wow dude.. thats harsh... I have a cat that looks just like it, and its my favorite one I have had. I'm sorry to hear that dude... I would probably be doing the exact same thing you are doing, so don't feel like you are a whimp or a cry baby or anything like that. I hate it when people make fun of me for loosing a pet and I get sad about it. It's a lot harder then they think it is...

It's an awful feeling. My condolences.

Sounds like your cat had kidney failure. If the cat is old there's nothing that can be done. One of my cats just recently pulled through kidney failure. He was having trouble urinating, it was bloody when he did so I knew he had an infection, so the night before I took him to the vet I decided to give him a tiny bit of ibuprophen to keep him comfortable. He was having some pain so I had to do something.

Yeah, bad bad thing to do! That wound up putting him in advanced kidney failure, so bad that in the morning I had to put him in the tub because of the intense amount of blood, like a murder scene. I washed it off and more kept coming. The tub looked like I slaughtered an animal in it. It was surreal. When I got him to the vet, hours earlier than his appointment because of the emergency, they said he probably wouldn't make it through the night. I didn't even realize it might have been what I gave him until I looked it up online, just to see. The realization of what I did after reading about it online hit me like a sledgehammer in my chest.

He wound up pulling through, $2,000 later, but he's still young. He's only 8 years old. That was a month ago and he's good as new now, and more cuddly than ever (same with his sister who had bone cancer a few years ago and needed an amputation; she's happier and more cuddly than when she was a kitten).

NEVER give your pets aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprophen! Even if it's a tiny amount and the intentions are good, you may wind up killing them. Cats are about twice as susceptible as dogs. I thought I was doing a good thing, helping him with his pain until he could get to the vet the next day.

Umm sorry for telling that little story in your thread about your cat, not mine. The message I give is vitally imporant though! A little wedge of one ibuprophen pill wound up costing me $2,000 and very nearly killed my cat, so don't let that happen to you!






It's gonna take time for you to get over it. I recommend after a short time has passed, perhaps late spring or summer, you go to the local animal shelter and see if any of the cats there pick you. Yep, they pick you, not you them You'll know it when they do. There's room in your heart for a new cat even if you don't know it right now, and afterward you can comfortably realize that your cat indeed died of simple old age which cannot be prevented. 20 years is a long time, but there's another cat (or maybe more than one) that will want to spend it's life with you, out there somewhere

What were you thinking leaving your cat pissing blood alone while you went to school/work? I just don't understand.

My condolences, I too recently lost a cat who was about 18 years old, it was tough, but I know he lived a great life, and I'm sure your cat lived a great life too.

Pissing blood does not necessarily mean there's a dire emergency. It's most often caused by a urinary infection which is not the kind of emergency you can just take time off of work or school for, and male cats get them once in while vs female cats who almost never get them. You take them to the vet, they get their medication, and a week later it's over until the next infection. Sounds like that was the case when he left, but when he got home it was kidney failure which can be uncontrolled urinary bleeding and may be enough to make you scream like you're watching a horror movie.

He expected the cat to be dead by the time he got home.

Hmm you're right. I don't want to pass judgement but yes if you think something bad is happening, vs it being a common urinary infection that can wait till later, you should do something about it. But I don't know the details of the situation.

Not sure why you felt the need to post this, It's like kicking a main in the guts after he's already down for the count. He already is going through an intense grieving process, no sense in making it worse on him.

in the morning he wasnt pissing blood he just had some blood around that area and i only noticed it because of the way i picked him up it wasnt untill about 5:00 pm when he decided to wake up again that i noticed he was pissen alot of blood as he walked (also could tell he must of lost alot of blood already cuz he could barly walk straight and kept rolling on him self) so we thought he ould die with in 3 hours or soo and thats when we went to the vet :cryvaultboy:

Just don't miss him. Whenever you think about him being gone, stop yourself. That's not how to honor the special lives that have left ours. When I'm gone, if anyone remembers me, the last thing I want is for thinking of me to make them sad.

You gotta just think about the things that made him so special to you. Hearing his name should make you smile.

Okay. Let me try and decipher what you said.

In the morning you picked him up in a way that showed he had a bloody hair around where his piss comes from. Then he was asleep until 5:00 pm and walked around pissing blood everywhere, falling over and stumbling around. After three hours of this you decided to take him to the vet?
Was that the first appointment you could make with the vet? I mean, ultimately you took him there so it wasn't a money issue.

If it was my cat and I could afford to take him to the vet, and he had those symptoms, I wouldn't wait three hours to take him to the vet. I must be missing something, because this sounds like pure negligence.

I am really sorry man. 20 years is a long time. People really do create a strong bond with their pets and it can hurt when they are gone. Hope things look up for you soon.

Sorry to hear that man.

You have my sympathies. I know the feeling of losing a pet all too well. All I can say is that eventually you will stop feeling sad as you remember the time you spent with him and will start to feel happy remembering the good times he brought you.

Again, my sympathies.

Get a new one. :shrug:

EDIT: I justed realized that could of looked mean. Sorry for the loss but maybe try to get a new one, that missing part may come back. Thats what it was like for the dog I lost.

Sorry about your loss, my condolences.

I lost a pet to a car accident, at least yours died without too much pain. Sorry that your pet died, if you have them for a long long time, you grow to have a bond with them.

its still too soon for that id probably end up cryin every time i saw it for a while or think my original cat got replaced + what would i name it ....

My condolences, sorry for your loss.

Terribly sorry for your loss. I know that I would be crushed if I lost one of my pride.

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thats my Chloe..........shes getting up there in years now. not exactly sure how old she is cause i got her from the humane society and they guess she was around 4 or so. shes around 12 right now so im hoping i get several more years out of her but shes definitely not as spry as she used to be. she used to be able to jump from the floor to the top of the fridge in one leap however now she has to gauge simply jumping onto the counter which she used to do without pausing at all.

I'm sorry to hear that EpicFail. Just remember that your cat lived a long and happy life and was well loved. There cannot be any better life for an animal.

Sorry to hear that, the loss of a beloved pet is the second most horrible thing to go through next to lossing one's famliy members.

One of our kittens died yesterday. It was fine two days ago but suddenly died last night.

So sorry to hear about your loss.
We had to have our dog put down this thursday just gone. I'm at Uni so my mum rang me telling me the news. It hurt so bad, not what I was expecting to happen on that day. Luckily, I had tickets to a comedy show later that day, it cheered me up, but it hurts to think about her not being there when I go back home.

But like someone said, don't think about them as being gone, just the good times you had. Maybe in time you'll feel ready for another cat. Some people can wait days, some months or years. Again, sorry for your loss