I agree, too. And thank you for the hug. We said goodbye to Monster yesterday. After her 3 days of IV fluids at the vet, we tried to do the under-the-skin fluids at home, but she fought us something awful and even though we got it in her, it didn't help. She hadn't eaten anything since Monday afternoon; she'd go and look at her food, then walk away. She lost even more weight, so she was definitely anorexic (from what I read, once they're in that state, there's no bringing them back). We found her sitting in the bathtub quite often. So my mom and DH took her yesterday morning and the vet said that at this point, it was the right thing to do. I'm trying to tell myself that because she wasn't eating in the first place, it was only a matter of days before she was gone anyway. Somehow the house feels a little emptier without her. DH picked out a little black urn with paw prints on it for her ashes, which we have to go pick up next weekend.
And now we need to watch out for our other cat, Dio. He's 10 years old; Monster has been here his whole life, and now he's alone. We noticed that he's got patches of hair missing on his legs, which could be from allergies or stress. Our money is on stress. And he's hanging out with us a lot more than usual. My mom is antsy to put all of Monster's things away, but DH and I are trying to leave them be for a while, as her scent might comfort him.
This stinks.