My Cat Frostie Died :(, My brother shot my cat Options

[crazycatwoman]

Hello all

I will try to make this short. My cousin called me today to let me know that a week ago Sunday my brother shot and killed my cat Frostie.

No one called me before they decided this was a good idea. I had Frostie since 1998 when her mama cat Tipper had a whole litter.

Long story short, i have moved two hours away from my family, and live in an apartment. my husband and i bought a house about three weeks ago, but its being built so we dont live in it yet. So i was giving my brothers wife money to look after my cats until i can move them. I have 5 all of them were rescues, and three of them ive had for over 15 years.

And before anyone gets all nasty about how many pets i have im 25 and two of those cats are 20 years old, so im basically dealing with childhood pets that have lived wayyyyyyy longer then a 5 year old could concieve of.... lol but im blessed to still have them around .

Well about two months ago my brother got really demanding and asked me to take all my pets off my parents property.... and i cant move them yet

The two that are 20 have lived at my parents house there whole lives from kittens to today, so they are very hard to move in the first place

i had talked to my parents about leaving the two oldest ones there perminantly especially since i have three small dogs and they are not use to them. Which was fine with both of my parents, my dad would have never wanted me to move them he said his house was there home, and they shouldnt be moved they were too old

I only have to move them now because my dad died on jan 26th, and my mom moved off to New Mexico so its just my brother, his wife, and a few cousins around my parents property its two hours away from me, so its not like i can drive there every day to feed them

None the less i was trying to wait until my house was built so i could have a cat room set up so they would be safe and not tormented by my dogs, and because i already have way to many pets in my apartment, and i cant possibly bring them here right now.

I guess frostie who was a rather shy siamese mix had been hiding for days, and she had came down with a cold ( we live in colorado, and just had alot of snow). My cousin Melissa who called and told me a week after it was done, says her eye was running and she was walking in circles, her neck looked like she was bit by a dog, and she " was in really bad shape" and that she called my brother and had him come home from work to shoot her and get her out of her misery .

i was obviously very upset, but she swears she was in HORRIBLE shape and it needed done. I think they just dont want bothered so they decided to start getting rid of cats....... who knows. I feel so sad for frostie, she was healthy and never had any issues before this. She was at the vet just a month ago for a check up and shots and was just fine, i paid for her medical care and food, and i dont know why they had to just kill her without even calling me

i fear for my other cats, but i cant go load 5 cats, three of whom are over 15 years old and dont like dogs, and drag them into my one bedroom apartment that im only suppose to have two pets in but already have 3 im really at a loss of what to do

as much as i love them i cant stand to hear of them getting shot , i think it would be better if i just put them all to sleep ( the 15+ ones) they dont have any teeth and do have various health problems from age alone, but i cant stand to do that when they are eating and living just fine...... and at there age rehoming them, especially with how anti social they are is not going to work, im really at a loss

I think i will just leave them there and hope for the best until i can move them, i called my brother who shot frostie he swore she was in horrible shape and he hated killing her, she was so little and pretty and it was hard for him to do

any suggestions ? constructive ones please, because i have been going to counselling constantly from my dad dying in jan, and my dog picasso dying who just had his second anniversary on Sept 29th, i didnt even come here to post to picasso on his anniversary on my therapists advise, she told me to stay off this forum, that too much grief is a bad thing, i feel like im at square one

thanks for your ideas


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