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rampartd

(4,604 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:50 AM Dec 2025

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 2025 OP
Deepest condolences SheltieLover Dec 2025 #1
So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon Walleye Dec 2025 #2
I'm so sorry for your loss. Know that she passed in peace. sinkingfeeling Dec 2025 #3
I am so so sorry irisblue Dec 2025 #4
Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss wendyb-NC Dec 2025 #5
My heart goes out to you Klondike Kat Dec 2025 #6
Hugs hugs hugs Chicagogrl1 Dec 2025 #7
I'm deeply sorry for your loss' AltairIV Dec 2025 #8
💧❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #9
I know they are pets; tavernier Dec 2025 #10
So sorry. I know how you feel. Monsieur_Grumpe Dec 2025 #11
I'm so sorry. nt Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #12
🫂 mwmisses4289 Dec 2025 #13
Deepest sympathy orangecrush Dec 2025 #14
I'm so sorry QED Dec 2025 #15
My deepest condolences 💔 ejbr Dec 2025 #16
I'm sorry, ramparts. democrank Dec 2025 #17
I am so, so sorry EuterpeThelo Dec 2025 #18
My deepest condolences. HeartsCanHope Dec 2025 #19
aww, I'm so sorry. barbtries Dec 2025 #20
if there is another side i will not be short of felines. thanks. rampartd Dec 2025 #22
So sorry, rampartd 70sEraVet Dec 2025 #21
I'm so sorry for your loss KS Toronado Dec 2025 #23
Cats and dogs... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #24
I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd. MIButterfly Dec 2025 #25
I'm so sorry! redwitch Dec 2025 #26
I'm so sorry! Ocelot II Dec 2025 #27
So very Rebl2 Dec 2025 #28
I am sorry for your loss LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #29
Condolences to you and your wife radical noodle Dec 2025 #30
This makes me sad. We love them so much and then they leave. Polly Hennessey Dec 2025 #31
I am so sorry. Such a loss. LoisB Dec 2025 #32
My condolences on the loss of your friend Snowball Nigrum Cattus Dec 2025 #33
so sorry Skittles Dec 2025 #34
So sorry for your loss Dear_Prudence Dec 2025 #35
(((😿))) Deuxcents Dec 2025 #36
I'm so sorry cate94 Dec 2025 #37

SheltieLover

(80,312 posts)
1. Deepest condolences
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:00 AM
Dec 2025

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

Healing vibes on the way to you & your wife.

Walleye

(44,729 posts)
2. So sorry. I know the heartache. Hope your next companion comes soon
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:01 AM
Dec 2025

We will all grieve with you

wendyb-NC

(4,684 posts)
5. Oh that's sad, I'm so sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:18 AM
Dec 2025

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

EuterpeThelo

(332 posts)
18. I am so, so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:27 AM
Dec 2025

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

(31,301 posts)
20. aww, I'm so sorry.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:34 AM
Dec 2025

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

(5,465 posts)
21. So sorry, rampartd
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:39 AM
Dec 2025

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

(4,197 posts)
24. Cats and dogs...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:55 AM
Dec 2025

... 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

(2,683 posts)
25. I am so sorry for your loss, rampartd.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:20 AM
Dec 2025

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

(130,465 posts)
27. I'm so sorry!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:26 AM
Dec 2025

“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

(10,589 posts)
30. Condolences to you and your wife
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:49 AM
Dec 2025

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

Skittles

(171,634 posts)
34. so sorry
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:21 PM
Dec 2025
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

(1,171 posts)
35. So sorry for your loss
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:50 PM
Dec 2025

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

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