Our cat died....

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15 May 2007, 10:40 PM
gamevet

Our cat died....

I'm opening the window to my office and I notice something furry on the lawn. I go outside to check it out and find the rear section of my cat.

The last time I had saw her was on Saturday evening and I noticed she wasn't around the house on Sunday. We have 2 dogs as well, so I thought maybe the cat was just hiding out, as she likes to do.

Two years ago, she figured out how to use the doggy door, to the fenced back yard and later started climbing under the fence. She never went far and if I spotted her outside the yard, she quickly go back under the fence.

We really don't know what happened to her. Was she hit by a car and her last steps were running back towards the yard, or was she attacked by some critter?

I feel bad that we didn't find her sooner. RIP Angel...it was a good 5 years.
15 May 2007, 10:43 PM
Frogacuda

Eeeew. What a way to go. Sorry to hear, man.
15 May 2007, 10:46 PM
George

Sucks man. You get closer to your pets than you think.
15 May 2007, 10:50 PM
SpoDaddy

My condolences on your loss Vet. As an animal lover I understand how hard it is to lose one.
15 May 2007, 11:58 PM
torgo

man that really sucks :( I'm sorry to hear that.
16 May 2007, 12:04 AM
Nomi

God that's an awful way to find a pet. My one slightly retarded (actual, not an exaggeration) cat ran away I thought of some sad things happening to her since she didn't know to stay off of streets, but damn...

I'm so sorry.
16 May 2007, 12:08 AM
Jetman

Half of her? what the hell? You'd think if another animal attacked her it would have taken the whole thing, not just eaten half. Got any psycho, quiet neighbors?

Sorry man, that is odd though..
16 May 2007, 12:16 AM
Doc Holliday

Josh?
16 May 2007, 12:17 AM
gamevet

She wasn't a dumb cat by any means. That's why I find it hard to believe she was hit by a car. She'd play fetch with a bottle cap and actually return with it and drop it in my lap. She seemed to fear the sound of a car and when I would come down the alley, she'd quickly get off the street. She had figured out the doggy door, within days of it being installed.

I'm thinking she was attacked by some kind of animal. She was de-clawed and we didn't have a doggy door back when we got her. I just feel bad, if that was the case, as she would have been pretty much defenseless.

I've had a cat that got run over in the past, but this one is more of a shock, because the traffic situation is nothing like what my other cat had.
16 May 2007, 02:48 AM
Calliander

You let a de-clawed cat outside?
16 May 2007, 03:33 AM
M

My cat sofie just wandered away and never came back. No body. No idea what happened. She was like 15 though, so we think she just went into some bushes and died.

My mom's cat scruffy had some crazy tumor causing neurological problems. She had to put him down.

I totally feel for you. Its hard not know exactly what happened.
16 May 2007, 04:08 AM
Sqoon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman

Half of her? what the hell? You'd think if another animal attacked her it would have taken the whole thing, not just eaten half. Got any psycho, quiet neighbors?

Sorry man, that is odd though..

I think coyotes do that.
16 May 2007, 09:23 AM
Port

Wow, sorry to hear that. :(
16 May 2007, 10:09 AM
Chux

I almost flipped my lid when I was faced with putting my cat down, the guilt trip got the parents to pay for the surgery though.

My condolences
16 May 2007, 10:57 AM
Razor Ramon

meowned.

too soon?
16 May 2007, 11:09 AM
kingoffighters

Sorry to hear gamevet. RIP Angel.
16 May 2007, 11:33 AM
Policenaut

:cry: my condolences :cry:
16 May 2007, 01:27 PM
g0zen

Sorry.
16 May 2007, 01:54 PM
Mikhal

Wow. Sorry to hear about your cat gamevet. That really sucks.
16 May 2007, 01:59 PM
Nomi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calliander

You let a de-clawed cat outside?

Our two cats were declawed (one when we got him, the other because he's a vicious little fuck and was tearing up my siblings). They sneak out constantly when I'm away at school, and they hunt like crazy. One got in a fight with the neighbor's dog and definitely won. Some declawed cats can still do okay in safe neighborhoods if they get out sometimes.
16 May 2007, 02:11 PM
Thief Silver

My cat is a whore.

I hear them having sex, come out and find like 4 cats.

What the fuck.
16 May 2007, 02:18 PM
Jeremy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calliander

You let a de-clawed cat outside?

We did that with Rocky for the 18 years we had him, and he was fine. I recall all of one skirmish where he got lightly scratched by another cat. We definitely lucked out, but he was so adventerous that there wasn't much we could do to prevent him from going out - he'd always find a way to sneak out, either right when we opened the door to go inside the houe, or even just to get the mail.

gamevet, I'm sorry you lost your cat, and found her in such a manner. She's definitely in a better place now, but no pet owner should go through having to see their beloved pet in that kind of state.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thief Silver

My cat is a whore.

I hear them having sex, come out and find like 4 cats.

What the fuck.

If your cat isn't fixed, get her fixed ASAP. We didn't have Gracie fixed and ended up with three kittens as a result of her spending a night in heat under a car with what seemed like half the feline population of the neighborhood. Out of that, we got two cats we gave to a friend and Spud, who Rocky treated as his own child after Gracie rejected her.
16 May 2007, 02:19 PM
Dolemite

A dog lost a fight against a de-clawed cat? What a pussy.
16 May 2007, 02:22 PM
Thief Silver

She's been fixed for a long time

But she just can't get enough of those barbs.
17 May 2007, 12:42 AM
Jetman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sqoon

I think coyotes do that.

Damn, maybe. Never heard that. Maybe Gamevet should go coyote huntin?
17 May 2007, 12:48 AM
Doc Holliday

What?! Do you want us to lose him like we lost Melvin Junko!?!
17 May 2007, 12:48 AM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman

Damn, maybe. Never heard that. Maybe Gamevet should go coyote huntin?

I do recall seeing one on the highway leading towards our neighborhood a couple of months ago. If I see one crossing the highway, it's going to be grill bait.
17 May 2007, 12:56 AM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calliander

You let a de-clawed cat outside?

When we got her, we lived in an apartment, so the idea of her going outside was never even considered. When we moved into our home in 04, we installed a doggy door to the back yard. I didn't think the cat would use it, but she figured it out pretty quick. Still, she usually stayed in the back yard and would sometimes wander about 50 feet from the house at most.

I've heard her getting into scuffles with other cats outside, and I was usually quick to break it up. I believe she got caught outside, during a hail storm, that probably led to her demise.
17 May 2007, 12:58 AM
icarusfall

I'm in school for dog grooming right now and one of the students' dogs was hit by a car a day ago. Little toy poodle. The goddamn jaw came off apparently. Not a happy time at the Southern Institute of Pet Grooming.

Sorry to hear about your kitty. :(
17 May 2007, 01:52 AM
Glitch

Sucks, man.

My cat was found in a half-filled swimming pool one day. I guess he fell in and had no way to get out, so I know how it feels to know your cat went badly.
19 May 2007, 04:24 PM
gamevet

I'm sorry you couldn't help your cat Glitch.

Last night, the truth hit me like a brick: I could have saved my cat and didn't know it. That evening was once a blurred event, but for some reason it all came clear to me last evening and the pieces all fell into place.

On Thursday night of last week, I was drinkiing it up and fairly drunk. I was on the computer, had the window open and the fan blowing. I'd heard my cat letting out a screaming meow and running around the side of the house where my window was. I yelled out the window (thinking it was just another cat fight) and thought about breaking it up, but I was drunk and not thinking clearly. I tried to look out the window, but it was so dark on that side of the house. The dogs started barking and I was telling them to calm down. I heard a thump against the fence to the back yard, and thought that maybe she had entered under the fence, like she normally did.

My drunk mind at the time, wasn't registering the panting noise I was hearing at the side of my house. It also didn't realize that I had heard the final gasps of my cat, as the Cayote bit into her.

I can't believe how vivid and precise my memory of the event is now. During that evening, it was just a blurred moment.

I didn't sleep at all last night, after the realization came about, that my cat was crying out for me and I didn't come to the call. I failed her and I feel sick, sad and angry all at the same time.
19 May 2007, 04:29 PM
Jetman

Revenge will make you feel better.

Put some bait out , load a shottie, grab a beer and wait for that bastard to come back.

And you were drunk, I wouldnt blame yourself. By the time you'd even heard the cat crying out it was probably way too late anyway.
19 May 2007, 05:20 PM
Joust Williams

This is what gets people to stop drinking. Hopefully you do too.
19 May 2007, 06:17 PM
voltz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman

Revenge will make you feel better.

Put some bait out , load a shottie, grab a beer and wait for that bastard to

...or call this guy.

http://www.psotd.com/files/tednugent1978.jpg

Yeah I'm sure he'll be more then happy to shoot him for you.
19 May 2007, 07:44 PM
Gooch

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamevet

I failed her and I feel sick, sad and angry all at the same time.

The only thing you can do now is to hunt down and massacre every coyote you see and put their heads up on stakes surrounding your home. Some people would say it's over the top, but the sheer gratification you get from each one you mercilessly slaughter will tell you otherwise. The fucking coyote killed your defenseless, clawless cat on your own fucking property, and left half the corpse for you to find. The balls on that coyote. Kill 'em all, Vet, kill 'em real good.
19 May 2007, 08:00 PM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by voltz

...or call this guy.

http://www.psotd.com/files/tednugent1978.jpg

Yeah I'm sure he'll be more then happy to shoot him for you.

Perhaps if he brought a bow. I live in a suburb area of about 800 homes, so the idea of shooting a firearm isn't a very good idea.

Funny thing you mention Ted. I grew up in Montana(everyone hunts up there), where he often likes to hunt. My neighbor was dating him about 16 years ago, when he was hunting around the Missoula area.

I gave my dad the Springfield 30-06 rifle I had back home. I haven't hunted in over 18 years, but I've still shot many a gun and rifle in Texas.
19 May 2007, 09:01 PM
voltz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

The only thing you can do now is to hunt down and massacre every coyote you see and put their heads up on stakes surrounding your home. Some people would say it's over the top, but the sheer gratification you get from each one you mercilessly slaughter will tell you otherwise. The fucking coyote killed your defenseless, clawless cat on your own fucking property, and left half the corpse for you to find. The balls on that coyote. Kill 'em all, Vet, kill 'em real good.

If anyone from peta gets to him, tell them their heads are going up next.
19 May 2007, 11:40 PM
Jetman

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamevet

Perhaps if he brought a bow. I live in a suburb area of about 800 homes, so the idea of shooting a firearm isn't a very good idea.

well, that would be out of the question then I guess. Never heard of coyotes roaming around a large suburb area before so assumed you were out in the open on the outskirts of Dallas or something.

The idea is still sound, you'll just have to find another way to do it. One of my friends has used those metal cage traps to catch armadillo, moles, and other annoying wildlife in his kinda suburbian area. Throw one of those in your bushes, bait it, and wait for Wile E to get dumb.
19 May 2007, 11:42 PM
torgo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman

well, that would be out of the question then I guess. Never heard of coyotes roaming around a large suburb area before so assumed you were out in the open on the outskirts of Dallas or something.

I lived in Southern California as a kid. We had coyotes coming down into our neighborhood all the time.
20 May 2007, 12:50 AM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman

well, that would be out of the question then I guess. Never heard of coyotes roaming around a large suburb area before so assumed you were out in the open on the outskirts of Dallas or something.

The idea is still sound, you'll just have to find another way to do it. One of my friends has used those metal cage traps to catch armadillo, moles, and other annoying wildlife in his kinda suburbian area. Throw one of those in your bushes, bait it, and wait for Wile E to get dumb.

I live in a town of 18,000 about 12 miles from Dallas. It's name is Wylie, of all things. This whole section of town is newer homes, but just West of us is a small wooded area and a lake about 10 miles North. The coyote's area is shrinking, so I'd guess it has no choice but to wander into these communities.
20 May 2007, 01:12 AM
icarusfall

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamevet

I didn't sleep at all last night, after the realization came about, that my cat was crying out for me and I didn't come to the call. I failed her and I feel sick, sad and angry all at the same time.

Dude, that shit suuuucks. :(