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Recently our cat Snowball died. She was twenty years old so it was her time to go, but my children are taking it terribly. How can I explain to them that everyone has to go sometime? ↓
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| Name: snipy | Date: Jun 17th, 2005 5:59 PM |
| why not do like the simpson's and get a snowball 2? then you can just tell your kids that snowball has come back to life. or you could do the grown up thing and tell them all about heaven and hell (if you believe in the afterlife). ↑ |
| Name: Kristy | Date: Jul 5th, 2005 6:50 AM |
| Tell your kids how the snowball is in a place where nothing can hurt him and snowball will always be looking down on them. ↑ |
| Name: leigha | Date: Sep 14th, 2005 3:13 PM |
| snipy- yeah great idea- lets just avoid death all together, huh? lets just teach our kids that no one dies and/or peope and our pets just somehow come back to life? why not insist that the easter bunny still brings them candy when they are 18 years old?! what a loser- how old are you? 12? ↑ |
| Name: Jill | Date: Sep 20th, 2005 3:18 AM |
So sorry to hear that! Loosing a pet is so hard! I don't have any advise, I just wanted to let you know I'm sorry and I hope your kid's find a way to recover. I think they definately need to greive. It's like loosing a family members. I don't know how long your supposed to grieve? I still think aobut my childhood dog Fuzzy and a tear comes to my eye everytime I think of her! She was such an awesome pet!
Anyhow, good luck! ↑ |
| Name: Meia | Date: Sep 23rd, 2005 5:12 AM |
| I sorry to hear that! Pet deaths are hard and even harder on kids. Tell them that Snowballs in a better place and that even though shes gone she lives on in your memories. Remind them of good times they had with her. What ever you do don't buy them a new pet right away. When I was young I had a cat die and my parents got me a new cat right away. But when ever I played with the cat I felt like I was betraing my old cat,because this new cat is like his replacement, and I never really grew to love him because I felt guilty around him. ↑ |
| Name: some one | Date: Jan 3rd, 2006 2:16 AM |
| well u can say that he/she was getting old and if she did not go she would suffer because she/he would have been very old she/he would have been in pain so its a good thing wht do u want a happy cat or a grumpy cat hope that helps ↑ |
| Name: debbie | Date: Jan 10th, 2006 7:26 PM |
Hi Everyone I am very sad right now and upset he was here and now he's gone so soon it all happened so fast I reallyreally miss him so much he was my buddy. Our Pitbull/Boxer Max was very ill he might of ate something during Christmas from the tree. He love to eat and a very curious dog who loved to chew. He very affectionate,fun, loved kids, and very playful everyone loved him. A very good guard dog! I cry everyday for him he was part of our family its like u lose someone human. It's very hard right now i go home he's not there our other dog Adoness (American pitbull Terrier)misses him they were great buddies. Did anyone had to go through this when there loved animal just got sick all of a sudden. I miss him so much!
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| Name: Leena | Date: Jan 19th, 2006 1:29 AM |
| I'm sorry to hear about Snowball's death :( My mom had a Siamese, Sammy, who died just 2 yrs ago at age 19, and she was truly upset. Having a cat for 20yrs can be like having another child or family member! I'm not sure how to explain to the kids, I guess it depends on thier ages, but I believe the best policy is to just be honest and take this as the rite time to explain a difficult fact of life to them. ↑ |
| Name: Clarisse | Date: Jan 23rd, 2006 9:40 AM |
| That's sad.. she was twenty? Wow thank you for taking care of your cat. :) It makes me happy. :) Uou could get another cat but not to replace Snowball because Snowball wouldn't like it hee hee :) Just tell your kids that she had a happy life with you guys and it's really her time to go and it's inevitable. Ugh your situation is hard. goodluck! ↑ |
| Name: elistabeth | Date: Feb 7th, 2006 12:22 PM |
| Its so hard when you lose an animal you love so much. 3 years ago, my cat was sleeping in my front garden when the dog from down the road (who was regularly let loose even though he chased all the cats in the neighbourhood) just came and grabbed her and crushed her in his mouth. I heard squealing but thought my kids were messing around upstairs (as they do) and did nothing. It was after a few minutes that somebody got the dog to let go that i realised there were people in my garden and went out. The cat was just crushed on the floor, though still alive. My husband held her in his arms. I could tell she was dying because her mouth was all white and she reached out her front paws to grab my husband as she died. Her fur was even smeared up the brick wall where he had pushed her to get a better grip. I was just totally in shock and cried for about 2 weeks and felt so guilty that I'd heard her crying as she was being attacked and did nothing. I really felt like I was losing it. I missed her that much and couldn't believe how suddenly she was just gone. 2 days after the attack, the dog was let out again and attacked my other cat exactly the same. I heard the commotion this time and ran out screaming at the dog. Luckily this cat was made of stern stuff and as the dog picked him up by his belly and shook him, the cat sunk his claws into the dogs face and the dog let go. The owner heard and came up and took the dog away but never so much as apologised. The dog was out again the next day so I made a complaint to the police and they were prosecuted. This wasnt the first incident with that dog. The year before he had jumped the fence into my garden and killed my rabbit (who had been hand raised from a few weeks old and was soooo affectionate) and not long after that, a teenage girl had been walking him off the lead, and he got in my house (I'd left the door ajar to get something from the car) and he'd attacked my 3 cats. He chased them upstairs and they'd literally climbed the wallpaper onto the top bunk as he jumped in the air snapping at them. Luckily since they were prosecuted we've had no trouble and the dog is kept enclosed. ↑ |
| Name: Clarisse | Date: Feb 8th, 2006 5:47 PM |
Im sorry to hear that Elisabeth/elistabeth.. oh my God thats so sad.... I don't want to blame the dog, it's the owners's fault, oh I swear I HATE THEM!!!
Godbless your family and your pets :) ↑ |
| Name: Jessica | Date: Feb 26th, 2006 3:49 AM |
| just teel ur child that u will see it again som day!!!!!!1 ↑ |
| Name: yuka | Date: Mar 1st, 2006 12:40 AM |
| you can get another one that look just like her! ↑ |
| Name: emo | Date: Mar 7th, 2006 2:54 PM |
| hi a few weeks ago me and my 6 year old sis were just finishing cleaning my two gerbils out and as i went to put my white one back i left it on the lid which is so heavy and it fell of and crushed the gerbils skull bone and it was fitting out then died about 2 mins ater in my ads hand it was so sad so if my six year old sister acn understand and get over my gerbil dying the surely your kids can ↑ |
| Name: kat | Date: Mar 15th, 2006 3:13 PM |
| Name: tashaila | Date: Mar 17th, 2006 5:21 PM |
| my hamster just died the other day, and i feel sad ↑ |
| Name: melissa | Date: Apr 13th, 2006 4:28 AM |
| teach them bout heaven and hell and the rainbow bridge and that its just temporary until you go and then you can see your baby again =) ↑ |
| Name: Carys | Date: Apr 18th, 2006 4:19 PM |
| Tell them that Snowball is in a better place, That she won't be in pain, She'll be happy now, drinking all the milk she wants and having a great time, i hope everything works out ↑ |
| Name: Carys | Date: Apr 18th, 2006 4:22 PM |
| Me2, that's disgusting, When someone loses a pet it's like losing a Close friend, Their loss comes out in Agony and Tears, perhaps you should find some feelings. Also making fun of Death is dispicable and i am ashamed to call you a human. ↑ |
| Name: ashley | Date: Apr 21st, 2006 4:17 PM |
| Name: Cheryl | Date: Apr 25th, 2006 4:29 PM |
I hope someone can help us , we recently had to rush our Lab mixed dog Corky to the vet after he was playing in the yard, he was jumping as he always did but this time he landed wrong and he broke his back in two places, even with surgery they gave him less then a 20% chance of ever walking or standing again or making it through surgery, so we had to make the choice and we put him to sleep,now our other dog Lassie who has been with Corky for about 5 years, doesn't want to eat since Corky is not with him, we are giving him extra attention and alot of love, has anyone gone though a pet morning for another pet, I have heard some pet will go through this and that Lassie will eat when he is ready, he will eat a little if I feed it to him.
Thanks, Cheryl ↑ |
| Name: CHERRY | Date: Apr 25th, 2006 10:21 PM |
this is really hard for me but i lost my dog toby he was the best thing that ever hapened to me he was like my best friend and i dont believe it but i still cry for him.he got in a fight with another dog and he got his throath ripped out i was so devastated when i heard .i had just come home from school. I lved tht dog so so so much but i guess he is gone and i can never get him back but he will always be in my heart i expect he is looking down from heaven cuz he was a good dog. i mean he was a little rude if you gave him certain types of dog food but thats it he wa the best friend i ever had.
R.I.P. Toby i love you ↑ |
| Name: xena2help | Date: May 17th, 2006 12:50 AM |
| i have lost a lot of pets and im only a kid. you can tell them that the pet you had is in heaven and went in to a peaceful sleep. it will help and help them by talking about it and later look at a new cat . sometimes they miss something like a cat so much it does matter that if you get another but the may like the company of a cat. ↑ |
| Name: Edie | Date: May 17th, 2006 5:29 AM |
| My 16 year old cat died last Tuesday and my black lab had a stroke Wednesday which I have had for 12 years and had to have put to sleep ↑ |
| Name: Mom... | Date: May 20th, 2006 1:17 PM |
| Death is a natural thing, and unfortunately it is so hard for children to understand. "Snowball's thoughts and feelings went to cat heavan, and we will have a special funeral for Snowball." You can do these things and it helps: Together: Draw pictures of\for Snowball, talk about the good times with Snowball. Bake a cake or cookies and say it's to celebrate all of the good times we had with Snowball, and even though we miss Snowball very much, she would be very happy knowing that we made a cake and decorated it for her memory. ****Getting another cat would be fine, but don't say that it's Snowball that came back to life!!, we can never bring back the ones we have lost, that is a part of death that children will eventually learn. ↑ |
| Name: kimberley | Date: Jun 26th, 2006 1:36 PM |
| expalin to them that it was her time to go and no matter what happens she'll always love them and if that dont work tell them to shut up and get over it like snipy ↑ |
| Name: steph | Date: Jun 26th, 2006 5:07 PM |
| sit the down an say look thay hav gone to a better plays could heven when u diy u go an meat lots of peple and try to mack it sound good ↑ |
| Name: Elizabeth | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 5:02 PM |
| I'm so sorry! I know how you feel my "CatCat" just died in the most horrible way. I miss him so. ↑ |
| Name: will | Date: Jan 26th, 2008 11:23 PM |
| Help my gerbil is dieing well i think he is loseing his fur in patches ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Jan 27th, 2008 1:08 AM |
| More than likely the cause of the hair loss is either diet, bedding or parasites. Change the food and bedding if there is no change then it possible there are parasites. I wold reccomend vetting him. ↑ |
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