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MisterShadow

671d

Hi,this isn't due to a preexisting condition,and has to do with a personal loss. my cat died today...... i feel gutted..... she meant everything to me,but at the end of the day i couldn't save her..... anyone here experience this recently or before?

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    • strawberrydog

      666d

      I’m so sorry for your loss, I experienced this a couple weeks ago. My old dog who was 14 had passed during the night from a seizure. He had been on seizure medication for awhile and we expected him to pass eventually but part of me wonders if I woke up and woke him up if he’d still be alive. It eats me up every time I think about him but what I did to cope was make a scrapbook and remembrance box. His collar was a dark blue so I made his box the same color and placed photos, his collar and miscellaneous objects that he either liked or reminded me of him. I try to remember good things about him and not the way he passed. Pet deaths are difficult to go through and you deserve all the time to grieve, however that is. I hope you’re doing better <3

    • strawberrydog

      666d

      I’m so sorry for your loss, I experienced this a couple weeks ago. My old dog who was 14 had passed during the night from a seizure. He had been on seizure medication for awhile and we expected him to pass eventually but part of me wonders if I woke up and woke him up if he’d still be alive. It eats me up every time I think about him but what I did to cope was make a scrapbook and remembrance box. His collar was a dark blue so I made his box the same color and placed photos, his collar and miscellaneous objects that he either liked or reminded me of him. I try to remember good things about him and not the way he passed. Pet deaths are difficult to go through and you deserve all the time to grieve, however that is. I hope you’re doing better <3

    • Annikaz

      667d

      It’s the hardest thing. No one ever talks about it. My family cat died last year. We had her since I was 2… I was 18 when she passed. It takes time. I would get home and start looking for her or expect her to come over to me. It’s a difficult transition. But slowly that pain will go away I promise

    • nalabean

      668d

      i just experienced this two weeks ago…i had to put my cat down the day after her 1st birthday. i was devastated because like you she meant the world to me. i ended up getting another kitten a few days ago and it’s helped me feel better. this new kitten doesn’t replace my old one, but definitely helps me feel less lonely

    • Sam178935

      668d

      I am a loner and lost my 13 year old dog with many medical conditions to something sudden that wasn’t even a preexisting issue. Two days after Christmas this past year while I am dealing with a slew of newer medical conditions. I delivered him from his mother with my parents from our foster dog and had a super special bond with him and had him from day 1 and kept him. I didn’t realize how much I depended on him for emotional support after a bad day and just being there in general every single day. I don’t have friends and this dog was my everything. It’s been 5 months now and I still can’t believe he’s gone. It upsets me every night or time I see something that reminds me of him. My anxiety and depression have been through the roof ever since and my health has gotten so much worse. People say it’s just an animal and cannot relate. Im sorry I do not have any advice, but I do truly understand how you feel.

      • MisterShadow

        668d

        @Sam178935 i will add that people with the cold blooded attitude of "it's just a cat or dog" should be kicked in the teeth,that would be a minor sample of what it's like to lose them.

        • Sam178935

          667d

          @MisterShadow it absolutely is the most horrible gutted, empty feeling. I agree with you completely, quite a few people I’d like to “kick in the teeth” to put it nicely that don’t care for their animals and say that.

      • MisterShadow

        668d

        @Sam178935 I am so sorry 😔 you definitely have a heart of gold,and he knew it. i'm pretty much a lifelong loner myself with limited contact with others,and that gutted feeling you mentioned,is exactly what it's been like with me. i try not to look at her bed,her toys,her pillow that she would curl up on next to my head every night,it's just so empty. i thought too that i was made of stone,and could tough it out without anyone around,but when she died and i got home sitting here on the edge of my bed alone in silence,it made me realize just how much i needed her,loved her beyond words. 😪

      • Elladolores

        668d

        @Sam178935 I’m so sorry for your loss when I lost mine my anxiety was out of control. I would wake up screaming or see me walking the street in the middle of the night. Is so hard 😭

        • Sam178935

          668d

          @Elladolores thank you. It has definitely spiraled mine out of control. He slept right next to my pillow always had to be touching me so I wake up and still go to check him like I always used to(he had a heart condition so I was always checking him) and realize he’s not there and panic. So I get it. It’s horrible.

    • Elladolores

      669d

      Yes I lost my dog few months ago and my second rescued three yrs ago. I still cry daily, I miss them my rescues are my babies they the only one who don’t judge and gives you unconditional love. I miss them so much 😭. I’m so sorry for your loss. The lost of a pet hurts as much as a human at least for me. These past three years been really hard for me I lost my dad and my two dogs one of heart failure and the other due to age. ❤️

    • Touya

      671d

      yes, i lost my first dog when i was 17 and i was devastated, though i remember shortly after he died i saw a yellow butterfly outside and it reminded me of him, now when i see yellow butterflies i think of him. i think that is his way of telling me he is ok

      • MisterShadow

        671d

        @Touya when i walked out of the hospital in tears,there was a huge double rainbow in the sky,i'd like to believe that was her no longer suffering 😪

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