Official "farewell To Fallen Felines" Thread

[LionOfNarnia]

Sad, sad times.



For the 2nd time in a fortnight I've had to say a final farewell to a beloved feline companion.



Both "my boys" are gone now.



I don't, I can't "know" how much Pixel (MommaCat) understands, but she's hardly left my side all day. Curled up on the bed behind me right now in fact.



-She hasn't slept on the bed since the kittens were born.



The 'looks' & vocalisations, the unusual affection she's given me today hint at some understanding that something is different now. I've talked to her as I would a friend, of my sadness & sorrow for her loss.



Khans' last night on earth was a happy one. During the early part of the evening he was being petted & fussed over by about a dozen people - not only was it a clubnite but my housemate also had a pre-pub crawl gathering going on. Both Pixel & Khan 'did the rounds' of strokes & tickles then Khan settled down on the computer chair. My last certain memory of him is of scooping him out of the chair & holding him to my heart as I sat down to "pimp the play-list", around after midnite I guess.



Sometime after that he went off for his customary nocturnal prowl. His last.





(To be continued.....

)

 

[Patrick]

So sorry to hear Aslan

 

[fords8]

Sorry to hear!

 

[Random]

Sorry to hear about that, mate.

 

[hissae2]

Aww, Sorry to hear

I had a 17 and an 18 year old cats and they both died in the past year as well.

 

[LionOfNarnia]

I was awakened about 11.30 am (we didn't finish shooting until after 5 am) by my mobile, the phonecall that no-one ever wants to get, the one that tells you your life has just been thrown a curve-ball.



Khan had been crossing the main bridge over the river Zaan, about ½ mile North of here, in the dawn hours, when he was 'clipped' by a car. The driver stopped and called the pet ambulance, my profound thanks to them for that act of humanity, but he had been killed instantly by a blow to the head. Apparently when cats are badly injured they tend to claw at the road but they showed me at the animortuary that his claw-tips were undamaged. It brings me some relief that he didn't suffer but I'm truly devastated by losing him, especially so soon after Lewis.



He would have been 14 months old tomorrow. He joins his elder brother Lewis in kitty-heaven.



This is a photo of him the first time he ever saw the 'outside world', on our balcony about this time last year...

And this is the last picture I ever took of him, less than 10 days ago...

Rest in Peace, little buddies. You'll never be forgotten by all those who were blessed to know you.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiBjRe25JY[/media]

The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end

The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face against my skin

We loved you then, we love you still

And don't you know, don't you know that heroes never die,

They sail forever



Slow the rain falls, the memories blowing through

I stand with arms outstretched to catch the warmth of you

Eyes to the heavens, screaming at the skyes

Trying to send you messages, still choking on goodbyes

And I wonder why



Gold November, yellow, brown and green

I try to picture you still somewhere in between

Cold the night falls, shadows drawing in,

The glimpse I had of you is torn into the wind

And I wonder why, tracing paths, we search the stormy sky



The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end

The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face against my skin

We loved you then, we love you still

And don't you know, don't you know that heroes never die,

They sail forever



Close my eyes now, and focus on the light

You are more beautiful and never out of sight

And tears that fall are blood from the heart, from the moment we part

May I offer those tears for the love of the years

For the love



The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end

The tears, the sun the rain, I feel them on my face and on my skin

We loved you then, we love you still and don't you know, don't you know

The ways, the ins and outs of heaven still elude us to the end

If he's the sun the rain, I feel him on my face against my skin

And when I open up that door and think of where we we used to roam

And laugh and smile and drink with friends, with all the love you know we have

Don't you konw, that heroes never die, they sail forever

 

[LionOfNarnia]

LEWIS 29th March 2010 - 16th (?) May 2011



. . . . . KHAN 29th March 2010 - 28 May 2011

 

[Patrick]

And who says men don't like cats...



They are adorable Aslan. So very sorry for you loss. I know what it is like to lose a pet. They are like family and can never be replaced.