I miss my little Browncoat pet by chrisisall

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I miss my little Browncoat pet

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Saturday, December 17, 2005 07:42
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Friday, December 16, 2005 8:27 AM

"About an hour ago our cat, Little star died.

We will get a new cat that is exactly like her!"

That's from my son, who wanted to tell my Browncoat friends of this significant event in his young life (6 years old).
Tears abound, mostly from me; I'm such a crybaby( make your mother sigh...).
Well, going to Re-Pet is out of the Question (What? You didn't see The 6th Day?

), so I guess we go to the shelter...

Anyone else missing a non-homo-sapien loved one?

Warm and Fuzzy Chrisisall

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Friday, December 16, 2005 8:34 AM

FIRESTALKER

Holy crap, there is a place in San Diego that actually does that. Only cats though.

It's costs about $54,000... But it's an exact genetic copy of your cat. Wierd hunh.

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Friday, December 16, 2005 8:47 AM

DTUCK

Hrm... until they can work out the problems cloned animals seem to have with developing congenital and terminal diseases, I think I'm going to wait on Re-Pet'ing my tabby, Hiccup, when she croaks. Something to do with extra free radicals being generated in vitro. Makes them more prone to disease, so while the original may have had a healthy 12 years, the clone might develop feline lukemia that the original only had a latent form of.

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Friday, December 16, 2005 9:03 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Oh, very sad!

I had a cat named George when I was little girl. Apparently his kidneys failed him. He got very sick and died on Christmas Eve. I still think about him every year at Christmas.

I've hat lots of pets die over the years. Each one was special and loved and I miss them all, but I'll never forget poor George and that very sad Christmas.

Please tell your son that the Browncoats send their condolences and that if he gets a new kitty, and it's a girl, we recommend the name Kaylee. And if it's a boy, Badger.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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Friday, December 16, 2005 9:17 AM

CHRISISALL

Actually, he wants to give the new cat Little star's name.

*waterworks again*

The very un-Vulcan Chrisisall

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Friday, December 16, 2005 9:22 AM

CEDRIC

Oh, my condolences to you. I have five kitties (including a Zoe and a Kaylee--who should've been named River), and I understand your sorrow. A few years ago, my wife and I lost an orange tabby named Red. We felt we weren't ready for another cat, but our remaining kitty (Red's daughter Thryth) kept bugging us to get one. (If you don't understand how that works, you don't have cats.)

We went to a kitten foster home with plans to adopt another tabby tom, to replace Red. The tabby tomkitten they had, though, was not right for us. Instead, a quiet black-and-white kitty walked across the table and started licking my wife's hand while she filled out the adoption forms. A very energetic young boy ended up with the very energetic tabby tom.

My point in this story is never try to replace a pet. Instead, go looking for a new one--the pet that's meant for you will find you.

Well, I must go. Kaylee is demandin' some lovin . . .

(Maybe we did name her right.)

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Because I've got the DVD."
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Friday, December 16, 2005 9:37 AM

MAL4PREZ

I've lost 2 cats, one to old age (I had him from 6 years old until I was 24!) and another disappeared out in the country, probably some predator got her. It was just awful both times! I cried and cried. So I really feel for you and your poor son!

I have a new kitty now who's just a year old, and super cute. It does get better eventually!

Ask Dr. Science ... he knows more than you do.
"I have a Master's degree ... in science!"

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Friday, December 16, 2005 9:49 AM

JINGTSAI

I am sorry for your loss and wish you the solace of good memories. We had two cats, Silk and Brittany, who shared our lives for 18 and 20 years respectively. It has been a little less than a year since we lost Brittany. I still miss them both every day, but I'm beginning to think about adopting a couple more in the near future. When I do, one of them will be named Serenity. My husband will probably get to name the other, so I guess I need to keep working on "browncoating" him.

JingTsai

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Friday, December 16, 2005 7:18 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

My daughter just lost her guinea pig "Cos" Sunday morning. She went to feed him and found him dead in his cage after 4 years as a loving pet. She loved him and he worked his way into my heart too.

She told me that it'll be a while before another pet so take your lead from your son.

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Friday, December 16, 2005 8:42 PM

EVILBUNNIES

I'm very sorry for your loss. I know exactly what its like to lose a very special pet. I lost 2 of my cats last summer, one I had since I was 6 (i'm 18 now) and one I had, then lost when we moved, and then I found her 18 months later walking to school.

The first was kind of expected, since he was sick and about 12 years in age. It still hurt, since I had him for so long.

Sierra, my other cat I lost, took off one night, and just never came back. She did disappear twice for a week or so, but she'd always come back. This last time she didn't. She was one cat that can never be replaced, and I am constantly reminding myself that she either found a home with someone else (bastards need to give her back!) or shes in kitty heaven. I'll come after you with a chainsaw if anyone mentions the words "car" or that D word.

Now I'm depressed.

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Friday, December 16, 2005 11:16 PM

CHOLLETT

My cat, Corky. My family had him since about 3 years before i was born. He shares 4 out of 5 of the same letters as my name (Je suis Corey), and he was the one constant friend that wasn't actually biologically related to me. He lived to the ripe old age of 19, though, so it's not like it was tragically unjust. Doesn't make it any easier. That was Tues. May. 25/04, approx. 4:30pm. Funny how you remember specific things like that. Regardless, my first major, uber-close-to-home death. I still have all my grandparents and such. I was lucky to have gotten to 15 and a half without going through that. I'm 17 now.

My first dog, Farley. Named after the dog in For Better or For Worse. You might get the reference. Got him January 16, 2000 after our hamster died. Wasn't uber-connected with my hamster, since it didn't really live long enough to form a strong bond. Anyhow, Monday, Oct.4/04 approx. 5pm, we had to put him down like our cat, difference being he was only 5. When we got him he was 5 months old. THAT was unjust. And believe me when i say that he was the epitome of the cliche of the friendliest dog in the world. It was SO hard to lose my two best friends within 5 months of eachother. Farley had some type of cancer. Chemo would have given maybe 6 months, but it would have just been suffering, and he wouldn't have had his trademark unlimited supply of pure, undiluted energy. It would have been wrong to have that be the last chapter of his life. Doesn't make me feel any better about it though.

Also, my aforementioned hamster, Pooky. Got her on my 9th birthday, but she only lived a little over 2 years, so i never really got a chance to form the same kind of bond as with a longer-living animal.
She died on Christmas Eve. We just came home from a party thing, and my brother and i were just settling in to sleep, and our parents came and told us. Harsh stuff.
So, kind of like the person posting earlier, the memory does spring up again each Christmas.

It's not easy to relive these kinds of memories, but it's kind of liberating to get it out like this. Plus, the fact that we still mourn them or think about them only means that we still care about them.

Never replace your pets, because that betrays the memory of them. At least name the new kitten Little Star the 2nd or something. But also, don't expect the new one to be just like the old. Let them find their own way into your hearts.

I'm babbling like a moonbrain.

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Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:11 AM

CHRISISALL

"We feel bad for every pet of yours that died.
Thanks, that made me feel kinda better that you told me about your sad stuff."

He's a boy of few words.
Thanks to everyone who posted, my son really took it in.

(I'll still try to talk him into a Firefly-related name for the new cat when we get it...

)

Chrisisall, friend of Little star 1991-2005

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Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:15 AM

CYBERSNARK

My condolences as well. I lost my feline "brother" (he was a kitten when we got him, and I'd just turned five) a few years back. I still think of him often. There are so many unwanted pets in the world, console yourself with the thought that you have made one life happier.

I haven't gotten another (I've been in an apartment, and hope to be again, so a cat would just be underfoot), but hope to, one day.

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Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:42 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
console yourself with the thought that you have made one life happier.

"Yeah, I guess I did make her life happier. She was a cute kitty! I petted her alot! We miss her alot

."

My boy again.

Chrisisall

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