# The cat died unexpectedly \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374 "2012-11-08T17:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/41 "2012-11-09T02:13:21Z")
So sorry. It is so hard to lose them suddenly. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/42 "2012-11-09T02:18:45Z")
☹ I’m so sorry for your loss, Johnny. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/43 "2012-11-09T03:18:44Z")
I’m sorry, Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/44 "2012-11-09T09:34:18Z")
**Johnny** , I’m so sorry. I want to say something else, to help ease the hurt, but, there just isn’t anything. RIP Harvey ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/45 "2012-11-09T12:29:44Z")
So sorry to hear of your loss. RIP Harvey. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/46 "2012-11-09T12:42:32Z")
Is the vet going to do an autopsy? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/47 "2012-11-09T14:31:14Z")
A real shame; at least he didn’t suffer long. The little critters really get into your head and heart. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/48 "2012-11-09T15:13:58Z")
I lost my cat recently. It’s heartbreaking. Especially when it’s unexpected. So sorry for your loss. ---
**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 9, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/49 "2012-11-09T15:16:58Z")
I’m so sorry to hear about your little kitty. He sounds like he was an awesome little guy too. ☹ ---
**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:** [November 9, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/50 "2012-11-09T15:21:50Z")
[I’ve posted Harvey’s remembrance thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=671737). **Zabali\_Clawbane** : No, there will be no autopsy. Sometimes cats get sick, and there’s no apparent cause. **Chefguy** : The SO’s previous cat had cancer. She says she was selfish and kept her alive too long, knowing that she was in pain. (She did have her put to sleep.) Harvey was fine in the morning, and sick that night. He was gone the next day. I wish he didn’t have to suffer as long as he did, but it wasn’t drawn out over weeks or months. I just wish one of us had been home earlier so that he would have had someone with him for a few more hours. I wish I had been there with him when he died at the vet’s office. I would only have been in the way, but I want to have been there for him at the end. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374/51 "2012-11-09T17:10:58Z")
Since there’s another thread, I’ll close this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-died-unexpectedly-edited-title/640374.md?page=2)