Comments on: Why Do Cats Run Away to Die?

By: Claire Vouyant

Claire Vouyant — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 15:26:33 +0000

In reply to Jenn. It's a cat. "Inside" is the unnatural thing

By: Brandie Thompson

Brandie Thompson — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 03:16:02 +0000

Our in side cat of 2 years gas went missing for 3 weeks now. Our other cats calls out fore her. We have looked all over for her. I couldn’t wrap my head around why she would leave. But your post makes since . I can see that maybe she was sick and didn’t feel good. She didn’t act sick. But I’m finding places she had want potty outside the litter box.

By: Anu

Anu — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:44:19 +0000

My cat of 17 years ran away about a week ago, now I am losing hope he will turn up. He is a house cat, and ran out 3 or 4 times before, but came back in a couple days. He is not exactly sick, but has become relatively frail. He still likes to sleep next to me and wake me up in the mornings. My desperation to find more about this situation brought me to your web site. it just hit me that I may not see him again. He is my family, nothing else describes it better. I would so much prefer he dies in my arms, but then I have to accept that he has his own mind and I hope he is in the best place, either here adopted by a nice family or wherever he goes.

By: S

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:36:31 +0000

My Cody was 18, he had been declining over the past year, but still ate, slept, used the litter box, liked to be close to me. Last week he seemed confused, didn’t eat much on Wednesday, then on Thursday he snuck out when I was going in and out. We called and looked for him Thursday night and Friday after work, and the neighbors a few houses away said they had found a dead cat and called the police. The animal control officer took him. I picked him up Saturday morning and we buried him in a snowstorm. The next day the ground was frozen and we couldn’t have buried him. I miss him so much and feel so sad that he died alone. He hardly ever went out, and never left the yard. The house feels so different without him.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:59:49 +0000

In reply to Cori. My cat went missing 2 days ago he is 10 very well taken care ofi dont know what to do.he wasnt sick.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:02:34 +0000

In reply to Jade. I am sorry to hear that Jezebel may have went to look for a quiet spot to take a long nap.

By: Jade

Jade — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:38:19 +0000

My Jezebel was at least 18 years old. She lost her sight and hearing progressively over the last 6 months. She has always been an indoor/outdoor independent kitty. We let her out yesterday and haven’t seen her since. We live in a cul-de-sac and she has never gone farther than that. I have looked everywhere. I pray that she just instinctively found a quiet safe spot and took an eternal nap… I am heartbroken that I didn’t get to say goodbye or be with her in the end.

By: Cori

Cori — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:29:11 +0000

In reply to Hardeep Chana.

I am so sorry for your loss. My present cats (4 of them) are in good health, but I have lost many well-loved kitties ober the last 3 decades.. For me–and I suspect many of us–the losses have been devastating because each cat was an individual unto himself. We have a cat cemetary in our yard, but I often wonder what more I can do.
Recently,while watching the horror of the West Coast fires, i decided to give to several western animal-rescue organiztions in my dead cats names. It doesn’t bring them back, of course, but the effort to contribute something greater than oneself is never a bad idea.

By: LeAnn

LeAnn — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:37:41 +0000

My Annie girl has gone missing and I am beyond devastated. She is a perfectly healthy cat, showing no signs whatsoever that something may be wrong. She has never been a cat that wanders. She’s always been content laying on our back porch or chasing bugs in the backyard. I can’t think for the life of me where she could be. I’ve rattled her food dish, her treat bag, asked neighbors, posted on SM, put up signs.....everything I can think of. I am so worried. If anyone has any different ideas of how I may can find her, please let me know!!

By: karl

karl — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:48:44 +0000

They are never alone…

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 05 May 2020 07:28:49 +0000

One of our cats didn’t come home a few nights ago. I trained them to stay close to home and come when I call and clink their diner plates. We tried to keep them inside only but they were so unhappy and tried to claw themselves out the windows. A few days ago our Stella girls bugged me until I let her out one more time after dinner. We started calling her shortly after and went out 3 more times. We found her the next morning in the school field right across the house. Just laying there. The vet couldn’t find anything wrong with her. Friends keep on telling me that she might just have died…I had found that she had looked skinnier lately and had been throwing up her wet food or refused to eat it. I thought the brand might have just not sit well with her stomach. I can’t stop crying … she was still little and I pretty much raised her and her sister since they were 7 weeks old, held them when they got shots, celebrated all weight she gained, spent all day with them. I went looking for her at 1 am still and I am heartbroken that I never checked the field. I feel very guilty and terrible for my kids. I wish I would have kept her in and not watched a movie with the kids but looked for her. It makes me sad she was all alone…

By: Osteogeneis

Osteogeneis — Mon, 04 May 2020 01:52:08 +0000

Fred has been my friend’s cat for almost 20 yrs, last wednesday when I visited him he cannot move his legs anymore and was really weak. I cried knowing that his time is near. I became close and connected to fred when I stayed with my friend’s house for a couple of months. He would always meow snd would want me to b rush his hair. Last thursday morning he went missing, he have used his last strenght to move away from the house and die alone. We kept on searching for him to give him a decent burial. Finally yesterday his body was found under a tree partially hiding in a big rock few meters away from the house. We buried him beside the tree where we found him with daffodils blooming. I still cry whenever I think of him. The house will never be the same withouth him and his meow.. I miss Fred so much..it breaks my heart thinking that he his gone.

By: Antho Cris

Antho Cris — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:43:47 +0000

My Kitt was 16 YO. he would visit each neighbor and say hello, He was my best friend he had a little pain i thought I would take him to the Vet the next day, i let him out before church and he never came back! checked all over the Place 11 Days later A neighbor comes by and said he seem him dragging his back legs, i was devastated, i put food and water if many spots food and water was diapering, every couple hours i would search and call for three days then I found him stuck in a bush i searched that bush just 2 days before, i rushed him to the Vet but he was to far gone they said i could try to save him but we would have to cut his leg off he had a bad infection so i put him Down, I’m heart broke now, thinking maybe I could have saved him, Crying now for 14 days at least i know he’s in no more Pain! God Bless Kitt, I just hope I did the right thing!

By: David

David — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:17:02 +0000

In reply to julia. I'm sorry to hear about Teddy, I'd imagine you and your children must be heartbroken.

By: julia

julia — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 23:04:55 +0000

Our dear Teddy was 8 1/2 years old found on the side of the road this morning. The family are devastated..Children heart broken. He never crosses the road, that’s why we can’t work out if he was hit or sick and leaving us. What ever the reason words cannot describe how I feel right now. Animals bring so much love and yet so much pain. Forever in our heats xx