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The Velveteen Ocelot

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10. Thanks.

Reply to niyad (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:53 PM

Jun 2020

I don't know which is worse - watching a slow decline and having to decide now's the time, or sudden illness - fine one minute and desperately ill the next - where you don't have time to agonize over it and all at once they're gone. Both situations suck, just in different ways.

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Sparta aka Mean Kitty has died [View all] csziggy Jun 2020 OP

Aww, how sad irisblue Jun 2020 #1

Lady Bast, please take beloved Sparta gently home inYour loving arms, and niyad Jun 2020 #2

That was lovely! nt csziggy Jun 2020 #6

I remember that first video - one of the best early cat videos. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #3

Well, we know Sparta had a loving home csziggy Jun 2020 #4

OH, VO, I am so sorry. And you just lost your Milo, too. That is doubly heartbreaking. niyad Jun 2020 #8

Thanks. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #10

... Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #5

Beautiful image. Thank you. niyad Jun 2020 #9

Sad Rorey Jun 2020 #7

Really hard to lose your best friend. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #11

Lost my cat last fall - it still hurts csziggy Jun 2020 #12

I didn't hear that they took Sparta to a vet, which I don't consider responsible. Collapsing as he Karadeniz Jun 2020 #13

The last video I posted tells the end story of going to the vet csziggy Jun 2020 #14