# Another cat death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483 "2007-11-15T03:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/1 "2007-11-15T03:39:40Z")
I wonder how many more of these I can take. Orson, Giant Kitty, died at 9:30 tonight. He had kidney failure. Here’s how stupid I am: We got home from the vet and I was crying, so what did I do? Though I was crying over his death, I went to the living room and called for him. How in the fuck is he supposed to comfort me now? I am filled with completely pointless rage. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/2 "2007-11-15T03:45:01Z")
{{{ **jsgodess** }}} Not stupid at all. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/3 "2007-11-15T03:45:58Z")
☹ Always, _always_ tough when your cats die, I know. Sorry to hear the news, **jsgoddess**. Orson had one hell of a loving owner and companion in you. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/4 "2007-11-15T03:46:00Z")
☹ My condolences on having lost your friend. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/5 "2007-11-15T03:46:41Z")
{{{ **jsgoddess** }}} I am very sorry for your loss. I hope happy memories will bring you some peace. All the fuzzbutts are getting extra scritches tonight in memory of Orson. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/6 "2007-11-15T03:47:33Z")
I don’t know why I open a thread I know is going to hurt to read. Condolences aren’t enough, but it’s all I have. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/7 "2007-11-15T03:51:41Z")
Should even sad cat threads have a cat picture? I don’t know. He’s here looking cranky. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/8 "2007-11-15T03:59:59Z")
I’m so very sorry for your loss. You have my condolences. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/9 "2007-11-15T04:10:23Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. ☹ GT ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/10 "2007-11-15T04:16:43Z")
{{{ **jsgoddess** }}} I did the same thing for quite a while. Boris and Tasha were raised together from puppies, and when I lost Boris last year, it took a while to break the habit of calling them together. I hope your good memories will bring you solace from your pain. ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/11 "2007-11-15T04:19:35Z")
So sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/12 "2007-11-15T04:29:35Z")
The thing about the Dope is that I can rage here. I’ll go to work tomorrow and probably not mention it, or just in passing “Oh yeah, Orson died. Gosh, it’s sad.” And then part of me hates myself for not being willing to cry in public over my cat. So, thank you, Dopers, for listening. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/13 "2007-11-15T04:39:51Z")
I’m so sorry to hear about Orson’s passing. There’s nothing wrong with grieving over his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/14 "2007-11-15T06:00:23Z")
I’m sorry to hear about your loss. ☹ _gives many hugs and a pint of ice cream with a spoon in it, any flavor you want, **jsgoddess** _ ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/15 "2007-11-15T06:40:40Z")
☹ I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. It doesn’t matter how long they live, it’s never any easier. ☹ _hugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/16 "2007-11-15T07:16:48Z")
I have an old cat, and I know he’s going to die someday soon, and I’m sure I’ll post about it here when it happens. I’ll be devastated. For now I’ll give him a hug (even though he won’t like it). Anybody who thinks it’s foolish to grieve over a cat has never loved an animal. It doesn’t really matter that they’re not human. We fall in love with them anyway, and though we may tell ourselves they’re only pets, our heart will accept them as family anyway. Hang in there. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/17 "2007-11-15T09:08:54Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Here’s how stupid I am: We got home from the vet and I was crying, so what did I do? Though I was crying over his death, I went to the living room and called for him. How in the fuck is he supposed to comfort me now? [/QUOTE] Tragi-comic, isn’t it? It takes time for reality to fill in the cat-shaped hole in your life, and you find yourself doing all manner of odd things until the brain catches up. But everything sorts itself out in due course. Sorry Orson had to go and live on the big farm in the sky. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/18 "2007-11-15T09:32:47Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, he looked like a fine friend. **(((((jsgoddess)))))** ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/19 "2007-11-15T09:55:46Z")
Oh **jsgoddess** , I’m so sorry for your loss. I know when we lost Maxx the elder, I looked for him every morning at the foot of the bed. Be kind to yourself. It’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483/20 "2007-11-15T10:21:11Z")
{{{jsgoddess}}} I am so sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose a friend. I understand how you feel about not talking about it at work. I am the same way. When I lost my cat Jasper no one at work knew, heck I didn’t even tell my mom for a week or two. I just wanted to keep her all to myself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cat-death/426483.md?page=2)