# Cat dropped dead last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827 "2013-01-20T19:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/1 "2013-01-20T19:24:03Z")
[And no, not the cat in this thread, who after medcation and new diet is doing fine.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667124) One of my other cats, a beautiful 6 year old calico. My two year old daughter came to me last night and said “Ruthie is sleeping”. I went into the room and she was dead. No marks, signs or anything. We rushed her to the emergency vet, but it was too late. She was the picture of health an hour before. She just had a checkup a few years ago. WTF? The vet thinks heart attack, which is apparently not unheard of. Necropsy scheduled. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/2 "2013-01-20T19:50:57Z")
I am so sorry ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/3 "2013-01-20T19:58:49Z")
What an unpleasant surprise. My sympathies. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/4 "2013-01-20T20:05:21Z")
My sympathaies. Happened with a young cat of mine several years ago. Fine, then dead. It was his heart and vet said sudden and probably painless. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/5 "2013-01-20T20:22:11Z")
I’m sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/6 "2013-01-20T20:22:51Z")
(((( **mozchron** )))) I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/7 "2013-01-20T20:26:26Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > She was the picture of health an hour before. She just had a checkup a few years ago. WTF? Make that checkup a few weeks ago; not sure where “years” came from. Thankns everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/8 "2013-01-20T20:27:00Z")
My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/9 "2013-01-20T20:39:27Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/10 "2013-01-20T21:29:45Z")
I’m sorry. We lost our 8-year-old Harvey in November, and it was quite sudden. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/11 "2013-01-20T22:22:42Z")
I’m so sorry your daughter had to find your cat. We had a healthy 4 YO die from a probable stroke in December. It still hurts. Thank you for sharing your story. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/12 "2013-01-20T23:42:48Z")
I’m so very sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/13 "2013-01-21T03:17:37Z")
I’m so sorry about your cat. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/14 "2013-01-21T04:09:31Z")
That’s so sad. I’m sorry. I have a 7 year old calico named Dinah, and it would break my heart if something happened to her. I really feel for you. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/15 "2013-01-21T07:56:36Z")
I’m so sorry ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/16 "2013-01-21T14:05:29Z")
I’m sorry to hear that, too - we lost an old-timer kitty last December, and they really do leave a hole in your life and your heart. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/17 "2013-01-21T15:45:12Z")
I am sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/18 "2013-01-21T15:48:02Z")
How horrible. ☹ I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/19 "2013-01-21T16:57:03Z")
I, too, am sorry for your loss. I love my cats and everyone in my house would be heartbroken from this event; my condolences. That said, I have to ask: why did you take her to the emergency clinic if she was clearly dead? ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827/20 "2013-01-21T17:18:40Z")
So sorry. I hope you can take comfort in the idea that she didn’t suffer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dropped-dead-last-night/647827.md?page=2)