The Cat Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

Well, shit.

[MadBurgerMaker]

What a shitty fucking day.  He was running around this morning just like normal.  Had a couple bites to eat, then threw up.  Then he went into the bathroom and pretty much collapsed and peed himself and started panting really hard, couldn't move, etc.  We wrapped him in a blanket and went to the emergency vet place and by 3, he hadn't improved and they didn't know what was wrong with him, and it was either put him to sleep, or he's going to die on his own.  Signing that paper made me feel pretty shitty, even though I know that's the right thing to do and all. 

He was fine and then he was just gone.





I'm worried about the little one there.  She's grown up and they were pretty much best buddies for her whole life (five years),laying all over each other, etc.  She's already started looking around.

Fuck, man.  This totally sucks.  My wife is absolutely crushed.

E: Goddammit, I just looked back before I got up out of the chair because for about a decade, Milo liked to park himself behind me while I was at the computer, and I always had to look out for him before rolling the chair.

[Syt]

 

[sbr]

Sorry MBM, that sucks.  You did the right thing, as my vet told me, being a responsible pet owner is harder than not.

Did you bring Milo home with you?  If so let the little one see and smell him(her?).  Supposedly they do understand death and seeing their old friend helps with closure.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah, we brought him home, but they put him in a box and all that, and I didn't want to open it up and see him all messed up like that again, so I buried him when we got home.  When they took us back there to be with him when they gave him the injection, he just looked terrible.  He had been throwing up blood and his pupils were all huge and everything.  They had cleaned him up as best they could, but it was bad.  He still tried to get up when he saw us and tried to move over closer to us while we were petting him, just like he always did, but he couldn't really do it anymore.

He's got himself a nice spot on top of a hill in the back now.

[Admiral Yi]

Reminds me of the cats I had as a kid kicking off from eating rat poison.

[The Brain]

[CountDeMoney]

Signing that paper made me feel pretty shitty, even though I know that's the right thing to do and all. 

Princess Sneakers of Monaco kinda went the same way, a total collapse;  even Gangsta was a little freaked out. 

When their little bodies crash, they crash hard, and there's not much you can do about it.  Heartbreaking.

Even though you were at the vets, at least he knew you were both with him at the end.  And I'm sure a spot on the top of the hill will suit him just fine.

[PDH]

Strength, MBM. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

Thanks guys.  Sorry for depressing the hell out of this thread with that, I was/am just super unhappy about what happened to Milo.  To make up for it though, when I was looking through my computer for the one photo I have of him on here (my wife has a bunch more), I found this:



That same little one (Mini Kitty) from the previous photo then, and now:



Dawww sweet Mini Kitty.     

E:  Bonus Central Michigan plug.

[Tonitrus]

She is quite a beauty. 

[Barrister]

You never have to apologize for the emotional connection our pets make in our life MBM. 

[Eddie Teach]

E:  Bonus Central Michigan plug.

I thought you went to UTSA?

[MadBurgerMaker]

I thought you went to UTSA?

For a little while.  After I sobered up I went to St. Mary's (the San Antonio version, not the Gaels that make the NCAA tourney every once in a while).

My wife went to Central Michigan.  I just happened to be watching while Dan LeFevour was their awesome QB and Chris Kaman was their superstar center.

[The Brain]

You never have to apologize for the emotional connection our pets make in our life MBM.