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rampartd

(3,581 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:50 AM 9 hrs ago

my beautiful gentle snowball has passed

found her cold on the kitchen floor. no sign of trauma.

she was warm and comfortable in my arms only hours ago. now only tears and how can i tell my wife when she wakes?

on edit female feline. white. been with me for at least 1o tears.

i am just happy to have known her at all,

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my beautiful gentle snowball has passed (Original Post) rampartd 9 hrs ago OP
Deepest condolences SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #1
So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon Walleye 8 hrs ago #2
I'm so sorry for your loss. Know that she passed in peace. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #3
I am so so sorry irisblue 7 hrs ago #4
Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss wendyb-NC 7 hrs ago #5
My heart goes out to you Klondike Kat 7 hrs ago #6
Hugs hugs hugs Chicagogrl1 7 hrs ago #7
I'm deeply sorry for your loss' AltairIV 7 hrs ago #8
💧❤️ littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #9
I know they are pets; tavernier 7 hrs ago #10
So sorry. I know how you feel. Monsieur_Grumpe 6 hrs ago #11
I'm so sorry. nt Phoenix61 6 hrs ago #12
🫂 mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #13
Deepest sympathy orangecrush 6 hrs ago #14
I'm so sorry QED 6 hrs ago #15
My deepest condolences 💔 ejbr 6 hrs ago #16
I'm sorry, ramparts. democrank 6 hrs ago #17
I am so, so sorry EuterpeThelo 6 hrs ago #18
My deepest condolences. HeartsCanHope 6 hrs ago #19
aww, I'm so sorry. barbtries 6 hrs ago #20
if there is another side i will not be short of felines. thanks. rampartd 6 hrs ago #22
So sorry, rampartd 70sEraVet 6 hrs ago #21
I'm so sorry for your loss KS Toronado 6 hrs ago #23
Cats and dogs... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #24
I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd. MIButterfly 4 hrs ago #25
I'm so sorry! redwitch 4 hrs ago #26
I'm so sorry! Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #27
So very Rebl2 4 hrs ago #28
I am sorry for your loss LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #29
Condolences to you and your wife radical noodle 4 hrs ago #30
This makes me sad. We love them so much and then they leave. Polly Hennessey 3 hrs ago #31
I am so sorry. Such a loss. LoisB 3 hrs ago #32

SheltieLover

(76,139 posts)
1. Deepest condolences
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:00 AM
8 hrs ago

I'm so so sorry for your loss, rampartd.

Healing vibes on the way to you & your wife.

Walleye

(43,710 posts)
2. So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:01 AM
8 hrs ago

We will all grieve with you

wendyb-NC

(4,589 posts)
5. Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:18 AM
7 hrs ago

R.I.P., snowball. Healing to your grateful heart, rampartd.

EuterpeThelo

(162 posts)
18. I am so, so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:27 AM
6 hrs ago

There are no words to make this better. We've been rescuing cats for 31 years and it never gets any easier.

Love and light to you today, rampartd. May her memory become a treasure once the pain is less sharp (I won't say goes away, because it never does). Be gentle with yourself.

barbtries

(31,096 posts)
20. aww, I'm so sorry.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:34 AM
6 hrs ago

I'm glad she didn't suffer. She'll be there when you get to the other side. anyway that's a belief i nurture.

70sEraVet

(5,204 posts)
21. So sorry, rampartd
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:39 AM
6 hrs ago

The joy that they give is in direct relation to the pain we feel when they are gone. And its ALWAYS worth it!
All you can do is focus on the memories of that joy.

GiqueCee

(3,311 posts)
24. Cats and dogs...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:55 AM
5 hrs ago

... have been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember. But they always leave us much too soon, and the pain of their loss never wanes. My sincerest condolences to you and your wife. As long as you remember her, Snowball will live on in your hearts.

MIButterfly

(1,887 posts)
25. I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:20 AM
4 hrs ago

I know how hard it is to lose a beloved pet, especially as sudden and unexpected as this was. I extend to you and your wife my condolences.

May sweet memories of your precious Snowball eventually bring you comfort at this sad time.

With deepest sympathy,
MIButterfly



Ocelot II

(128,839 posts)
27. I'm so sorry!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:26 AM
4 hrs ago

“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan. ... Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.” - Irving Townsend

radical noodle

(10,468 posts)
30. Condolences to you and your wife
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:49 AM
4 hrs ago

I hope the holes in your hearts made by her passing are soon refilled with the happy memories of her.

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