Recent Content by cooper38

What a shame. I too lost my beloved cat way too soon. He was PTS here at my house which was a small comfort at the time, but now I realize what a true gift that veterinarian gave Cooper and I during our last minutes together. The night before he was PTS was a bad one. He pretty much lost control...

Thank-you folks for the heartfelt condolences. After he first passed on I thought the immense pain I'd felt from losing such a dear friend was too overwhelming to endure, so I resolved myself to take care of Sampson until he died and then NO MORE CATS! Now, of course, time has passed and the...

Thank-you very much. I figured instead of trying to occupy myself all day so I wouldn't feel the pain of thinking about him; I would do the opposite and honor him by remembering him and writing about him. Usually I just think about him and then try and push it out of my mind asap so I don't get...

Wow. It's been a year already. It absolutely doesn't seem like one. It seems like only yesterday my Coo-Bear was gorging himself on his favorite food(s) and jumping off the bed with enough force to knock hanging pictures off the walls in the living room haha (I guess ~38lbs of pure cat will do...

Your story is eerily like mine. I lost my gigantic Russian Blue named Cooper on the 12th of this month and it was very sudden too. I don't know if you followed my threads, but I posted about him having gone blind and then a few short days later he was gone. He was almost exactly the same age as...

That would be really hard. I have a soft spot for all animals too, and whenever I see or hear about them suffering my blood boils; especially if it's at the hands of a human that simply could care less. I have to agree with you on the low opinion of human nature because the things people do to...

My boy Sampson absolutely loves to visit his human friends. He has scared the ever loving heck out of me plenty of times by taking extended journeys across town; across busy streets and everything. Awhile back I moved from my house across town to a house on the lake maybe 4-5 miles away and he...

I absolutely couldn't have said that better myself. How pitiful it was; Cooper was my support system. With him gone I feel just as you described you feel. Don't you go getting all depressed and suicidal too because then your whole family would fall apart. Anyway, if your Mom is still alive and...

Thank-you again everyone. I'm just eternally grateful for the support I've received on this site and truly appreciate the ability to be able to get my feelings down. I think writing this stuff down these past few days has prevented me from making some irrational and frankly stupid decisions in...

My Cooper pasted away exactly 4 days ago as I'm writing this. I was in shock and may still be. The 1st 2 days after his passing are a blur. I just remember carrying my beloved man out to the vet's truck and after that it was pure agony. His essence is all around me still. He had a few accidents...

I'm definitely not in denial because I know he's gone for good. I'm definitely in isolation though. Anger is new for today, even just tonight. It's full tilt rage that is truthfully the hardest to deal with. I want to honor his death by grieving not by having ghastly and ridiculous thoughts...

To my magnificent Bobo-kid, Ghibligook, Coo-Bear, Coopy oopy, Balboa, Gubbins, and of course Mug-Mug: I remember you, I can't forget the day I received you too. Your helpless mew and your giant eyes. Your soul shown through for the world to see; I was happy as any new father would be. You knew...

Ugh! What a loss. You can refer her to my thread a few below this one if she needs to see that other people understand the acute suffering she's undergoing right now. I know every loss is personal and never the same for any 2 people, but the grief we feel is universal. I also know that the 1st 2...

I just picked up: A Primate's Memoir Love, Death and Baboons in East Africa It's written by Robert M. Sapolsky and would recommend it to anyone who is an animal lover. I'm not done yet, but so far it is quite a brisk pace and extremely interesting.

Thank-you for the response. I would definitely consider Casper, but it still seems way too soon and would IMO disrespect Cooper's memory. Also, Sampson is just starting to realize something isn't right I think. He's usually rearing to get out the door, but today he's just sitting there...