MHowell Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 She was missing for 2 days and we found her today- dead in front of house. The kids found her which makes this all even harder. Yesterday, we walked up and down the block looking for her. I honestly thought if she was dead on our street-let alone in our yard, we would have seen her yesterday, so I didn't think twice about letting them look around the front yard. Well sure enough, she was RIGHT IN FRONT of our house. It would have been impossible to miss her if she was there yesterday. By the look (and smell) of her body she has been dead for more than a day. How the heck did she get there?!?!!!! Our street is not busy so I never thought she'd get run over here, but she didn't look like she got ran over either. I'm sad at losing her- and even more confused at how/why this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug: So sorry for your loss. :( She was beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 so sorry for your loss. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueinNC Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh my! So, so sorry for your loss. What a sweetie. Maybe she dragged herself home after some injury? I had that happen with my dear lab. Maybe there is some peace in knowing rather than always wondering. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendybird Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I am so sorry for your loss and the traumatic way of finding her. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 how disturbing. I'm so sorry for your family. She was such a pretty cat!:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh, such a pretty kitty! I'm so sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm so sorry! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I am so sorry! Perhaps someone caught on you were looking for a cat, and found her body, so dropped it off in case it was yours (weird, but possible -- how does one knock on a door and ask, "Is this your dead cat I just found?"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh I'm so sorry! For the loss of your beautiful cat and for the way she was found. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: What a horrible way to find her. I'm so sorry for your loss. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHowell Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Perhaps someone caught on you were looking for a cat, and found her body, so dropped it off in case it was yours (weird, but possible -- how does one knock on a door and ask, "Is this your dead cat I just found?"). That's what my dh thinks, but how does someone take a dead animal and just leave it in front of a house that obviously has children that play outside?! (our front yard looks like a playground-bikes, balls, tire swing etc.) The landscapers for the place across the street were here this morning- dh thinks they found her and left her in our yard so they didn't have to dispose of her, not realizing that she was ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh my! So, so sorry for your loss. What a sweetie. Maybe she dragged herself home after some injury? :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 ooohhh, I'm so sorry :crying: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 This must be so distressing. Very sorry about your loss.:grouphug: Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiredmommyof8 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 She was such a pretty color. :grouphug: I am sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) What a beautiful cat! I'm so sorry for your loss. We're a cat family, too, and have lost 3 over the years. It's always tough. I don't know how she would have gotten back to your driveway unless someone saw her and put her there. One thought about how she might have died--heart attack? Or she could have been run over at a slow speed and had extensive internal injury. That happened to one of ours when she ran behind the car as I was backing out of the garage. :( Edited August 20, 2011 by Cinder wasn't finished typing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebo Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm sorry. :grouphug: to you and your kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I am very sorry. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm sorry your cat was killed...if you had looked there previously, perhaps an animal had dragged it to where you found it? Cats are special companions, and it's sad that you've lost yours. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Sorry for your loss, what a beautiful cat. Maybe she dragged herself home after some injury? I had that happen with my dear lab. Maybe there is some peace in knowing rather than always wondering. :grouphug: One of ours cats managed to drag herself home when she was hit by a car, had massive injuries and luckily survived so it is possible that your cat managed to get there itself but the trauma caught up with it when it got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Your cat looks exactly like the cat we used to have. :( I am sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I love pussycats. http://hiddenart.blogspot.com/2006/04/in-memory-of-our-cat-ralph-by-garrison.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHowell Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I love pussycats. http://hiddenart.blogspot.com/2006/04/in-memory-of-our-cat-ralph-by-garrison.html Thank you for sharing this. It was beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 So sorry for your loss!!! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 How awful! Sorry for all of you! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Thank you for sharing this. It was beautiful. He reads it beautifully on his fun (and operatic) album Songs of the Cat. (I particularly love Beethoven Chased by Rossini). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug: Aww!!! So sorry! Our newest kitty sleeps just like that too. You never know---maybe a neighbor knew, saw it and delivered it and was too afraid to say anything to upset your kids? Any alternative thoughts are just too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Sorry for your loss.:grouphug: When I was a kid, we had a cat that adopted us. We had heard from a neighbor that she was hit by a car, but took off running. We searched all over for her that day, but couldn't find her anywhere. The next morning we found her dead by our back door. We figured she dragged herself to our house to die at "home". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm so sorry :angelsad2: How heartbreaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyagain Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 :grouphug::grouphug: I"m soooo sorry! We would be devastated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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