were kitty hunting a year and a half ago. They had a cat. They didn't need a cat -- but Thomas saw Figaro and knew he needed Figaro. Figaro was a gorgeous black beastie of a kitten, destined for a life of greatness

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[madbaker]

No. No, it isn't.
The cat we had when I was growing up - who had adopted me as his primary monkey; he slept on my bed every night - died of kidney failure three days before I went off to college for the first time.

It was better for him that way. He'd already gone through me being gone for a year as an exchange student, and hated that. This way he didn't have to go through me leaving again. And my mother moving out of the house he'd spent 13 of his 16 years in.

It was right. But it still wasn't fair.

[aryanhwy]

I had been worried about how Slinky would take the move; it would've been a long train ride and then an overnight ferry and then another long train ride. I'm glad she didn't have to go through that. But I still wish that she had.

[tedeisenstein]

Hug your husband. Hug your daughter. Hug your current cat(s). (Sorry, but I lose count: many friends seem to have many cats.)

Unfortunately, it never gets easier, this whole pet-death thing. When I had Dog put down a couple of months ago, I had to leave: too many other cats had died when I was there, and I couldn't take one more pet leaving permanently.

[aryanhwy]

I will be hugging all of them when I get home. And being thankful that we have indoor cats (the likely culprit was poison).

[smittenbyu]

I am so sorry to hear! :(

[hudebnik]

Our second greyhound died on my mother's living room floor while we were out of town. We couldn't reschedule the trip, and knew he wasn't doing well, so we wanted to leave him with somebody who knew him and could give him a fair amount of attention, but we really didn't expect him to die before we got back. The whole thing left us with an "unfinished" feeling that there's no way to finish.

Our fifth greyhound got a bad diagnosis a few days ago, and we're discussing what treatment to do and how long to wait. So far he seems to be enjoying life more than he's suffering, so it's not time yet....

[aryanhwy]

Yes, that "unfinished" feeling will never leave. I'm sorry to hear about both of your hounds. Hopefully you can continue to enjoy a bit more time with no. 5, and know when is the right time for the end.