[Califreak]

Thank you for all of your kind and thoughtful responses.

They were a great comfort to me and my family.

[Jet Jaguar]

I have had to put down two great dogs, and three great cats.

It always hurts.

I have a cat bumping me right now that will be number four.

He is good old guy.

It hurts. I know.

[Northern Yankee]

You're most welcome.

Have a blessed Holy Week.

[Nowhere Man]

Thank you for all of your kind and thoughtful responses.

They were a great comfort to me and my family.

Yeah, I feel your pain. I lost one cat in 2004, two cats in 2006, two in 2007 and one in 2008. All were up there in age, one of them was 19 years and 8 days when she passed on although one was barely five when he had kidney failure. My oldest now is 9 years old, I pray that it will be a long time before I feel such pain again but, yes, we are all here for anyone who has lost a pet. I went down from 9 cats to 4, we did get a new kitten in 2007, otherwise, it would be 3 cats.