# I'm about to lose two cats at once.

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**Created:** [July 7, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-lose-two-cats-at-once/186861 "2003-07-07T21:54:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-about-to-lose-two-cats-at-once/186861/41 "2003-07-10T17:44:56Z")

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Hoping things work out for Isabelle & Hurricane. The waiting game is hard.

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> My grandma, in her early nineties, had her 17-year-old cat euthanized and was devastated. A grandchild suggested getting her a kitten. Baba said, “I don’t think I could go through the whole life cycle again. Do you realize how many cats I’ve had that have lived to old age and had to be put down?”
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> She was at a point where any kitty would undoubtedly outlive her but never thought about that possibility.

That reminds me of my SO’s dad who went thru the same thing & then said the same thing, except at that time he was “only” 80. Swore up & down he didn’t want another cat. He’s a stubborn guy.

In spite of that we went & got him one from the local shelter several months later. They became inseparable almost immediately & the cat still basically runs the house. That was 12 years ago & both are doing pretty darned well for their ages.

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