Good-bye Avalanche, I’ll see you later.

One of the hardest moments when you have a furkid is saying goodbye and letting them go.  They can’t tell you what’s going on with them, but if you’re in sync with your furkid, then they will give you clues as to what’s going on inside their bodies.

Making the decision whether to help them pass or let them move on naturally is difficult.  I have used both techniques.

One furkid I had to say see ya later to was a big white cat named Avalanche.  He had the bluest eyes I had ever seen.

When he was a kitten, I didn’t know what to name him. We were sitting on the couch and he slipped off of the back of the couch tumbling down onto the cushions.  I said, “how about Snowball.” He didn’t respond, but he got up and climbed back to the top of the couch again.

As he’s walking back and forth on the back of the couch I kept asking him, “What should your name be?” He was quiet. Then he slipped off again, tumbling down onto the cushions. I said, “How about Avalanche.” He responded with a loud “Meow.”  I said, “Ok, Avalanche it is.”

He was a great cat.  He lived to be 18 years old.

In January of his 18th year, I noticed a lump on his side. I took him into the doctor and they said it was a “fatty tumor,” and it was nothing to be concerned with.   A few weeks later, that fatty tumor burst open and became an abscess.  I took him back to the doctor, and they said there wasn’t much they could do for him.

I brought him home to be with his family. Two days later he had passed away at home, in the kitchen surrounded by all his brothers and sisters.  I had 2 other cats and 2 big dogs at that time.

Death is never easy, but its the only thing that’s guaranteed out of life…we will all leave our bodies and move on to the next realm or experience whatever that may be.

For more information on coping with your furkids passing, click here.

How do you say goodbye, I’ll see you later, to your pet?