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Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 01:44 pm
We all have pets be it a dog, cat, bird or even a goldfish. We all love them in our own way. I’d had dogs as a kid loved them dearly. It seems like the last three years right around New Year we have lost a pet.
In 2015 it was Rocket.
she was 11 years old she passed from heart failure.
last year(2016) it was Jake. He was 7 years old and had a sudden heart attack.FYI I never knew cats had heart attacks but they do. All we heard was a cry and when I came to find him he was gone. You can read more about this issue here
Today (1-15-2018) I had to make the hardest phone call of my life. I had to call the veterinary office to book an appointment to have Pal put to sleep.
You see I’ve owned Pal since I was 19 years old. He showed up at my house one night. We asked everyone in the neighborhood if they were missing a kitten. I even made a sign. No one claimed in so in a week he was ours. We’d never had cats before so we didn’t know what to do with him. We thought he was a cute little ball of gray and white fluff. He was so sweet and cuddly.
Little did we know that cute and cuddly fluff would grow up to be a demanding and commanding old grouch. He enjoyed his life here and had many siblings and friends. A few months after he found us we found a rabbit in our front yard. We kept him too. Hop and Pal had a great time together. It’s funny how animals grieve for each other. When Hop passed Pal and Rocket and out other cat at the time Tigger would roam around the yard looking for him. They would even call him. That’s a heartbreaking sight to see.
It’s very hard to let a pet go. I knew Pal hadn’t been doing too well over the last few days. That’s why I hadn’t been posting many photos of him. He had days where he was more active than others. But today we knew he needed to go in to see the vet. He hadn’t eaten and was just very slow. I had to pull myself together enough to call the veterinary office. I even took Sophie over to him so she could tell him goodbye. She looked at him and mewed and left.When I gave him his final cuddle before I put him in his carrier he didn’t even purr. I think he knew he was going to be okay in the end. On the upside, the veterinarian told my parents that they were doing the best thing for Pal. They thought he was either having kidney issues or diabetic or possibly both.
I will admit now I will wonder if Sophie will be next.
With every pet loss, I go back and think of all the wonderful times I had with them. When your pets are a part of your family it takes time to get over the hurt. It will take me a few days to realize he’s gone. I know it will take Sophie some time to adjust to being an only cat now. Unless we have a surprise show up at our door again.
