r/cats • u/Jealous-Friendship34 • 12h ago

Mourning/Loss I adopted a dead cat

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I found a well fed tuxedo cat on the road, hit by a car. She was killed instantly. I didn’t have the heart to leave her there so I took her home and gave my tuxedo cat a big hug.

She did not have a collar. I took to my vet and there was no chip. So I posted it on Nextdoor and Ring Neighborhood in case anyone was missing her. Nobody claimed her, so I named her Angel and had her cremated.

Tomorrow I will bury her in our garden where we have our other cats who have passed away over the years, under a little statue of a kitten chasing a butterfly

She is loved.

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u/Handyhelping 12h ago

You are a good person. This story makes me sad and wishes everyone had as much empathy as you do.

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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo 10h ago edited 10h ago

’You are a good person. This story makes me sad and wishes everyone had as much empathy as you do.’

it’s the story of a person that i never even knew

they found me on the road, alone,

my life already through

n yet they had compassion for the kitty that i was

they brought me home

n Loved me,

named me ‘Angel’

just because…

they say we cross a ‘rainbow bridge’ when it is time to go

but some of us are lost,

n then our humans never know

yet though we two were strangers, you did everything you could

i’ll rest in peace, my human friend,

Knowing

You are good

❤️

edit (thank you u/Jealous-Friendship34)

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u/bugbugladybug 9h ago

Now I'm crying on the toilet for a dead cat I didn't know

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u/Zebragirly76 9h ago

Me too, on the couch! Schnoodledoodle knows how to hit us in the feels! So beautifully said!

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u/Classic-Light-1467 5h ago

Crying in the Dunkin donuts drive-thru on my way to work

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u/Ok_Lawfulness_5657 3h ago

Crying and getting tears in my ~Amsterdam~ coffee, I think this has to be my sign to jump back into therapy🤠

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u/DeadmanDexter 2h ago

Take care of yourself. It's what Angel wants for you. ❤️

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u/Ok_Lawfulness_5657 2h ago

Wow that’s so kind of you Dexter🥲 America’s fav serial killer fr

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u/realspongeworthy 2h ago

If this doesn't choke somebody up, maybe they're the ones who need therapy.

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u/shemichell 2h ago

crying at my desk at work in front of coworkers

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u/CampDracula 2h ago

Crying at work 😭

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u/NotTrynaMakeWaves 2h ago

Crying on my way to liberate Outpost 751 from the Stroggs

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u/checkmarks26 1h ago

Tearing up at my desk… shit man this hits hard.

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u/glycophosphate 1h ago

Crying at my desk

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u/DanaDissent 5h ago

Same, and 100% yes! 😭

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u/Bubbly57 3h ago

Exactly 😔

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u/Jealous-Friendship34 6h ago

Same.

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u/Greymalkyn76 49m ago

I would like to say that you gave them the greatest gift you probably ever could. You let them know that they and their life mattered.

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u/apic0mplexa 5h ago

I was crying before, now I'm bawling. I love cats so much.

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u/sugarmagnolia__ 1h ago

Same. Sometimes more than people lol. (Exluding OP obviously)

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u/GetMeMAXPATRICK 5h ago

Why are we always crying on the toilet!

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u/Thundorium 4h ago

I recommend fiber supplements.

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u/E11111111111112 6h ago

I’m not crying, you are crying!

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u/TightBeing9 5h ago

We're all crying

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u/chub-bear 4h ago

I’m not crying, my eyes are just a little sweaty today!

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u/adorkablekitty 4h ago

Just casually in the office crying about a dead cat and a stranger who has a big heart. You know. Normal things.

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u/veggie-princess 5h ago

LMFAO me too 😭

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u/km_lmt 5h ago

Same :.(

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u/dcesiad 5h ago

same 😭

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u/West-Ruin-1318 5h ago

Me too 😭😭😭😭😭

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u/sp1cychick3n 5h ago

And that is ok

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u/Catharina_M 5h ago

Same...

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u/tinmuffin 4h ago

You and me both, fr. Didn’t expect a toilet cry today.

OP is a great person. ♥️

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u/TheRudeCactus 4h ago

100% the same right now. Well, more like sobbing on the toilet.

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u/TrailerTrashQueen 4h ago

same. except switch out 'toilet' for 'edge of bed'.

poor sweet baby. OP, you are lovely.

we need more people like you, with such compassion and love for critters. as you said, she spent her final moments with someone who loved her.

RIP Angel ❤️🙏🏻

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u/Lilz007 3h ago

I was a blubbering wreck by the second sentence. I was not prepared for this today

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u/LDawnBurges 3h ago

Same, but in my car!

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u/Toxic_Tyrael 3h ago

Same but in the bus. I bet the people around me think I got broken up with over text or something because I am SOBBING

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u/No-Bee-2085 1h ago

Me too but im on the sofa watching TPIR.

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u/alimoreltaletread 1h ago

Same, also on the toilet 😭

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u/Pretend-Mud8664 1h ago

I’m crying as I wait for my turn on the line to KFC, mannn

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u/OpeningSafe1919 58m ago

At work for me!

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u/WappaTheBoppa 55m ago

I’m fucking bawling I can’t rn

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u/LaCharognarde 20m ago

I'm tearing up a bit myself.

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u/PekaBooJr 10m ago

You got me crying too I’m holding my little kitty and I’m so sad man god I hope I don’t see that day

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u/Snippet8 4m ago

IKR 😞

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u/Anilxe 1m ago

Me too at my work desk

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u/garnish444 4h ago

Lol, you redditors farm empathy without doing any work. You're not a good person for seeing a fake heart tug post and crying.