I am so sorry. I lost my fur bay 10/28/13. She was a feisty multi-colored cat (black, orange, beige, brown) and was 16 years old. It is so hard when we lose our pets. After my Lucy passed away, I often sensed her around me. I know she is waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge and is no longer in ill health. You are not alone in your grief. (((Big hugs)))

I know what you are going through. I lost my cat Lucky in 2012. He was only 2 and a half years old. I still miss him. You will go through the normal grief process. Try to take comfort in the fact your kitty lived a long, happy life with a wonderful caregiver. You gave her the best life she could have asked for. Are you able to have her cremated? I had Lucky cremated and it does give me comfort that he's still with me in a way.

so sorry your kitty is gone that is so hard...I am sure your life alone will feel so empty and having another pet might fill it with joy,,,,hugs

here she is in pic. Not one person is coming to help and support me here at home. I've lost my partner and my dad a couple of years ago, only they mattered. Only Moony made the world bearable...The house is silent and empty. I can't sleep, eat as I keep being sick. What can I do?

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my dog Abby 6/3/13 and I still have days that I just break down and cry. It is so hard when we lose a pet and people around us don't understand the pain we are going through.

You are not alone and we do understand what you are going through. You will never forget her but as the days and months go by it will become a little easier to get through each day........hugs

I am sorry for your loss-I"m sure she knows you 're with her at the last-if you don't have anyone else to help you-perhaps ask a neighbor to bury your furry friend for you and you can place flowers there for now and later if you wish can make a memorial for her

I am so very very sorry. loss my Muffy last wed, he was 19, this is 4 in less than 10 months all over age of 18 1/2. my persian, punky was July, slept on my pillow couch and bed. i feel your deep pain and loss. we all do. our furbabies become such a part of our lives and in mine, are my life. bipolar does not make dealing with this easy either. no family, mom gone last summer, 92 and good life. but left with void. no kids, divorced for ever, no siblings. some minor health issues but enough from hard job i did for 38 yrs body is telling me there is apin, and not able to do as much. new to this group and will share more of kitties. other two i loss were sisters and gone 3 weeks apart. all good lives til right til end. as u wrote a brain stroke was my punky. muffy was not sure, held him last hours and saw hium fading , first front leg went limp, so knew, he was ready, could see in his eyes. always hold them til end. i find their toy or some of their hair, so very hard.

thank you all for a little light in this ocean of pain and loneliness!
another long sleepless night to come (I'm in France it's 8pm)
tomorrow a neighbour will come to dig a hole and bring a wooden box
it's going to be the most horrible thing to do, put her in the ground forever...
can't stop crying I look like a rabid rabbit! :(

that has to be so hard to bury the body...I had to have my dogs 2 of them put to sleep and when the ashes were returned I planted them in my mom's front yard under a plant or tree....

I am so sorry you lost Moonshine. I know how hard it is. And you had her for such a long time!

Its so hard to go through this kind of loss. Just know that you are not alone, and that everything you are feeling is okay. Give yourself time to grieve. I lost my baby in June, and it has gotten easier to accept and live with. I still would give anything to have him back. But I know he would want me and my husband to smile and laugh when we think of him, so I make sure I do that, rather than being sad every time I think about him. But its taken me a while to be able to do that.

can you believe no one has helped me find a wooden box to lay my poor baby to rest? wherever I asked for help, I faced a curt "no"! I'm now going to try and buy a case of wine, if I find one big enough in wood, to finally put her in the garden. It's so incredibly hard and I'm not getting even the tiniest break
if I wasn't so exhausted I'd be so enraged...

Perhaps contact a local lamp store or furniture store and explain and perhaps they have a small wooden box for you to use

When we lost Rupert, it all happened so fast and unexpectedly that we went with our gut instincts. I had always thought that I would have him cremated, so that all our ashes could be together eventually. But when it happened, I knew I couldnt do it. We had to bury him, and the only place that made sense was his yard.

The vet hospital gave us a heavy-duty cardboard box to bring him home in. I debated about looking for a wooden box, but we buried him in the box they gave us. We wrapped him in one of his two favorite blankets, and put three of his favorite stuffed animals in with him. I wrote him a letter from me and my husband, and included another one for whomever might come across him someday if the property were ever dug up, explaining who Rupert was, and why he was buried there, and asking them to allow him to stay. He was so happy running around that big yard. . . .

Anyway, I bring all this up to say that, although Ive sometimes wondered if I should have gotten a wooden box, I think what we did was better. He has some of his special things with him, but basically, it was a green burial. He will be part of the yard he loved so much. Animals are so much more a part of nature in my mind that, to me, it makes sense to think they might be happier being closer to the earth in that way.

Its just something to consider, if you arent able to find a wooden box. It may not be such a bad thing.

How are you doing? thinking of you and loosing your baby...we all have been there and are with you through this. it is a part of us that goes with them,,but have to hold on to those good cuddle moments we had them with us. i think loosing them is hard any time, i have loss 8 now, but the older they are as yours and mine 2 weeks ago, 19+, longer we have them the more we want them to stay with us and keep growing old together. i think of the ones i still have, and hug them all the more every day....in time maybe you can get another one, there are so many who need a home and yes, we do have enough love for a new baby...i have done so many times-when i think i do not want to go thru this again...here comes another little fur ball into my heart. thinking of you and hugs.....

I am sorry for your loss and that you do not have anyone nearby to lean on. You can always come to this site, plenty of kind understanding people. Your pain is very real to those on here who have also suffered the loss of a companion. You are not alone.