# One less cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221 "2016-04-14T21:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/1 "2016-04-14T21:38:45Z")
Well, damn. [Jezabel](http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy176/aruvqan/littlemissgreeneyes.jpg) passed this morning at about 230 from what appeared to be old age and congestive heart failure [a couple weeks ago she had an episode of edema in her paws and legs that we were able to resolve with furosemide in a tiny cat sized dose] 16 years was a pretty good run. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/2 "2016-04-14T21:40:37Z")
I’m sorry for loss. Yes, 16 is a good run. My last cat made it 16. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/3 "2016-04-14T22:15:03Z")
I had a cat named Vladimir, that I adopted when he was 11, he lived to be 16. I hope he can say “Hi” to Jezebel. It’s so had to lose a pet, I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/4 "2016-04-14T23:07:24Z")
I’m sorry for your loss. ☹ She was a very pretty cat. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/5 "2016-04-15T00:50:13Z")
Hugs. There is nothing else to say. I know you gave that cat a great wonderful life. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/6 "2016-04-15T02:14:53Z")
Well 230 is a good age by any measure. She sounds like she had a decent life. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/7 "2016-04-15T02:37:33Z")
What a pretty girl. I’m so sorry. Even if we know they had a good long life it’s still so hard to lose them. ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/8 "2016-04-15T03:58:01Z")
They never live long enough, do they? {{{ }}} ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/9 "2016-04-15T15:45:14Z")
Please accept my condolences. Cats are such wonderful companions and friends and they’re hard to lose. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/10 "2016-04-15T17:16:24Z")
I’m sorry. She was a pretty thing. Maybe she and Slick will hook up over the Rainbow Bridge: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/6076/6145098213_a2337b009d_b.jpg "Slick, the grand ol") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/29097013@N07/6145098213/in/album-72157626401439185/) He made it to 17. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/11 "2016-04-15T17:56:44Z")
So sorry. We lost our 17-year-old cat last year. It’s hard to lose them. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/12 "2016-04-15T22:27:44Z")
I’m so sorry. We had to say goodbye to our nearly-16-year-old cat last month. It’s never easy. I’ll ask Tenshi to say hello and show Jezabel around. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/13 "2016-04-16T16:47:33Z")
Thanks all - she can join all the other pets mrAru and I have lost over the past 25 years [well he and I both have had pets all our lives] and it never gets any easier to lose one. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/14 "2016-04-16T17:22:01Z")
My condolences. What kind of cat was she? I mean character, rather than breeding… ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/15 "2016-04-16T17:35:26Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Thanks all - she can join all the other pets mrAru and I have lost over the past 25 years [well he and I both have had pets all our lives] and it never gets any easier to lose one. It is hard. RIP. Janis “Take a Piece of My Heart” comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/16 "2016-04-16T23:46:32Z")
_hugs_ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-less-cat/752221/17 "2016-04-17T03:13:09Z")
I’m so sorry. Even sixteen years isn’t long enough. ☹