meows from beyond

[66corsa]

absolutely the hardest thing i have ever done so far is take the coolest cat in the world to the vet to be put down. i found out in early january that she only had 3-10 months to live because of a tumor in her ear that couldn't be fully removed and was most likely into her brain. needless to say, i took that news very hard. this cat adopted me in 1998, really, she kept getting into my house somehow...very stealth like whenever i would open the front door...so i decided it was meant to be and we were a team. anyway, on wednesday morning i knew it was time so i went out in the backyard and picked a pleasant spot, crying my eyes out because i couldn't believe i actually had to do it. when it was all over and i was taking her to her final resting place i was crying again and telling her over and over how sorry i was that i had to do that to her. as i started to lower her into her grave, very loud and clear, and right in front of my face came a good healthy "meow." i stopped immediately, called out to nobody asking "what was that?" for a brief moment i thought maybe they had not performed the job right and she was still alive. i looked around for another cat nearby....nope. this sound was from about a foot away from me when i heard it. no doubt in my mind as to what it was. all day long i thought about it and was very happy to have had the experince but i was still an emotional wreck. the following night i was watching tv when a cat food commercial came on and i started sobbing again so i went to the kitchen for a paper towel to dry my eyes. again, i was talking to her and saying how sorry i was that i had to do that. as i started out of the kitchen i heard an unmistakable sound to me...her tiny little warning "mew" she would let out whenever you walked near her, like she was saying, "please don't step on me down here." i knew it when i heard it but i did retrace my steps to see if i caused a floor board to squeek a funny way...no. next i went to the dvr on the tv and backed up the program a few minutes and then back to the kitchen to see if something on the program could have sounded like that, but no. i didn't expect something like that from a cable news show. my ears are wide open and i hope for more.

[petsitterinnc]

I had a similar experience two years ago with my long-haired Turkish Angora cat. About five minutes after I returned from the vet, I was in my closet hanging up clothes trying not to fall apart. Putting down my cat was so heart wrenching. As I was hanging clothes up, I could feel Ms. Kitty rubbing up along my legs like she always did. Her long silky hair was as life-like as in her actual presence. I just wanted to freak out knowing that she had only been put down a few minutes before, and had come home to see me, or maybe she hitched a ride back in her cat carrier. I told her that she was a good girl and that I loved her. I then told her to go into the light and find her brother - that he was waiting for her. She was then gone. I find that visitors after death don't realize that they are dead yet, but hanging around for the first few hours/days, and then move on. I'm happy that I had the chance to say good-bye as she was leaving this world, and that she was happy.

[marmie]

It's hard to take a loved pet to their very last Vet visit. I've had to take my little dog Max and two kitties( one lived to 21 years old) to the Vet because they were so sick. One of my kitties, came back to visit before and after she passed on. My kitty lived with my parents in a different city and had never been to our new home(we had a dog and she hated dogs). Two weeks prior to her passing, I woke up one night and went to the bathroom and I saw a misty cat go right through the bedroom wall. At first I thought I was seeing things, and went back to bed. I felt something crawl under the covers and snuggle me I moved my leg, I swear I felt something move across my leg and lift the cover. I looked around the bedroom and didn't see anything, and the dog was in the kitchen. Two weeks later, my kitty passed away and I was heart broken. I could feel her rubbing against my leg, and one morning I saw the same misty kitty pass through the living room wall. I even dreamed that she was next to me and my hand went right through her. I had another dream and this time I could pet her and snuggle her. The last time my kitty came to visit me, my husband saw her clear as day sitting on the edge of the bed, then she jumped of and ran right through the wall.