Do you mourn for your pets when they pass away?

Question

I do. 😭

JaxiCats · Accepted Answer

I do and I’ve lost both dogs and cats but I only get emotionally and mentally fucked up after losing a cat. The first cat I had died a week after I started 7th grade and I fell into depression as she was my only friend at the time really. I then lost my 2 year old cat back in June and he was my rock being up there with my boyfriend. He was a velcro cat but I didn’t actively try to be in his face all the time as he wasn’t my cat at first yet he would always follow me around as he didn’t like hectic areas where there was a lot of movement and if there was he was okay as long as I was in the room. I was calm when he was around and I didn’t feel anxious or anything but ever since he died I’ve been more irritable and less motivated than I was. I have his brother left but he’s not as calm or quiet.

ZS007 · Accepted Answer

Of course. It's been some months since my bunny died but I do think about him. I unconsciously look to his spot when coming downstairs cause I would always greet him. I remember he used to dig the sofa and sniff my slippers. He loved to be petted whenever I stopped petting him he licked my hand to tell me to continue. And now I'm crying... I miss my baby

es20490446e · Accepted Answer

Hit by a car less than a week ago:

Do you mourn for your pets when they pass away?

My ex and I were always telling how incredible this cat was. She behaved as friendly as a dog.

Sadly my ex was very verbally abusive, and after 9 months of enduring her violent behavior I decided to leave her.

Four weeks later the cat, due to the stress my ex was having because of the breakup, run away during the night and was hit by a car.

My ex blamed me for the event. I'm sorry that such innocent being had to suffer such stupidity.

HippieVeganJewslim · Accepted Answer

Yes. I’m not a psychopath or sociopath.

WhiteSteve · Answer

For sure. I had a cat for 19 years, just lost him in 2019. Still not really over it. My girlfriend always talks about getting dogs or cats once we can live together again, and I just can’t get enthused because I don’t want to set myself up for another future tragedy when they eventually die. Love having pets, but I’m not willing to lose them, so I’d rather just not have them in the first place.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Of course!! My last 2 were like girlfriends to me! I'd be sitting alone on the top step of the front porch and someone inside would let her out and she'd run straight up to me from behind, shove her nose and then her entire head under my right arm, squeeze herself all the way through so my arm would be draped over her shoulders and then she'd PLOP her ass right down beside me as close as she could get and lean into me!! THAT'S love!! Murphy and Sam both did that! It's like Murphy was the reincarnation of Sammi.

When Sammi was put to sleep, I never knew it was being done because I was living with my girlfriend at the time and didn't hear about it `til days after it happened! I cried like a baby, once I found out!! Murphy was put to sleep right in front of me and I held her paw the entire time `til they said she was gone. I don't remember doing so but, I think I cried over her, too.

exitseven · Answer

Yes. My wife and I were in the backyard crying while we buried our little kitty. We got him at the shelter and had him for 20 years. Harry.

DizzyDesii · Answer

It was more so of we shared the same property than them being my actual pets. I felt saddened when Blue died but I dont care for animals enough to cry for them. But it does sadden me to hear them whimper or see them in pain/dying. I flip the channel during those sad animal commercials. They be doin too much with that Arms of an Angel music

sage2021 · Answer

I was a total basket case when my kitty cat that I had and loved for 13 years died from stomach cancer.

I had her buried in the pet cemetery. She had a little coffin with a pretty blanket and a little pillow for her head.

I felt like I had lost my daughter 😢

RavVid · Answer

Indeed. They shared their life with you and if you don't mourn you didn't deserve them.

If you don't morn the passing of a relative, friend or pet then it means they weren't anything to you and that would be very sad.

It took 12 months after my dog died to consider a new pet because it seemed disloyal to replace him sooner.

Massageman · Answer

Yeah- I sure did. Lost her about 6 months ago. She lived nearly 4 years after the vet gave her 2 1/2, so I thank God for that extra time with her.  My Boston.

Makeushiver · Answer

Yes, it can be a very sad time. People often think it's weird to become that attached to a pet but in some cases I think it's easier to mourn the loss of a pet than a person, A pet rarely has any faults that you can attribute to his/her deliberate behavior and humans seem to just ask for it sometimes

ShadezMcgee · Answer

Oh yeah. Losing my dog hurt like hell. Felt empty and literally isolated myself after work fornanwhole week dealing with it. It happened right before the pandemic.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

Me and animals aren't very close. Most household pets, I'm allergic to. I tend to view most others as either food, pests, or something to be left alone.

I do feel sad if my plants die, and even sadder if my electronics go kaput.

Avatar74 · Answer

I was absolutely inconsolable when my Boxer dog died, it might sound silly to some but its like losing a family member

AshleySeeks · Answer

My cat died almost 3 weeks ago. It still hurts. Had her for 18 years. Made this for her

420Rachel · Answer

Yes... My childhood dog passed away when I was a teenager and I still think about him and miss him. He was the best boy...

NathanDavis · Answer

yes, they are my friends and family too... not just pets (=

AviatorTom · Answer

Of course I do. The pet has been a part of the family, and any family loss is sad.

SeriouslyFunny00 · Answer

Yeah. I mourned for my pet chick, even tho I just got it from the carnival.. I treat my pet as my baby. 🐥😔

ChiTown33 · Answer

I would hope everybody does. But I don't put an animals nearly on par with a humans if that's what you mean.

FriendlyDrugDealer · Answer

I’ve lost fish as pets but I have a family Dog and if I lost him? Yeah I’d be pretty bummed out for a while

AddylynnNightingale · Answer

I do, they have been a part of your life for many years.

EaterPeter · Answer

I do. I am very bad at it. I can't handle it at all. It's been years since my beloved pet passed away. My eyes gets watery every time unmistakably when I think or try to write about him.

Twalli · Answer

Of course, they sleep in my room. I also walk and feed them daily, so they are more connected with me than anyone else. If I am gone for a day they keep wandering around the house looking for me. My parents shot a video once.

aWes0MeNeSs · Answer

Of course! I would be very leery of anyone who doesn't.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

It still breaks my heart whenever I think about her.

Fuentes · Answer

Yes I do I have had fish, rabbit and Cats all die. My mom's family cat passed he lived for 23 years, pretty rare too for a cat & I see him in my dreams. But I don't cry about it, I'm a man.

Sparkie460 · Answer

Yes I most definitely do. They are not pets, they are a part of the family.

ohsheeT · Answer

Of course they're part of your family they're just like having a kid

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Of course. Sometimes i have random memories that bring tears to my eyes.

clampfan101 · Answer

Pets are part of the family, and often have bigger hearts than most humans. 😢 (And sometimes seem smarter than most humans these days. 🤣)

Hardworkingguy · Answer

Well when my cat died back in 2016 I was very sad and I guess I did something similar to that because I had her ever since she was a little kitten almost 17 years with me

Hotboy_booblover · Answer

Yes I cried for a kitty for 2 days.. when a dog ate it

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, I do mourn my pets when they pass away.

qwert1234 · Answer

Yes for dogs and birds. For my fish, no. Now that I think about it, I feel bad.

TroyDT · Answer

I probably will. My boys (German Shepherds) are getting up there, already a couple of years past the lower end of normal life expectancy.

AimeeKyle · Answer

Absolutely, it’s a big loss. Pets are a part of the family.

Havthrills · Answer

Yes. I do. I sometimes still think of some I had in the past. They were sweeties.

Tigerbait6 · Answer

Of course. They’re part of my family, and losing them is emotionally excruciating.

moviedude714 · Answer

I don't even want to think about the day my dog Buster passes away 😞😢

MysteriousDarkness · Answer

I do for every pet that has been a part of my life since I consider them family.

altaboy · Answer

My dog, yes, absolutely I mourned. I still miss her even though that was many years ago.

bigpauly · Answer

My dog died 5 years ago and I’m still not completely over over it.

pizzalovershouse · Answer

When a kid yes but I haven't had pets due to so many died from deases of body

Still-alive · Answer

Yes. i still mourn over my old cat going away and never coming back :(

Pleaznhim4me · Answer

Of course. I’m not a socio.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

I am legitimately concerned for those who don't mourn for their pets passing away.

Shy_Steve · Answer

I think it's a Normal Human Reaction for us to Mourn.

Zolly99999 · Answer

Yes all the time.. I have a urn ⚱️ for one of my dogs...

Guardian45 · Answer

What pet did you mourn? Did you have a service for it?

melanieeeB · Answer

Of course, have you lost a pet lately?

dolemite89 · Answer

it honestly makes me more sad then when some people pass away

BLP11520 · Answer

Kind of, miss them , dogs live about 13 years

YollyM · Answer

No I don't even though I feel said.. actually what even is mourning?

PamelaRivers · Answer

Yes, they are family

misfittoy · Answer

Of course, they are one of the family

Lucy68 · Answer

Yes I do mourn for them

Jeansnowstarkbastard · Answer

Of course i do. Our pets are part of the family.

XXblack88 · Answer

Yes they are part of the family.

AsaKyo · Answer

I do too :( <3 <3 <3

Cecinene · Answer

Why would I mourn for them besides they are just animals.

OddBeMe · Answer

I’m still morning my childhood pet.

richgentlem4n · Answer

For sure I do.

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