I had 2 senior cats last year and kept telling them to let me know if the time came. Both did, 9 weeks apart. I knew in very different ways but both made it clear. I had to euthanize both; I hoped they would just pass away in their sleep but it just doesn't work that way a lot of the time. I have no regrets about it as both were very ill and either had no quality of life or would have lost it within a day or two.

Losing them both was incredibly hard. I started feeling ready to think about adopting kittens about 2 months after the 2nd one died and brought home my brother-sister pair of fluffballs 5 months after the 2nd loss. They've been very healing for me although I definitely needed to wait as long as I did to be ready.

It's a hard way to lose a pet but it's not horrible to experience. I thought I could never be there for it but it was peaceful and extremely fast and I'm glad I was there for both.