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rampartd

(3,879 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:50 AM Dec 24

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

SheltieLover

(76,937 posts)
1. Deepest condolences
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:00 AM
Dec 24

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

Healing vibes on the way to you & your wife.

Walleye

(43,853 posts)
2. So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:01 AM
Dec 24

We will all grieve with you

wendyb-NC

(4,605 posts)
5. Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:18 AM
Dec 24

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

EuterpeThelo

(186 posts)
18. I am so, so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:27 AM
Dec 24

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

(31,140 posts)
20. aww, I'm so sorry.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:34 AM
Dec 24

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

(5,256 posts)
21. So sorry, rampartd
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:39 AM
Dec 24

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

(3,430 posts)
24. Cats and dogs...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:55 AM
Dec 24

... 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

(2,132 posts)
25. I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:20 AM
Dec 24

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

(129,189 posts)
27. I'm so sorry!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:26 AM
Dec 24

“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

(10,485 posts)
30. Condolences to you and your wife
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:49 AM
Dec 24

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

Skittles

(169,691 posts)
34. so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:21 PM
Dec 24
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

(1,053 posts)
35. So sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:50 PM
Dec 24

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

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