Poisoning, death of my beloved cat Leonine Options

[corinnajane]

It is almost a year now since my boy cat died. He was poisoned. I am very, very upset about it.

The hospital tried to save him but it was no use. And the staff were amazed at how gentle and friendly he was. Even though he was in agony, and dying, he still kept trying to make friends and cuddle people.

I got a lovely lady vet to come and help put him down at home. And I know I did the right thing.

But it really hurts.

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[magdalene]

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's hard anytime we lose one of our babies, but when it's something that seems preventable, like poisoning, and when we know they suffered some before the end, well, I think that makes it harder. And I don't mean that you could have prevented it - if it was indeed the weedkiller, that was not something you had control over and you didn't realize it would harm him. Please don't think I'm blaming you. I just mean it's kind of different than if a cat becomes ill, although of course that is hard too. I hope I'm saying this right.

I think you made the right decision to let him go. I'm glad it was peaceful at the end, for him and for you. It's never an easy decision but when we really love someone, sometimes it's the kindest, most loving thing we can do.

He sounds like such a special boy. I'm glad you had him and he had you.

I wanted to mention something that seemed to help my kitty Cayenne when my other kitty Eileen died. Eileen was hit by a car and she and Cayenne had always been very close. They used to groom each other and stuff. When Eileen died, I was horribly, horribly upset. I screamed and cried for a long, long time and I know I frightened my other kitties. Looking back, I wish I had been able to be more calm and that I'd let Cayenne see Eileen's body and sniff her and stuff. I think that might have helped her a little.

Anyway, Cayenne got very depressed. She started peeing outside the litter box and other stuff that I could see she was really sad and missing her friend. I ended up using some Bach flower remedies with her and it did seem to help. What I used was Rescue Remedy and Star of Bethlehem.

Magdalene