Middle Sib asked me to look for Chestnut about an hour ago bc they realized they hadn't seen him most of the day

oh NO

We found him dead, under Mom and Dad's bed, on the body heat reflecting bed.

oh nan

He really loved that spot.

god I'm so sorry

So uh yeah. We'd already woken the folks.

oh nan oh my god

hugsyou so much

it sounds like he went there to pass away peacefully

Um. We all did our best to comfort Middle Sib.

Yeah. hugehugs transilience

Thank you.

is middle sib doing all right?

mistakesweremade - yeah I'm sure he did. It would have bee3n very warm and very safe, surrounded by the household smells

And he was overall in good health and active right up to the end: he'd started to lose enough weight for it to be perceptible just this last week and we were talking about maybe adjusting his feeding

In retrospect it seems obvious that was a big signal but that's just hindsight.

sometimes it is, and sometimes it's just about adjusting the food. you couldn't have known.

Middle Sib is very very sad but seems - to be as ok as possible? Considering Middle Sib and the circs.

Yeah. I'm not mad at myself. He was a very happy and extremely loving and engaged kitty.

how old was chestnut, do we know?

He felt safe with us. He had fun & he liked to pick special spots to sleep & hang out in the kitchen when people cooked, and he slow blinked and purred and directed us to sit where he wanted us to make him a lap.

He lived with us for nearly three years and I know they were very good years for him.

I think from what Z has told us he was 12.

Which is a pretty respectable age.

huuuuuugs

Especially considering his asthma and that there was second hand smoke in the home he was living in before.

huuuuuugs

poor little buddy. I hope he went easy

you guys gave him a very comfortable retirement and a loving family

I'm just really sad and confused bc death is confusing and doesn't make sense to me as a mortal being

So I'm sad.

yeah. hugs

transilience - me too. I am glad he got to pick his place of passage.

mistakesweremade - thank you. I believe we did. He was such a good cat.

I'm sorry

anothersadsong - /draws hearts around you

Thank you

honeyfoot - thank you. It's hard when we lose friends

Buried Mr Chestnut and raised a low cairn over him.

hugshugshugs

He was such a good cat and took such excellent care of all of us, especially Middle Sib who needed him very badly.

transilience - /huuuuuuuugs