Lost a Buddy This Afternoon

[Bullseye 2620]

One of our orange cats, an 11 year-old ginger tabby, passed this afternoon as a result of heart failure secondary to thyroid disease.

His name was Xiao Shīzi, Chinese for "little lion," and indeed he was. The way he purred when he decided to climb up on your chest at the dinner table defined what true love is, or at least what it sounds like.

Here's some pictures from ten years ago, about the time of his first birthday. He's the one on top in the chair, and on the bottom in the tree. That's his brother and litter mate, Lao Hu ("tiger"), he's playing with.

It's good to remember him this way. We will all miss him.

 

[daddio202]

Very sorry for your loss. Pets become members of the family and its sad to lose one.

 

[6string]

I am very sorry to hear of your loss.
Just this Monday I lost my baby Bria, a sweet black cat who was just shy of her 19th birthday.
I miss her tremendously.

Jim

 

[Rustyt1953]

My condolences to you. I have had to say goodbye to many feline family member over the years and I remember and miss them all.

He sure was a handsome fella.

 

[4506517]

Tabs are 101% awesome.

I know it doesn't ease the pain but I'm sure he appreciated the life you gave him.

 

[Kurusu]

Always sad to loose a companion.

Had a few very similar to that one that are now in cat heavean.

 

[catadjuster]

Handsome cat - always hard to lose one.

 

[ameridaddy]

Over the years we've lost too many of our little friends, so I do sympathize with you for your heartache. How's his brother doing with him gone?

 

[federali]

Sorry for your loss

I know the pain of losing a beloved pet. My sympathies.

 

[Bullseye 2620]

Over the years we've lost too many of our little friends, so I do sympathize with you for your heartache. How's his brother doing with him gone?

Too soon to tell. We let him sniff and lick the body so that he knows what happened.

 

[snubbyfan]

Sorry for your loss. It's always sad when we lose a furry little family member.

 

[NMPinNYC]

My heart cries for you tonight. RIP Little Lion.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

So sorry to hear of hear of your loss. Lost my buddy of 19 years last year. Beautiful little guy. Hope I can meet his brother when
I come down.

 

[Vegetaman]

Awww. We all miss our little fluff balls when they're gone. Sorry for your loss.

 

[D Brown]

So sorry for you loss BlueRidgeBoy. I too have had to suffer through the loss of my cat (heart failure 2013), and know how tough it can be.

 

[shouldazagged]

I hurt for you. I mean that.

 

[6string]

That's a good question from Ameridaddy, about his brother.

I think you had a good idea:

"Too soon to tell. We let him sniff and lick the body so that he knows what happened."

We brought Bria home so we could give her a final resting place with us. Our two younger cats (Toby and Niko) miss Bria and have been looking for her. Our youngest, Niko, also a black cat, but only 10 months old, misses her the most. He looked to Bria as her surrogate Mommy.

You can see Niko and Bria together in the picture below.

The bond our cat friends share with one another is very touching to behold.
I hope that Lao Hu also finds peace and solace during his time of loss.

Warmest Regards,
Jim

 

[chuckie]

Sorry for your loss!

 

[muddocktor]

BlueRidgeBoy, it always tears me up when I lose a loved pet, dog or cat. So I know how you feel and what you are going through. We lost our beloved wolf hybrid last year to an autoimmune disorder and she passed just a month or so before she would have made 5 years old and I still miss her dearly. And we have a cat who is now going on 14 years old and I can see that she is starting to lose muscle tone and mass, so I know that her end isn't going to be too far down the road. She adopted me right after a hurricane had passed and we figured she must have gotten lost from her family and ended up at our house. Whenever I get in from the rig, she always comes and sits on my lap and gives me love nips and kisses telling me how much she misses me when I am at work.

 

[dave holl]

THE TAO OF MEOW

An entry from THE TAO OF MEOW : (by Carl Japikse)

If a cat has nine lives,
Does he have nine deaths as well?

Some people think no one knows what death is like,
But that is ridiculous.
I know, because I am a Wise Cat.
I know, because the Meow knows,
And I am part of the Meow.

Death is just life in reverse;
You step out of life into death,
You step out of death into life.
Death is a lover we keep on trying to leave,
But somehow never manage to forget.

Some people are afraid of death,
Yet they live so stupidly
That their life is constantly slipping away from them.
They are like a sieve,
So full of holes that the life force leaks right out of them.
It leaks through their fears,
Their worries,
And their lusts;
It leaks through their wishes,
Their dreams,
And their faults.
They start dying the moment they are born.

The Wise Cat cherishes the life force within him
And does not let it leak away.
He acts with courage, kindness, patience, and joy,
So there is no place for his life force to slip out.
When death does come,
It arrives in a carriage with four horses,
So that he can make a proper exit from this world,
And never be accused of cheating death.

The Wise Cat lands in the Afterworld
On all four paws.