Sad news, Cutetropolitans: reader Squiddy’s beloved cat Nefertiti, who first visited us in 2016 with many return visits since then, has passed away. Says Squiddy:
Since you all have seemed to enjoy my little love bucket almost as much as I have, I wanted to share one of the last pictures I took of my sweet Nefertiti, who passed away today at age 10. She was purring up till the last moment. She always thought she was beautiful and deserving of the adoration of strangers. Which she was.
I’m so, so sorry. 10 is way too young. She was beautiful. I will miss her photographic visits here.
My sincere condolences on the lost of Nefertiti. She was indeed beautiful and deserving of adoration.
My heart goes out to you, Squiddy. Nefertiti was all the good things she thought she was. The space she leaves behind her is full of memories.
I am so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you
I’m so sorry for the loss of your dear baby girl. I know you gave her the best life possible and you were lucky to have had each other. Please know that our hearts and thoughts are with you. ❤
I am sorry about the loss of your beautiful Nefertiti. Always remember that you gave her a good life.
Yes! That is the most important thing to remember! She loved you. She had fun with you. Remember those times.
Aw Squiddy, sending hugs your way. Thank you for sharing such a noble feline with us. She always reminded me of my Echo, who also died far too young.
So sorry, Squiddy! 😢 Nefertiti was a lovely addition to the occasional Caturday.
My best friend’s grandfather passed away yesterday morning, too. He turned 96 in May.
Today I’m going to a baby shower (baby boy due in October) and I get to meet the baby from the last shower (who is two months old today). And the circle of life continues…
Oh beautiful Nefertiti. I’m so sorry for your loss Squiddy. Thank you for sharing her with us!
So very sorry for your loss, Squiddy. Nefertiti got plenty of well-deserved adoration and love from you. Ursula met her in the great beyond to welcome her and show her the ropes. They might be sharing some catnip right now!
I’m sitting at my computer bargaining with myself about running 2 brief errands. I just don’t want to go anywhere right now, even if it means I don’t have dinner tonight. But if I don’t leave the house first thing, I never leave. Sigh. Better get moving.
I know that feeling. I have no choice because I have to go somewhere. Need to leave in an hour and a half and still putzing around on the computer and haven’t gotten in the shower.
So sorry to her about your baby. She was so beautiful and special.
What a beautiful little girl. No matter how much time we have with them, they leave us far too soon. But I hope good memories comfort you, and that you’re reunited with her someday. Condolences.
Goodbye Nefertiti! You were loved, and you will be missed. Please purr up a storm when you meet all our Animal Friends on the Other Side.
So sorry for your loss, Squiddy. 🙁 Prayers & purrs headed your way
So sorry for your loss. Animals write themselves onto our hearts indelibly, so a part of her will always be with you.
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What a lovely cat she was, Squiddy. It’s hard to believe that it will be three years tomorrow since I lost my little Daisy the day before I moved house.
Latest instalment in the Saga of Alice Shortcake’s Dad: yesterday’s attempt to remove the detested catheter didn’t work and the hospital phoned me to say that he was flatly refusing to have it re-inserted. When I picked him up from the hospital I had to explain to him that this course of action would result in him being re-admitted as an in-patient within a couple of days, at which point he gave in. When we got back home he seemed resigned to it, at least for the time being, and at least he’s eating normally and walking without a frame inside the house. Dealing with an elderly parent really is like having to cope with a toddler.
So true, Alice. They are like toddlers for similar reasons, I believe.
They resent not having the control they crave over their lives. Ye gosh!
I must be careful of this; I’m pushing eighty myself. *retreating to
favorite chair, carefully*.
Alice, you’re a wonderful daughter. Hope you dad can lose the catheter soon.
Thanks, Debg. I keep telling myself that as hard as things can sometimes be it’s still easier to cope with than my late mother’s bipolar disorder!
It was indeed far too young, but now she can cuddle again with her beloved brother Katya, which helps.
I had one day of a cat-free house and I couldn’t stand it, so I jumped right back on the merry go round again and got me two little kittens, who I hope will grace this site for years to come.
I also made a little shrine for her, complete with flowers, her collar, and a bit of her fur, which I added to the collar and fur I kept from Katya. I keep them in my living room, so they can still see all the action of the house and feel part of it all. Plus I have a painting of the two of them in my bedroom so I can wake up to it every morning. Every animal that we love just adds to the amount of happiness in the world, and doesn’t diminish when they leave us.
I have a painting in my bedroom of my gone kittehs, Minkette and Wacket, on the dresser across from my bed. A friend has a business that provides help for people to paint what they would like themselves. You give them a photograph, they draw an outline of the picture, and then you go there and they help you paint it yourself.
I’ve been known to adopt kittens or cats right after losing one. It’s my preferred form of grief therapy. Good for you! Can’t wait to see them!
This time around, since I’ve got too many cats, I’m spoiling everybody who remains.
Squiddy, I am sorry Nefertiti is no longer with you, but has gone
to what the Ancient Egyptians called “The Land that Loveth Silence”.
You will miss her mightily. My Ben-Him is showing her what’s what
there. He left in 1991, and I still think of him and our pooch, Phred, who left in 1973.
Squiddy, I’m so sorry – having lost my dear Purdita just a few months ago I’m still pretty touchy and reading about your dear Nefertiti goes right to my heart along with attendant waterworks. I hope all these lovely comments from your fellow Cutetropolitans give you some consolation.
Correction to the post: The photo of Nefertiti was oriented incorrectly, so that’s fixed. Also, Squiddy sends these two photos, the first of Nefertiti with her older brother Katya.
And here are Squiddy’s two new kittens!
I’m the first to say it: SQUEEEEEEEEE. What are the babies’ names?
Katya and Nefertiti were stunning together.
Aw, such pretty kitties 🙂
Squiddy, sorry about the loss the loss of beautiful Nefertiti, may her many memories bring you comfort. Purring till the end, how special.
Oh Squiddy I can feel your pain. Goodbye sweet Nefertiti. You will not be forgotten. I am hoping we can all reunite with our precious fur babies one day.
Ahhhh. What a beautiful kitty. Reading all the comments shows that loving and losing a pet seems to increase our love for the next. So pets help human love grow.
So sorry for your loss.
I think you’re absolutely right about human love growing!