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Rest in Peace Asche by sixrabbits
Today I had to have Asche put down. She was senile and in pain. The vet even said that there was nothing to be done at this point.
She was just shy of 17 years old.
She was my little fluffy buddy for nearly 17 years. It was hard to watch her decline... throwing up every day, getting lost in the house, and hissing at nothing.
There was nothing to be done about it, other than hasten the end.
I hated going into work. No one there really connects with pets the way I do. One coworker I told was just "so, it's not like a member of your family died. Why are you so upset about a cat?"
A customer even said I had "no personality" today. Because, yeah, I really needed to be insulted by some haggard old bitch because I didn't greet you like a fucking queen.
Today can just go burn in a fucking fire.
Rest in Peace Asche
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I might actually miss getting my hair chewed on...
yeah, I kind of worry about people who can't empathize with animals.-
Do you have any other pets in your life right now, or was she it? :/
It's funny, you know, how you wind up missing even their most annoying habits. Whether they're a pet or a human being, you always miss the funniest things when they're no longer in your life...
I worry about people like that too. It makes me question their ability to empathize with other human beings. But then, I've known enough people who don't seem to be very good at that either...
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I have Amalthea (my tarantual) and my two rats Beadle and Gustav. It's really strange though, because there are so many routines that go with having a cat that I just had to stop doing now... I recently walked into the laundry room to clean her litter box...
Working with a cat rescue, I've seen what happens when people don't care about animals. We've had a few cats come in that had their teeth filed down (so they couldn't bite).
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Tarantula, cat, AND rats! I knew there was more than one reason I liked you. <3 You keep cool critters.
Man, that sounds so...heartbreaking yet understandable. :/ It's so easy to get into these patterns...and it takes so long to stop doing them.
And god, rescue stories...those are the ones that get to me the most. I do NOT understand how people can do that to animals.
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My family has a habit of keeping oddball pets (and lots of rescues). My mom used to have a snake, she now has a parrot and wants to get goats and a tortoise.
when you've had cats for 17 years, stuff like that is like brushing your teeth, you don't even think about it it's just part of the daily routine.
Yeah. The things I've seen... people dump their cats off when they get bored of them, or they only had the cat to prove they could take care of something before they had a baby (I swear every year we get at least 5 of those). There was once a guy I knew and he was talking about how funny it is to cut off a cat's whiskers because they become disoriented. Why the fuck would someone find an animal's suffering- even minor suffering-- entertaining?
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So sorry to hear that. My Condolences.
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Thank you.
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really sorry to hear that :< never fun to loose a pet
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thank you
it's even harder to stop doing the everyday things that comes with it...
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how can people comment like that? That's terrible. I'm so sorry. Pets are family members. My condolences and thoughts are with you and yours today.
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Some people just don't bond with animals.
thank you. I am just glad that she doesn't have to be in pain anymore.
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My condolences. She was clearly a well-loved member of your family.
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thank you
she was very loved. Its been weird to stop 17 years of routine habits...
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I am so sorry, people who don't understand how much you really rely on your fur babies won't ever know what it's like to lose a piece of you. She was so lucky to have 17 years with someone who understands that connection and how important it is
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Thank you.
I'm usually shocked to find how many people don't share that connection with any animal. I know some people see it as "childish" to get attached to an animal, and being an adult (in their mind) means not forming emotional connections with anything but a few humans.-
I have pretty bad anxiety/depression, and I've always had animals, and those relationships were probably the most defining I had growing up. About a year ago my dog Kai passed away due to really aggressive cancer. He was only five, and I still miss him so much, but the bond I had with him was and still is so instrumental to me. I don't think it's childish at all to put faith and love into someone who loves you back unconditionally.
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I'm grateful my doctor understands this at least. She pushes me to keep animals in my life for their therapeutic effects.
At least my rats will give me as many kisses as it takes to make me feel better.
Its hard to let go of the animals that love us so powerfully.
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I am so incredibly sorry to hear that. I'll never understand people who lack empathy for animals. It just seems so unnatural to me...