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rampartd

(3,593 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:50 AM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
Deepest condolences SheltieLover Yesterday #1
So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon Walleye Yesterday #2
I'm so sorry for your loss. Know that she passed in peace. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #3
I am so so sorry irisblue Yesterday #4
Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss wendyb-NC Yesterday #5
My heart goes out to you Klondike Kat Yesterday #6
Hugs hugs hugs Chicagogrl1 Yesterday #7
I'm deeply sorry for your loss' AltairIV Yesterday #8
💧❤️ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #9
I know they are pets; tavernier Yesterday #10
So sorry. I know how you feel. Monsieur_Grumpe Yesterday #11
I'm so sorry. nt Phoenix61 Yesterday #12
🫂 mwmisses4289 Yesterday #13
Deepest sympathy orangecrush Yesterday #14
I'm so sorry QED Yesterday #15
My deepest condolences 💔 ejbr Yesterday #16
I'm sorry, ramparts. democrank Yesterday #17
I am so, so sorry EuterpeThelo Yesterday #18
My deepest condolences. HeartsCanHope Yesterday #19
aww, I'm so sorry. barbtries Yesterday #20
if there is another side i will not be short of felines. thanks. rampartd Yesterday #22
So sorry, rampartd 70sEraVet Yesterday #21
I'm so sorry for your loss KS Toronado Yesterday #23
Cats and dogs... GiqueCee Yesterday #24
I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd. MIButterfly Yesterday #25
I'm so sorry! redwitch Yesterday #26
I'm so sorry! Ocelot II Yesterday #27
So very Rebl2 Yesterday #28
I am sorry for your loss LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #29
Condolences to you and your wife radical noodle Yesterday #30
This makes me sad. We love them so much and then they leave. Polly Hennessey Yesterday #31
I am so sorry. Such a loss. LoisB Yesterday #32
My condolences on the loss of your friend Snowball Nigrum Cattus Yesterday #33
so sorry Skittles 20 hrs ago #34
So sorry for your loss Dear_Prudence 20 hrs ago #35
(((😿))) Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #36
I'm so sorry cate94 5 hrs ago #37

SheltieLover

(76,195 posts)
1. Deepest condolences
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:00 AM
Yesterday

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

Healing vibes on the way to you & your wife.

Walleye

(43,711 posts)
2. So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:01 AM
Yesterday

We will all grieve with you

wendyb-NC

(4,594 posts)
5. Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:18 AM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

(31,098 posts)
20. aww, I'm so sorry.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:34 AM
Yesterday

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

(5,210 posts)
21. So sorry, rampartd
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:39 AM
Yesterday

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

(3,318 posts)
24. Cats and dogs...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:55 AM
Yesterday

... 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

(1,889 posts)
25. I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:20 AM
Yesterday

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

(128,852 posts)
27. I'm so sorry!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:26 AM
Yesterday

“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

(10,469 posts)
30. Condolences to you and your wife
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:49 AM
Yesterday

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

Skittles

(169,264 posts)
34. so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:21 PM
20 hrs ago
Grieve not
nor speak of me with tears
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you
I loved you so
’twas Heaven here with you

- Isla Paschal Richardson

Dear_Prudence

(1,024 posts)
35. So sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:50 PM
20 hrs ago

She was safe and warm and loved. Take care. Condolences to you and to your wife.

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