Sorry to hear of your loss. I know how you feel...my 10 year old cat (also
named Boo Cat"!) has been with me through thick and thin. I have no need for
any sort of blanket or throw when I kick back in my lazyboy to watch TV...I
am covered in 18 pounds of long haired cat and 60 lbs of long haired dog.
Makes it a little difficult to get up in a hurry. I wonder how many Boo cats
there are in this world? Mine started out as "Boodles" but somehow ended up
with Boocat as his moniker.

"EvoDawg" wrote in message
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Man that really sucks, I had to put down the family cat last week that had
been with me for 18 years. Boo cat outlasted two failed marriages and my
children growing up chasing her around the house. She had been with me
during the bad times and good times and never new the difference, unlike a
few women I knew and have known. Every night she would jump up on my lap
and just want a few pats and a warm welcome.

A few weeks ago I noticed she had come down with something she was not
going
to recover from, unlike so many other times. Believed in her 18 years she
probably went through 10 of her so called lives. She stopped eating then
the next day stopped drinking and was miserably crying with a sound I had
never heard, more like a shreak. Walking a few steps then losing her
balance and just barely standing looking into space. My girlfriend and I
decided it was time but no vets were open (Sunday)and if they were to come
in they wanted 300.00 bucks to administer a shot. What a rip!

We decided to give her an overdose of sleeping pills. That was one of the
hardest things I have ever done. Her looking up at me as I held her mouth
open and my g/f giving her the lethal dose through an eye dropper. My
heart
sank, the tears ran and an uncontrollable sobbing took over as I held her
in my arms and she went to sleep. I held her for at least an hour and then
noticed a final last labored breath and she was gone. The whole time
wondering if I had done the right thing? The next morning I buried her
under a huge pine tree she loved to climb. I think of her everyday and yes
I really do miss her. Pets are one of the few stable things in our lives
and they never really ask for much, unlike most humans their unconditional
love is constant and forever.

I know she was just a cat but she was a good friend that I will never
forget!

I know what you're feeling! Cause I'm feeling it now.

Rich
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"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"