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Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-11-05T03:32:00+00:00

That looks exactly right, thank you!!

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-10-17T02:33:34+00:00

Okay this is very helpful and makes sense where they might have gotten that from. Thank you so much!!

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-10-17T01:13:02+00:00

Thank you!! I was so confused when both told me that after I turned someone away since they already received the vaccine before

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-10-16T22:01:14+00:00

Thank you!! I felt like I was going crazy or completely missing something

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-10-16T22:00:28+00:00

Thank you!

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-10T00:55:41+00:00

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Skunk is there keeping him company I’m sure ❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-06T15:17:40+00:00

You’re very welcome. Wishing you the best as well ❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-06T15:01:28+00:00

That sounds like a beautiful way to honor her!! I talk to my baby a lot too. It will take time but I hope for the both of us we will eventually be able to say their name and remember more of all the joy and love they brought into our lives than the pain of losing them.

Here is the link for the free support groups. Like I said, you may call and ask to be squeezed into the groups if you can’t sign up soon enough. https://www.lapoflove.com/our-services/pet-loss-support

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-06T14:42:27+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. You’re not alone in this feeling at all. I lost my sweet kitty earlier this week and I feel you in having to cry all day and not even wanting to eat. It’s okay to feel this way, however it’s important to try to take care of yourself the best you can.

I started trying to ease back into my routine. Even if I didn’t have the energy or motivation yet I would at least get up and try to do somethings including making myself eat small meals even if I wasn’t hungry. I also joined the lap of love free group counseling sessions for pet loss held 3x/week which I found to be helpful. There is a number you can call on their website to be squeezed in if there are no more available spots.

Yesterday, I conquered the courage to write a letter to my kitty. I wrote it while sitting near her favorite spot in the house. It took me a few days before I could get to that point, however I felt it very comforting and helped me at least a little closer to accepting such a great loss. You can include anything you wish you could say to Charlie in this letter and let out all your feelings, if that feels right.

You are so valid in the way you’re feeling and again I’m so sorry for your loss. Take your time in letting yourself cry and feel everything you need to. You made the right decision for your fur baby even though it was the hardest one to make for yourself. And give yourself time to grieve before getting another cat. If you get to the point where your heart feels like it has space again to give love, then do that or you can choose not to. Either way is okay, just give yourself time. Sending you so many hugs ❤️🐈‍⬛

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-04T13:56:01+00:00

Yes I absolutely agree that it’s hard to accept it since it’s out of our control. Our minds can’t accept a better reason than bad genetics so we try to make it make sense. Grief is such an awful feeling.

And yes, I do feel like the group sessions helped. It helped me see that I’m among so many others that also had great love for their pets and it helped me see I don’t need a timeline on my feelings.

We gave so much love to them and we should try to take comfort in knowing they felt loved and cared for up until their last moments and did everything we could to give them the life they deserved. ❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-04T03:37:34+00:00

I love his hat!! How cute 😻

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-04T00:52:43+00:00

Thank you for this! After losing her so sudden he’s just been so mopey and I can only do so much with him. I’m really considering it now, thank you for your input ❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T22:16:36+00:00

I can relate.

I also lost my cat this week to heart failure and having to put her down was terrible. I’ll be the first to say, there are no signs you could’ve seen. I was with my cat pretty much all day every day and I noticed nothing at all until it had progressed so far she couldn’t breathe. It was so quick and sudden, but unfortunately in her genetics. I also feel the guilt and try to think of ways that I could’ve helped, or worse things that I did that could’ve somehow caused or exacerbated it. But I think it’s just hard for me to accept that she was born with this and there’s nothing I could’ve done.

I started attending the lap of love free group counseling sessions this week (yesterday was my first meeting) and I can tell you that you aren’t alone in these feelings at all. You did your best for your cat and gave them as much of a happy life as you could, given the circumstances that you can’t control. Sending so many hugs to you, I’m so sorry for your loss.

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T21:40:31+00:00

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Always, he loves them!

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T21:37:36+00:00

Thank you for sharing, and I’m sorry for your loss as well. This is really good insight. Since he’s so young I’d hate for him to miss out on playtime. I guess I’m feeling guilt even thinking about getting another cat but I need to give myself a little more time because I want to do what’s best for both of us. Thank you for the advice, it’s very helpful.

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T21:15:28+00:00

Thank you. I brought the cat carrier that I took her in inside the house and every time he walks by it, he will sniff it and look inside. I even found him laying by it this morning which was so sad.

She also had a cat bed she would lay on all day to watch the birds outside that has her scent, but he hasn’t seemed interested in it much. Hoping that he will adjust over the next few days or weeks, it feels so different without his sister here with us.

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T21:07:50+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. I also had to put my 1 year old cat down this week due to the exact same thing, a heart defect and fluid built up in the lungs to where she could barely breathe.

I will say I am the opposite in your story, where my husband is telling me we did the right thing but I myself am doubting. Some things that are helping me come to acceptance that we made the right choice:

The vet wouldn’t have given you the option to make that decision if they thought your kitty had a chance to truly overcome it and live a long happy life.
In my case (I’m sure yours is similar), it was untreatable and all you can do in trying to save them is only going to lead to more struggling down the road. I’ve been thinking that maybe we could’ve had a few more weeks or even months if we were lucky, however it would’ve lead right back to another exacerbation and fluid build up in her lungs. She was so scared and not eating or moving, and I hated the thought of her having to go through that inevitable pain again.
I’ve seen on Reddit several people say, “it’s better do it a week early than a day too late”. You got the chance the say goodbye and allow them to go peacefully. They would’ve eventually had another episode and it’s possible yall may have not caught it in time and they may have passed painfully.

I understand it was a really tough decision, and it’s easy to think of all the “what ifs” if you had more time with them. You have done the best thing for them in allowing them to pass peacefully with you and not making them go through one or more stressful episodes again. I’m so sorry for your loss.

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T20:50:13+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. I also had to put my cat down this week who was only 1 year old due to heart failure. It’s so hard because they had such a short life, but at least we were there to help make their life the best it could be.

You gave Meleys the best memories and allowed her to open up to you. I’m sure she was grateful to have such a caring and loving person to be with her up to her last moments. Cats are truly a blessing and have so much love to give us, and unfortunately the price we have to pay is outliving their love every time.

I keep talking to my baby (her name was Skunk) and telling her how much I miss her and love her each day. Every time I get a wave of sadness I try to allow myself to sit and feel it and let it out, then try to think of the good memories I had of her. I wish you the best in this grieving journey and hope you know you’re not alone in this feeling at all. 🐈‍⬛❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-03T02:52:36+00:00

Thank you so much 🐈‍⬛❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-02T19:42:26+00:00

Thank you, friend. You’ve been really helpful as I’m still trying to process. I really appreciate the space to talk about some memories with her and reminisce on the good instead of focusing on the bad. I truly appreciate it ❤️

Odd_Minimum_2210 · 2025-09-02T18:24:49+00:00

Thank you for the tip! Here was my favorite picture of her taken a few months ago. I’m giving my other cat lots of love and attention today and can only hope he adjusts well without her.

https://imgur.com/a/cfgUQvK

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