Sune och Zeke.
 

This is Sune.
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And this is Zeke.
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They're brothers, and lived with us for the last 14 years. 14 years is a long time. 14 years ago from now was 1995. I had just turned 5 years old. These two, by that time kittens, were taken into our house. At first they were terrified.

Now, 14 years later, I'm 19. The cats, are now 14 years old. I've always had them by my side in the life that I can remember. 14 years ago I moved to my current home in Stockholm, and away from Göteborg. I don't remember much from the time before 1995.

These two has been with me and my family throughout all these years. Never been sick, never ran away. Sure, they did threw up sometimes, but overall, they were the best cats you could possibly imagine. Sune, while somewhat scared towards strangers (and vacuum cleaners) was loyal to us all, and every morning for the last 10 years, he's been heading straight for my mothers lap after we'd let him in. Zeke, has many lovers, in that that anyone who came across this cat fell for him. Extremely calm and kind towards strangers and friends alike, Zeke was the most wonderful cat I've ever came across. He rarely spoke, but purred instead, and during my years of deep depression he almost instinctively came to my lap to comfort me. He has done the same for my father.

Tonight, they will be taken to the vet. They're old, and getting senile, urinating all over the place. I hate every inch of myself, but I have no objection. Their time has come. I will not join my father to the vet. That is a trip I could never bare.

My parents say we will get a new cat. They're not lying. I'm fine with that, I have no objections, and I look forward to have a new little furball in the house.

But nothing, nothing can take away the fact that I tonight say goodbye to the best cats you could possibly imagine. I will never forget them, and can never thank them enough for being part of the earliest days of my life.

Tack, Sune och Zeke.

Jag älskar er.

//Olle Rönn.

Its a very hard thing to bring yourself to do.

But you have to ask the question 'do these animals have a quality of life?' if the answer is no then you owe it to them to do the right thing.

I just put down a beloved pet this july. We had had her for nearly 18 years. It still brings a tear to my eye.

Be strong.

I feel your pain. Give them one last kitty treat and a good last hug. Sorry to hear about your loss.:cry:

My thoughts are with you Biggles. They've been there for you for 14 years, now you have to be there for them. Better to let them slip away softly than go down piece by piece. Give them a hug from me, even though I never knew them, they are my friends, and so are you.

Jeg elsker min hund. Jeg helt forstår.

Farvel Sune og Zeke.
Kærlig hilsen
Snestorm

Sorry for your loss, losing a pet (especially a longtime pet) is always hard.

A few years ago I picked out a cat from the pound, and a few days later (on Christmas eve no less) it died of leukemia. Only had him a week or so, but I still had a tough time with it. I can't imagine how it must feel to put down what by now must feel like two members of you family.

My condolences. Just remember that they had good lives, and were part of a loving family.

Thank you all.

It is over now. They are no longer with us. And I just couldn't stop the tears. I cried in the arms of my father for the first time in a very very long time. I'm still crying, this is just too big for my mind to comprehend right now.

My thoughts are with you too.

You won't probably believe me but I experienced something similar.

Me too I was 5 years old when I had my first pet (a cat) her name was Charlotte, she was very affectionate with me. when she was almost 18 she started to feel sharp pain and started to scream, but we were on friday night, there was very little I could do.

Next day I took her to the vet (naively believing they could do something), the veterinarian told me that she had about 12-24 hours left to live, I was completly shocked. It was the first time in my adult life that I really weep.

Charlotte 1985-2003 ...I will always remember...

I have no desire to give you advice, all I can do is to listen to everything you're gonna write here.


“There is no happiness without courage, neither virtue without fight.”

J.-J. Rousseau

And for this, I thank you with all my heart. Advice don't bring the dead back. What I need is a place to write down some of my sorrow until I find a good rl person to do it with.

You can also PM me, don't worry. :up:

Bummer Biggles. :cry:

This is the most painful experience I've had in a very long time. I've cried non-stop for over an hour now. I just can't stand this. I'm sure I get over it, but right now I feel nothing but despair. I really miss my two cats.

Hang in there. Such a loss is always very painful (I've lost my father 6 months ago). It does take time to get over it but eventually the pain will ease off.
Take care and my sincere condolences.

That's the hardest lesson in life, and I think harder nowadays as we insulate ourselves from it better. Everything living dies and you can't do anything about it but cope and keep good memories. But, life also goes on, and you'll live through it as I have too many times.

Buddahaid

Sorry to hear for your loss, Biggles

in our family we pretty much always have cats in the household...I've seen them come and go and its always hard. I'm familiar with the feeling
stay strong!

HunterICX

I remember losing the family cat I grew up around. He was 14 as well, which is ancient for a cat. Just the sight of his now empty favorite pillow or derelict cat toys made me lose it for a few days. :cry:

Do you have many pichures of the cats? Post some of your favorite ones.

I think I know how you feel. One and a half years ago, we had to put down our 15 year old Cocker Spaniel. I grew up with him, and I couldn't have wished for a merrier or more amiable fella.
Take comfort in the fact that your cats have always had a good home and a family. And I think they knew that, in a way :DL

The first shock is over. Time to move on. But never forget...

Shockingly, I didn't take many pictures of both of them. Mostly Zeke tbh. I didn't want to pick a favorite but I think Zeke was. He was more cuddly and likeable. Anyone who met him fell for his curious behavior and lack of fear. And he was so damn cute, and had such a wonderful fur, which he was keen on keeping clean.

We have many pictures of them both, but most of them aren't digital, so not on any computer.

Here we have Zeke at the dinner table, about a year ago. He tried to get some of my steak. I let him poke around in the food for awhile, but eventually took him down to the floor.
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Here he sits at our "gate" (we took away the bloody thing eons ago) checking out the block. Remarkably, he never got into fights with any of the other cats in the hood. That was mostly Sune's thing. They were brothers, and while far from best of friends, they accepted the others existence.
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