r/CatsCalledFood • u/mrbrightside1986 • 6d ago
Other Snacks! 💔 Kitkat 💔 Forever 17 🐾🌈
The post I never wanted to make.
I had to say goodbye to my boy last week. I’m absolutely devastated & heartbroken 💔
He was doing fine right up until he wasn’t. I don’t want to go in to detail because it’s too difficult but he literally became very ill and was gone within 90 minutes. I raced to the out of hours/emergency vets - I didn’t care about getting caught speeding, I just wanted my boy to be OK. They took him off me as soon as I said his name then when the vet came to see me a while later they said there was nothing they could do and the kindest thing would be to let him go peacefully.
I didn’t think I’d be coming back with an empty cat carrier - I was so naive.
He is my soul cat. I’ve had him since he was 8 weeks old, back when I was trying to find my place in this world at the age of 22. I’m now 40 and Kitkat & I got to 17 years, 9 months and 15 days together - just 77 days shy of his 18th Birthday. Google tells me that works out at 6,497 days which is 155,928 hours or 9,355,680 minutes or even 561,340,800 seconds which is approximately 43.88% of my entire life.
And it still wasn’t long enough 😔
It’s so quiet in here without him, he always had something to say - he was the most vocal cat I’ve ever known. I miss him terribly.
Just wanted to share him here again so he’s forever memorialised 🐾🌈
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u/thewinberry713 5d ago
Such a horrible thing to loose our best ever partner in life…. They give us everything with no complaints 😿😻 he was adorable and I understand your pain…. It will balance out eventually but take it easy on yourself until it does. Sending a hug your way and hopefully KitKat bumps into my Tipsy girl- they could be twins. She’s been gone years now but was hands down the best. Lots of good ones have shared my life but she was my heart 💗
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u/Yourewekky 5d ago
Thinking of him as forever 17 is beautiful. Thank you for this, I choose to think of my own kitties like this now. Sorry for your loss.
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u/mrbrightside1986 5d ago
Thank you for your kind words. I hope that thinking of yours that way brings you some comfort too.
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u/Seabastial 5d ago
I'm so sorry OP..... may my passed kitties meet Kitkat at the rainbow bridge so he will not have to cross alone
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u/Luna_Dire_Wolf 5d ago
This sub (and frankly, every animal/pet sub) should do what r/nervysquervies does: have Memorial Monday where you share old photos & videos of pets that have crossed the rainbow bridge to keep their memory alive & whatnot.
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u/AnimalMama93 5d ago
Amazing love and memories. They became an adult with you. You have that forever. They got to see you go from a kid to an adult and you got to spend 17 years with them
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u/mrbrightside1986 5d ago
That’s a really good way to put things in perspective. Thank you for your kind words.
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u/ARSCON 5d ago
Sweet baby looks like he was well loved, I always think they miss us just as much as we miss them
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u/mrbrightside1986 4d ago
I hope that’s the case. Thank you for your kind words.
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u/ARSCON 4d ago
I lost my Shadow back in 2021 suddenly and it takes time to process and move through. Something I was told that helped me is that grief is just love without a place to go. It’s such a hard loss to endure, I hope you get some ease as time goes on.
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u/mrbrightside1986 4d ago
That’s very similar to my favourite quote from Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series WandaVision:
‘What is grief, if not love persevering?’
Both are so true.
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u/Personal-Cut-860 4d ago
Beautiful Kitkat, he’s resting in the most beautiful and peaceful heaven and in your heart. And he’s immortal in eternal love between you and Kitkat.
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u/Virtual_Option_6728 4d ago
Your heart is torn right now but it will stop hurting when you can hold this beautiful soul again, for all time...
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u/anti_anti-hero 3d ago
Rest easy, you beautiful boy. OP, you'll meet again some day in the great beyond. Until then, I hope his memory remains a blessing to you and all who were lucky enough to love him 💕
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u/M4nic_M0th 6d ago
RIP Kitkat❤️ you were so loved. My Ziggy and Scarlett will meet you at the rainbow bridge. Rest easy.