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RIP Quinn

post #1 of 19
4/9/10 at 5:20pm
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I had to make the horrible decision today to end my kitty's life. Quincy was 2.5 years old and had been adopted from a rescue shelter when she was around 6 months old. It took me months and months of bothering my parents to finally let them allow me to get a Cat.

On Christmas day 2007 they gave me a litter box as a gift and said I could finally bring 1 home. I wanted to rescue a cat that was in a shelter, give them a nice home, and hopefully share many years together. God had other plans though for Quincy and decided to take her home early.

Quinn, I will always love you and treasure our memories together. You were the best possible cat I could have ever adopted and have as my very first pet. I know you are finally outside playing now (because I never let you go outside.), I know that you are now digging in the trash with all the freedom you could ever want (and not getting caught like usual.) I know that you loved me very much and I also know I will see you again someday.


Until that day I just want to say thank you for being the best pet ever for 2 years. Our time together was too short.

Goodbye Quincy, I will always you.

Love your owner/buddy, Andrew
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post #2 of 19
4/9/10 at 5:41pm
I am very sorry, Andrew. I've been following Quinn's story and had hoped for a happy ending. Although her life was shorter than some, she knew more love than many.
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post #3 of 19
4/9/10 at 5:56pm
Oh no, I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved Quinn. How lucky she was to have had those years of love with you.

She's in good company at the Bridge, and free of suffering, it is those left behind who suffer and hurt over the loss.

Play Happy Bridge Angel Quinn.
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post #4 of 19
4/9/10 at 8:38pm
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I miss her so much already. I go from being in a good state to being a complete wreck. Thanks for your wishes and thoughts. I can't believe my Q-ball is gone.
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post #5 of 19
4/10/10 at 3:04am
Oh Andrew, my heart goes out to you. Your first pet, and so very loved.

Please take comfort that she only knew love in her short time. I like to think it is the quality of their lives and not the quanity of years that matter in the end. Though the length of her life was short, the love you shared must be measured in height. Very deep.

I will say a prayer for your little one.

RIP little kitty, Quinn. God bless you and Andrew.
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post #6 of 19
4/10/10 at 2:08pm
Andrew, I am so sorry for your loss of Quincy. She was very blessed to have you because you loved her so much. She knew it too. I pray that your memories of her will give you much peace and comfort in the days to come. Rest in peace little one. You are loved and missed.
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post #7 of 19
4/10/10 at 7:46pm
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post #8 of 19
4/10/10 at 8:33pm
I read your other posts and hoped for a happy ending for you and Quinn. I am so sorry. RIP Quinn. She seemed like a very special kitty and you two were lucky to have each other.
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post #9 of 19
4/10/10 at 8:53pm
Hi Andrew. Thank you for letting Quinn know love before she went to the RB I took a look at her "cat page". She was a very adorable cat and I bet she remembers you, even up in the sky
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post #10 of 19
4/10/10 at 10:23pm
my thoughts with you in this hard moment...

RIP little Quincy...
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post #11 of 19
4/11/10 at 12:57am
I am so sorry I was following your thread and I so wanted a happy ending. I'm crying just reading this.

My first pet ever was a German Shepard mix named Tippy. We didn't have him for long, he came down with parvo and had to be put to sleep while he was still a young puppy.(This was 1984 and there was no parvo vaccine at the time.) I still remember him even though I was only 5 years old and we didn't have him long, less than 6 months. I saw the vet who put him down when Nuts had his last vet visit. The same vet also put down my 11 1/2 year old Old English Sheepdog Abby when she had massive internal bleeding due to her liver or spleen bursting. I had had her since she was 4 months old so that was a very long relationship, especially for an Old English sheepdog, or any large dog, they usually don't live that long.

She has crossed the rainbow bridge and is happy, healthy and playing with all the other kitties, like my Spaz 2002, there.

It's not the length of time you have with them, it's the impression they leave with you forever. Even though they are physically not here they live on in our hearts forever. I told my 4 year old son that when Abby died and it is very very true. Even though neither Tippy 1984, nor Spaz, 2002 nor Abby 2006, nor Molly 2009 or Maude 2010(Paul's dog and cat), or my MIL's cat Sinbad 2009, her dog Mindy 2002 and her dog Shadow 2010 are physically here they live on in our hearts and we know they are all in a better place.

Taryn
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post #12 of 19
4/11/10 at 10:44am
Andrew, I'm so sorry this has happened. You might be comforted a little with a visit to the Rainbow Bridge Site, www.petsloss.com.

I even have a poem over there (well, several probably, but this one is my favorite).

I Awake
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post #13 of 19
4/12/10 at 12:01am
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Sorry, I have been trying to occupy myself this weekend. It's been tough but thankfully my next love besides Quinn has always been sports. Thankfully I was able to have that to take my mind of things...

Thanks for all your kind words towards my kitty. She's been in my heart/head a lot still though and i'm sure will be now that I start my first full week without her here with me. I'm looking into getting a new kitty already. I don't think I'll be able to go through with it for another month at least though. She still lingers too much in my mind.

But I owe it to Quincy. I know that she would not want me to be sad and I hope she won't be jealous! Because nothing will ever 'replace' her. She was 1 of a kind. I got her when she was around 5-6 months old. I am thinking of getting a kitten this time so I can see her grow up. I really would like to get another Totoroise shell cat. Quincy was awesome.
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post #14 of 19
4/12/10 at 12:36am
I know what you're going through. When I had to put my beloved Serena down, I thought I couldn't have another kitty for a long time. But the emptiness in the house was so big without her little spirit, I couldn't stand it. I called myself going to 'look' at kitties at the ASPCA no-kill shelter - just to feel their energy. I found my Molly - or she found me, is more like it. The wonderful people there made me go home and sleep on it because Molly had been there for six month - six months! - and they didn't want her to have to come back because I'd just lost my kitty days ago and wasn't ready for adoption. I slept on it, went back with a carrier and brought her home. That was ten years ago and it was the best decision I ever made. (By the way, Molly was probably the total opposite of Serena in looks and temperament)
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post #15 of 19
4/12/10 at 4:52am
I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss. Remember you gave him a wonderful life while he was here. I feel some of our pets are only meant to be here for a while, to help us or teach us something.
RIP Quinn.
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post #16 of 19
4/12/10 at 6:32am
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Originally Posted by afp89898 View Post
I really would like to get another Totoroise shell cat. Quincy was awesome.
Yes those are beautiful and charming cats
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post #17 of 19
4/12/10 at 6:39am
I am so sorry for your loss.

Rest in peace sweet Quincy.
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post #18 of 19
4/12/10 at 11:25am
I'm very sorry for your loss. Quincy will live on in your heart and memories, and is now healthy and free again across the Bridge.
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post #19 of 19
4/15/10 at 2:28pm
I'm so sorry to hear about Quinn He was still a baby

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