Sorry to hear this.

People will say it is just a cat, but it was YOUR cat.

There is some good advice in this thread.

I've read it several places but google it. Its an average but most say an indoor cat will live about three times as long as an outdoor cat because of all the dangers they are exposed to.

Thanks Buehler. Its just a cat until its always there through some of your hardships. Sometimes animals are more helpful to be around then humans

The best you can hope for is that they go peacefully in their sleep.

Yeah, I know. I sure don't look forward to it, though. And since they're brothers, it'll be really hard on the survivor. Plus my wife, who has had them since the day they were born.

I've met a lot of shitty people and very few shitty animals.

I guess location might have something to it...as well as how tough your cat is.

I had a cat in a small town that was an indoor/outdoor cat from the time that it was about a year old.Used to knock on the screen door when he wanted back in.

He was about 10 when he disappeared.

Yup thats how mine was. A few months ago he disappeared for a few days and I was worried. This time he was gone for a few days and I wasnt worried go figure

I have some friends who have a cat that's probably older than that who is an indoor/outdoor. Some certainly defy the odds.

Jesus the more I read about indoor vs outdoor cat averages really pisses me off

Don't beat yourself up over it - what's done is done. Your cat may be gone, but you gave it a good home and took care of it. And if it got hit by a car, it probably didn't suffer.

Heh. My aunt has a similar cat.

One weekend I had a wedding in Lawrence, so I went to stay with her. She was out of town, but my cousin was home. I get there and get a text message from my cousin saying I should let myself in and could I please let out the dog. So I do. And SHOOOM! Out goes the cat. :eek: I'm currently operating under the assumption that the cat is an indoor cat (Lawrence afterall) and I just ****ed up bad. So wife and I go trapsing through the back alleys of Lawrence with my ****ing flashlight chasing this cat. I was shining my flashlight in people's back yards. I'm surprised I'm not in jail. Anyway we chase this thing for like half an hour and it finally goes back in. Please note that we did nothing to get the cat back in, it decided it was time.

So I tell my cousin about it and she says it goes out all the time. No big deal :cuss:

That cat is probably 10 also.

Thats what I hope

I've had the misfortune to run over two cats in my life. Both were tire shots, and I didn't have time to brake or swerve or anything - I just saw the flash of fur and felt the double bump. Absolutely nothing I could do in either case. Sure felt like shit over it, though. Still do. :(

I never have *knock on wood*. But I've delivered the news a couple times. Sucks.