My cat Gizmo hit by car&dead in yard

theterribleduo

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So I'm cooking dinner and happen to glance out the window,my cat Gizmo is laying in the grass, at first this doesn't bother me cause it's something he does alot, stretching out in the grass,catching little critters or taking naps

I finish dinner and realize it's getting a bit late and decide to call him in, but he doesn't answer, a tad irritated and thinking he's just being a twerp I go out to the yard and kneel down by him, pick him up only to realize to late..his stomach is caved in at weird angle.

Shock and horror, my heart rate increases, I drop him and he just flops on the ground, I stare closely at him and see his tongue is hanging out and there's some kind of red stuff caked around his mouth and drops of it on the grass on his head.

I will admit at first I went in denial, perhaps he had just passed out? I shake him a few times, ask him jokingly if maybe he dunked his mouth in paint cause he has a tendency to eat or sniff weird things.

Then the cop pulls up,walks over and gets on a pair of gloves, he says that someone accidentally hit my cat and reported it to the police. The cop mentions I want to take my cat and bury it or not. But I cannot bear to bury yet another cat into the cold ground all alone, so no I allow the cop to take him away.

oh god..oh god..oh god my boy is dead..I've been crying all nite...my boy is dead..and his brother Roary has been wandering around the house into each room crying like he's looking for him..oh gods....

This is a bad nite.....very bad..and so sad...
 

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I am so, so sorry. I recently had to deal with a situation like this with my sweet Monster, pulled up to the house to find him laid out at the end of the driveway at the end of February
I broke down immediately. I feel your pain and am so, so sorry for your loss
. Let Roary be a comfort to you, and you a comfort to him
Gizmo is happy and peaceful over the rainbow bridge now. I can't send enough love and positive vibrations your way
 

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I'm very sorry for your loss. It must have been a terrible shock to find him like that. RIP, Gizmo.
 

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 <3((((((((^^))))))))<3 beloved Gizmo, flying free at the Rainbow Bridge, whole, healthy and forever Loved<3  I am so sorry for your loss.  This is a very difficult time for you and Roary, I know.  Having experienced the loss of a beloved cat so many times, I know how painful it is.  As a tribute to Gizmo, maybe you can plant a beautiful plant on his resting place as a living memorial.  In time, you may want to adopt another deserving and needy cat not as a "replacement" (there is no replacing a loved one!) but to save another precious life and share the love you have for Gizmo with another, a new friend for Roary as well.  

I would URGE you, and everyone else with similar tragedies, to PLEASE KEEP YOUR CATS INDOORS ONLY.  Responsible and caring people do, for their cats' safety and wellbeing as well as their own peace of mind.  Thank you.
 

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So very sorry for your loss. The love of my life was also a Gizmo, truly one of a kind. 

You never forget it..over four years later and pictures of him, sometimes just talking about him makes me cry,

but I know in my heart Ill get to be with him again one day and I was blessed to have had him in my life as long as I did.

Gizmo is in a perfect place now and one day you will meet him at the bridge. 
 
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This made me tear up. :(

I lost my Chow puppy Tasha to seizures in 1997 and still miss her furry little butt!
 
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