my beautiful black cat domino was 10 years old when he died. he appears to have been knocked down by a car and died of a brain heomorrage. i loved him so much and wish he was still here. my other cat, douglas is missing him also.

he was a cat full of character, loving, funny, sometimes

wild! i loved the way he would 'talk' to me. he died on

just three days ago. i last saw him in my kitchen around

5.30pm. about an hour later i heard a strange sound coming

from outside my front door. my vet tells me this was domino's distress call. i raced to the door but when i opened it he was gone. he had crawled under my neighbours

van and died there. when i went to call him in on friday evening, of course he didnt come and i was so worried for him. i went to work the following morning and when i returned home, my mother had found him after my neighbour

had moved his van and she saw him lying there. she wrapped him up and put him in our shed. when i came home i wanted

to see him, it didnt look like him, his shiny coat was no longer shiny and he was so cold. i am lost without him.

before my daughter was born it was just me and my cats and

of course they become like my children. he is being taken

to the crematorium today and i will be able to collect his

ashes next week. i have some of his fur which i will treasure forever. i feel so sad that he died on his own.

if only i had reached my front door sooner, i would have

seen him and been able to hold him while he slipped away. the thought of him dying alone and being left outside all

night in the rain just makes it so much harder to bear.

love you baby, always will.  my special boy. 

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