Update - bad news on our boy (cat)

[underpants]

We planned to all come home today early and love on him one more day.
We wanted out vet to take one more look at him and then.....

Just got home and found him in our bedroom. He's passed.

17 years. Thanks buddy.

This post was from last weekend.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211502549

[Iliyah]

1. RIP

[herding cats]

2. Big hug.

I'm so very sorry he passed over the rainbow bridge.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Hugs.

So hard to lose our little furpeople.

[Solly Mack]

4. I'm sorry, underpants.

[hlthe2b]

5. Anyone who has truly loved a pet can intensely feel your pain...

May you be comforted by all the good memories of 17 years and the knowledge your kitty lived a life well-loved.

[underpants]

18. Looking back I guess we got him about 2 months before I joined DU

Man it's been a looooong time.

[Scarsdale]

25. I had to put Cleo to sleep Wednesday.

Beautiful little jet black cat. She was 17 or 18, too. I bawled like a baby, at the vet plus driving home. I keep thinking she is still here at the house. Very, very difficult thing to have to do. You have to love them enough to let them go. Cleo was having difficulty breathing, walked hugging the wall her eyesight was so bad. Loved her so very much.

[crazycatlady]

73. I am very sorry for your loss

It hurts to lose a beloved kitty.

[Scarsdale]

85. Thank you.

I appreciate your comment.

[bullwinkle428]

90. I lost my 14-year-old Willow to cancer in July. You totally described one of the toughest aspects

of her loss. Coming home each evening, and expecting her to be there to greet you the way she always did. I'm very sorry for your loss.

[MoonRiver]

6. So sorry

[gademocrat7]

7. Condolences, underpants.

[Moostache]

8. Very sorry for your loss...

At least you have the memories of 17 years to fall back on and to cherish.

[leftynyc]

9. Deepest sympathies

I had to let my Butch go in early November (after having to let his brother, Sundance, go last February). It's heartbreaking. If you think you're up for it and it wont interfere with other pets, I adopted two kittens right away and couldn't be happier. I don't miss Butch any less (best cat I ever had) but these two make me smile every single day.

[underpants]

13. That was his name

Sundance. Didn't have pets for a long time growing up. His sister Pepper passed away last summer 2 days after the eclipse. We were at the beach. That was a long tough ride home.

[leftynyc]

31. My heart breaks for you

Obviously it's the hardest part of being a pet owner Do you have others at home? My new guys came from Pet Rescue - they're also littermates who I've named Felix and Oscar (and have to explain to anyone under the age of 35 why that's funny). Life is better and sweeter when we have furry friends to come home to.

[underpants]

33. Nope. We just had the two.

I'm taking all the food and litter box and what else there is to the SPCA tomorrow

[leftynyc]

47. Are you not in a position to adopt?

I thoroughly understand if you are. My kitties were a birthday present from my twin. Have you looked into fostering - I have cousins who love doing that. Someone who clearly loves animals as much as you do should be around them in whatever capacity.

[underpants]

49. Not yet

[leftynyc]

50. I'm glad to hear

you express that as it sounds like you will be one day. I hope it's soon and speak on behalf of all the furry ones that need loving homes like yours. If it's because you're so sad, I urge you to reconsider - you are clearly someone who has enough love in your heart to grieve and still love some more.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. I'm so sorry, but you must have given him a great life for it to have been so long.

[mikeysnot]

11. We lost all our cats over a four year period

they all lived to almost 17-18. it was tough.

Took some time out from kitty litter, house sitters at al. 5 years without cats was too long.

Went to the rescue in Feb and got us a new tabbie 6 month boy and a month later got our little ragamuffin girl at six weeks.

They are best buds and bring us much harmony and balance.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I'm so sorry!

[StarryNite]

14. R.I.P. Kitty...

I'm so sorry for your loss.
He left on his own terms.

[Blue_playwright]

63. I thought that too

Left on his own terms and in private. Sometimes I think they know and want to go alone to spare us extra pain.

[Freddie]

15. I am so sorry

17 years is a great run. You gave him a good life.
That happened to my Freddie (my DU alias) 3 years ago. We knew he wasn’t going to get better and made an appointment at the vet to say goodbye. He beat us to it earlier that afternoon.
A month later we got a pair of kittens and they’re awesome. But there will never be another Freddie.

[underpants]

37. Yeah

My wife will be home hopefully in about 30 minutes and then little one will be home from school about 4.

I keep looking at and swearing I see movement but I know it's not.

Our cats were something else. The girl was a champion mouser when we lived in an apartment, the boy took the high ground. We nicknamed him "The General" and the girl "The Troop" singular

[haele]

74. So sorry to hear he's gone. it hurts.

And I know that feeling looking at that dreadful stillness. But it sounds like he went peacefully, and that is the best for him in the end. Hugs to your family.

Haele

[Vinca]

16. I'm sorry. I bet he had a great life for those 17 years.

[Laffy Kat]

17. I am sorry for the loss of your fur baby.

The last thing he knew in the bedroom was being surrounded by the scents of the people who loved him. Even though you were not physically there, he was comforted by your scent as he slipped away.

[meow2u3]

19. RIP

Kitty is no longer suffering and is awaiting you at Rainbow Bridge.

[niyad]

20. Lady Bast, please take Your little one gently in Your loving arms, and send peace and comfort

to all who love him.

[Mrs. Overall]

21. +1 Beautifully stated.

[lunatica]

22. Hugs to you underpants!

[yardwork]

23. I'm sorry.

[Honeycombe8]

24. I'm so sorry. Hugs from a fellow Democrat.

He lived a long time. I'm sure he had a happy life (hope he went peacefully?). Who can ask for more? We all should be so lucky.

[underpants]

27. I think it was peaceful

Right where he was sleeping when we all left this morning. At least he was at home. And I didn't have to make that call in front of him. Not to make it about me or us but we were really dreading that.

[Honeycombe8]

29. It's so hard to lose a pet.

I never got totally over any of them. I tell myself I won't get another, so I don't have to go through this. But then I think, well, I get rescues. So at least I can give some dog or cat a good life for the time they have left.

They're so innocent and loving. It's so hard.

[CatMor]

26. So sorry for your loss....

cats are such wonderful, delightful creatures.

[geardaddy]

28. ...

[Nay]

30. Oh, dear. I'm so sorry. It's so sad.

[irisblue]

32. 🕯️ I am sorry for your loss.

[FuzzyRabbit]

34. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[sinkingfeeling]

35. RIP.

[blogslut]

36. A long good life.

Peace to you.

[pazzyanne]

38. Heartfelt condolences on the passing of your fur baby, underpants.

May he enjoy being free of a failing body, and may you be comforted by your memories of the good times you had with him.

Rest in peace, baby boy!

[nocoincidences]

39. 17 years of love

is a pretty good run for a puss-um.

He was happy with you to hang around so long!

[catbyte]

40. I'm so very sorry.

[Chicagogrl1]

41. {{ hugs }}

So sorry for your loss.

[Fla Dem]

42. He knew, he knew.

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When you left this morning and said goodbye
He looked at you with his loving eyes
from his favorite spot on the bed.
You thought he'd be there when you got home, instead
Sundance knew his time with you was at an end.

Quietly he went to sleep one last time.
He saved you the agony of making that call.
His love for you was the greatest of all.
He loved all the years he spent with you,
Sundance was your buddy, your pal and your friend to the end.

[underpants]

43. Wow thanks

Thank you

[Fla Dem]

44. ....

[underpants]

79. Since you wrote wonderful post EVERYONE SHOULD READ...

I read it to my wife when she got home and found out. She was very touched.

Last night we were in the kitchen loving on him and trying to get him to eat.
His "sister" passed last August very unexpectedly. They were together 15 years.
He leaves us and tries to open a kitchen cabinet, he then went to the top of the stairs and let's out a yell (like he used to at the girl), goes down to my bathroom and looks around the shower curtain, later he sat in the front room looking at the Christmas tree, and then went under the dining table.

These were all things she did. She was a regular under the Christmas tree and under the dining table - my daughter is notoriously careless. He was a top of the table cat not under it.

You were right. He knew.

[Fla Dem]

92. I would not be surprised if his "sister's" spirit was there to walk

Sundance over the “Rainbow Bridge”. They’re together again. 😽

[ET Awful]

45. My condolences. I lost my two that were in their teens over the last year or so as well, both

were well known many moons ago on DU from pictures I posted here. I'd say they'll greet your boy at the rainbow bridge, but Althea would be hiding somewhere afraid to show herself to anyone but me and Quinn would be too crotchety to care.

RIP

[qazplm135]

46. just lost my girl last august

to sudden heart cancer at 11. It's sooooooo tough. My condolences.

[mr_lebowski]

48. So sorry UP ...

[Bettie]

51. He had a happy life

and was loved. Sorry for your loss.

[NastyRiffraff]

52. So sorry

I know what it's like. Unfortunately our friends don't normally live as long as we do. But he had a wonderful home and love from you.

[OBrien]

53. So sorry but I'm sure...

you gave him a beautiful, loving and happy life.

[ellie]

54. I am so sorry.

RIP boy cat

[underpants]

80. As I posted above

Last night we were in the kitchen loving on him and trying to get him to eat.
His "sister" passed last August very unexpectedly. They were together 15 years.
He leaves us and tries to open a kitchen cabinet, he then went to the top of the stairs and let's out a yell (like he used to at the girl), goes down to my bathroom and looks around the shower curtain, later he sat in the front room looking at the Christmas tree, and then went under the dining table.

These were all things she did. She was a regular under the Christmas tree and under the dining table - my daughter is notoriously careless. He was a top of the table cat not under it.

He knew.

[ellie]

81. Oh kitty,

I lost both of my cats this past year, one in May and the other one in September. I still look for them in all the familiar places.

[Buckeyeblue]

55. Sorry to hear

We had to put down our 17 year old cattle dog a few weeks ago. Mortality sucks.

[MineralMan]

56. I'm sorry to read that.

[GoCubsGo]

57. I am so sorry. I lost my 17-year-old kitty last month.

She had kidney disease, too. I had her for 17 years and one week. One can keep telling themselves that 17 years is really, really old for a cat, and that they're no longer in pain, but it sure doesn't make it hurt less.

[spanone]

58. ...

[KT2000]

59. I'm so sorry

It just hurts when we lose our best friend. Peace to you....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

60. Lost my beloved dog a while ago. Totally know

How you feel. It's been 66 days and I still am tearing up
So sorry U

[LuckyCharms]

61. I'm very sorry, underpants.

[shenmue]

62. Rest in peace

[packman]

64. Passed in the home he loved - what better way for him and you

[demigoddess]

65. So Sorry.

I am still missing a cat we lost over 20 years ago. But then he was an extraordinary cat. Played with my daughter. Comforted her back and protected me from big dogs. Miss him.

[malaise]

66. Too sad

[nolabear]

67. They can sometimes do that, just spare us the pain and go when they need to.

I'm sorry your sweet buddy is gone but he did it as he needed to. May he cross easy to wherever good cats go.

[Raine]

68. I'm so sorry

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I know it was hard to find him this way but he went on his own time and spared you in having to make the final decision.

[murielm99]

69. Oh. OH.

We gave our gray kitten to a friend. He named him Earl Grey. They were together for seventeen years.

Our friend had bypass surgery. Earl Grey was there for him. Then, Earl Grey got too sick to get off the couch. They sat together until the kitty passed.

They are our friends until the end.

[Glamrock]

70. Oh pants!

I am so so sorry! Long distance hugs and my best vibes...

[crazycatlady]

71. i am very sorry for your loss

I hope your sweet boy is catching mice with my late Tabby across the Bridge.

[redwitch]

72. I'm sorry.

He had a good, well loved life.

[onecaliberal]

75. So very sorry...

[LyndaG]

76. Very sad for you and your family

I'm sure he knew he was very much loved.

[lunasun]

77. Sundance is at peace now . So sorry for the loss in your family . Yes I remember your post on him

and his name . We had a cat that passed right before the holidays dec 6
It was 2 yrs ago, but I know it seems all wrong at this time of year with the outside cheer not that there ever is a right time

[lanlady]

78. I'm so sorry for you, underpants

Any person who loves an animal as much as you do is "good people" in my book. You gave that cat a wonderful life. Be proud in the knowledge that you have love to spare for all creatures of this earth.

[Pimienta]

82. So sorry...

It has helped me to read all the comforting responses here.

We lost our cat, Frankie, in October. Still a hole in my heart.
Yes, I still look for him in all the usual places.

That's one reason I joined DU. So many animal lovers.

[underpants]

87. Welcome to DU. As you mentioned it a good place.

Obviously this just happened today so we haven't REALLY felt it. As we drove back from taking him to the vat we pulled into the driveway and my brain immediately started churning on things I normally do related to him.

[ginnyinWI]

83. Condolences.

You can take a little comfort in that he found his own way over the rainbow bridge and didn't have to go through the stress of a vet visit.

[Ms. Toad]

84. Cats are intersting.

I had one cat out of a sibling pair choose to die while I was out of town (my daughter petted her while she passed). The other waited for me to come home from work so she could die 5 minutes later resting on my chest. One a bit under 17, the other a bit older.

[Maraya1969]

86. I'm so sorry you lost your dear friend.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

88. Sigh, I am now 75. I have lost so many beloved kitties, 25 or more over the years.. all rescues.

Someone once asked me, what the most difficult thing having a cat is.
I shook my head, looked down to the floor with my eyes closed and replied. “The goodbye.”

[Gothmog]

89. I am sorry for your loss

[LeftInTX]

91. I'm sorry about your kitty

[peekaloo]

93. So sorry.

he was in a familiar setting where he was loved.

[gopiscrap]

94. I am so sorry

I hold you in my thoughts. May you have great and loving memories of him...

[AllyCat]

95. Oh so sorry!

So hard to lose our fur fairies. Safe passage to your kitty and peace to you.

[smirkymonkey]

96. So sorry for your loss underpants.

The loss of a beloved pet is so heartbreaking.

[tenderfoot]

97. So sorry for your loss. :-(