OT: Sad day

[CNCRaymond]

Ah man

[Taera]

my deepest sympathies Atrocities. I have a cat myself, she is already 9 years old and she've been with me since i remember myself - mid 7. I dont want to think of the future. My deepest sympathies. Luckily i haven't felt the loss myself.

[Atrocities]

Thanks guys. I have lost pets before, but loosing this Cat was tough. He grew up with my cat, and together they were the dynamic deuo.

Alvan used to sneak into my nephews room and lick their faces at night. I would be on the PC and one of them would open my door and deposite him in my room with a tired and barely ledgable comment "You watch Alvan!" This from a child that would not leave the poor cat alone at all during the day. LOL, that cat was one cool little fella. He would climb up on my monitor and watch me play Tribes for hours.

My cat, Giligan is cool, but likes to be left alone. Alvan (Gizzmo) was very playful and loving. Especially at night after the boys went to bed. Pay back time. At least I have pictures of him. That makes it easier.

For those of you who have lost a pet, I share your pain.

[Raging Deadstar]

Sorry to here your loss Atrocities, i know exactly what you mean. I'm almost 17 and i had a cat called Sammy for 12 years of my life. It was around Last year it died in the night of old age. I'm no stranger to losing pets but this was like losing a life companion. People say dogs are mans best friend but i personally think cats should be. It's so easy to get attached to a cat and if you treat them right they'll treat you with love, affection and the occasional crap behind the pc on the power lines I'd pick a cat over any pet, any day.

On good news my family purchased 2 kittens a week or two ago (which to my distaste got called sooty and sweep, thats what having sisters will do to naming pets) And i admit that old feeling of attachments coming back to one of them, the others just....evil!

I guess the best way to deal with the loss of a pet is do something that you'll remember on the day. Atrocities, you could start a feline based shipset with the race leader named Alvan and use the piucture below as race portrait.

All i can say is i'm sorry to hear this. Cats are just the best pets on earth and i share your pain Atrocities, just remember to keep Giligan happy

[Mikeyman]

Sorry.
*Gives Atrocities a waffle*

[ August 15, 2003, 23:35: Message edited by: mikeyman ]

[minipol]

I feel your loss Atrocities.
I also had something bad happening to me regarding pets.
A coworker's cat had produced offspring. Yeeha, kittens for me, i shouted
My girlfriend (now my wife) wanted cats too so we went over to his house to pick 2 kittens.
After a year, i suddenly could breath. This happened at 4 am and i was scared like hell. I got a puffer (don't know if this is the correct word, it's such an inhaling thingie) for my lungs and it was a bit better but not much. They tested my blood and i suddenly was allergic to cats. My whole life I had cats and now i can't even touch them or bingo. I like all pets but cats have such funny personalities.
Nobody we knew and trusted wanted to take our 2 cats so we had to do them to an animal shelter.
That hurts like hell especially since the people over there don't believe you since a lot of people lie to them and say they are allergic.

To this day my wife and i wonder how they are. Luckily after 2 weeks they where both adopted.

[Slynky]

Yeah, Minipol, same thing happened to me.

32 years old after practically a whole life with cats, I started having asthma attacks. Doctors finally discovered it was cats, dogs, and a few other things.

For 4 years, I took shots to "get used" to them. Cat scratches still turn red as heck and itch like crazy. And sometimes I forget after petting ours and rub my eyes (that's bad), but they don't affect my breathing any more and I got to keep them.

The Siamese ("Rat") cat I had for so long traveled with me in the army as I moved around. He racked up 25,000 miles in the air. What a trooper!