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Last night we said goodbye to the Goddess Athena, my 17 year old kitten. She is on Olympus now. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by thesprongler@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry for your loss, she looks a very determined individual in the first picture

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

She was wise beyond her years. Not always the best behaved but always perfect.

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ᛖᛁᛖᛋ ᛒᚱᛁᚷᚻᛏ,

ᚳᛚᚪᚹᛋ ᛋᚻᚪᚱᛈ,

ᛏᚪᛁᛚ ᚻᛖᛚᛞ ᚻᛁᚷᚻ.

ᚷᚩ ᚳᛖᛖᚾᛚᛁ ᛁᚾᛏᚩ ᚦᛖ ᛘᛁᛋᛏ, ᛁᚩᚢᛝ ᚹᚪᚱᚱᛡᚱ.

ᚠᚪᛚᚻᚪᛚᛚᚪ ᚹᚪᛁᛏᛋ ᚠᚩᚱ ᛁᚩᚢ.

Eyes bright,

claws sharp,

tail held high.

Go keenly into the mist, young warrior.

Valhalla waits for you.

[–] ItchySunItchyKnee@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My condolences :(

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. Hug and kiss your pet extra for me today.

[–] ItchySunItchyKnee@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I will pet both my kittens (also named after Gods (of destruction)) ❤️

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Sorry for your loss, she will be awaiting you in olympus.

[–] whinestone_cowboy@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What a beautiful girl. So sorry.

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

3 white socks (one got lost in the laundry), a perfect bib and raccoon tail. Thank you.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Their lives are too short!!

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Indeed.

[–] Shayreelz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

We lost our Athena 2 years ago now. I have fond memories of her and how it felt like her name got to her head (definitely felt she should be treated like the goddess of wisdom)

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My sincere condolences. I lost my 16 year old cat to cancer this year. Try to remember the good times.

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This was a large growth that was likely cancerous in her bowels. Operable but not without great pain. I am focusing on the great times and pictures I have with her.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, I think you made the right call. Knowing when to fight and hold on and when to help them go is the hardest part of having pets.

She had the best life a cat could ask for and you gave that to her.

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Thank you for saying that. I told the vet I felt guilty, and she just responded "Don't." You can't ask them to make the decision for you, but hearing that made me feel like I made the best of two terrible decisions.

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Remember the good, and bad (all times with pets are good really).

Athena Rules!

Long will she reign in your heart.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Im sorry for your loss OP... I just recently lost my siamese to renal disease. I shared 17 years with her as well. She was my friend and my sister and i will miss her a lot. We will all meet again at the End of time..

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm so sorry. Most of my cats lived to be 20 but one of them passed very unexpectedly at 9 years due to cancer. You'll heal from this and the good memories will be with you forever.