My beautiful cat


I let her out at about 10am then went to work.

Got a phone call of a lady at about 2pm saying she had found my cat dead

She said it looked like she had been hit by a car.


Im heartbroken and ever so angry at someone. Not because they ran over my cat but because they then dumped her 4 miles from home.

There is no way she walked there herself across so many main rd's and down the A6.
No chance in hell.

She would hardly leave the doorstep only to do her business

Why would someone do that. Haven't told any of my neighbours but one of them is being very funny with us and being overly friendly.

Anyway she is being cremated on Thursday and we can go get her Monday probably. Im sat with her collar bawling.

Sorry for long post

She looked so peacefull. Only blood from her nose and ear. The rest of her just looked like she was sleeping.

Sleep well Emily xxxxxxxx

My cat died last year and in the past I have lost cats to car accidents, its just part of the risk when you have a cat in a city. So sad for your loss, just remember the great life and love you gave her.

I live in the country side down a private rd . She no way walked down the A6 4 miles.

Sorry for your loss today and send my sincerest sympathy to you. I know there must be no words that can console you and the pain you are feeling right now. I can see from what you have said part of the closure is going to be understanding what exactly happened as I am sure you also feel a great deal of anger and confusion. Ask all the neighbours tomorrow if anyone saw or heard anything.

I am so sorry.

Ohh Mrs Oggy, I am so sorry. I wish I could say something that would help to heal the sorrow that you're feeling now, I know how much it hurts.
You gave Emily years of love and kindness, and that is so special. I really am so sorry, being a cat lover (and owner of six at the moment) I do understand how much it'll hurt right now. I've had to say goodbye a couple of times to cats who've been in rta's, and you never really understand why, or how, especially if it's unusual for them to be where they were.

Take care Mrs Oggy, I'll send a message up to my brood on Rainbow bridge to send a welcome to her. xxx

Sweet dreams Emily.xxx

I've lost a cat to an RTA so I understand how you feel, it is a terrible shock.

It is incomprehensible that someone would move the body such a distance away, but thankfully that was counteracted by the kindness of the lady who took the trouble to call you and let you know she had found her. It would have been even worse never to know what had happened to her.

Will be thinking of you.

(((MrsOggy)))

I'm so very sorry for the loss of your darling Emily
It does sound suspiciously like one of your neighbours accidentally ran over Emily and then moved her
Did she have a collar with your phone number on? Is that how the lady was able to contact you?
I'm so glad you were able to get Emily back and have a certain amount of closure rather than never knowing.
I've taken 3 fatal RTA's to the vets in the past 6 months in the hope that they would be microchipped and their owners informed. Sadly none of them were

Again I am so very sorry for your loss xx

R.I.P. Emily xx Play hard at the Bridge little one xx

Yes she had a tag with my phone number , house number and postcode.

The lady who found her phoned me again this evening and told me that the cat was not on the road when she found her, She was on the grass verge on the other side of the pavement.
The vet said from the head injury that it would have been instant. No chance she could have walked from the road after being hit.

It's horrible thinking it might be someone you know who did this. I had the same thoughts when my Oscar was hit since I live in a fairly quiet cul-de-sac. My boys now wear collars with my details printed on as well as being microchipped. It can make the difference as a lot won't bother taking a cat to be scanned but if there's a phone number on the collar they will call.
I'm so sorry. I hope you can start smiling at the good memories soon xx

The catbox is deeply upset at your loss Mrs Oggy, as cats ourselves me & Mrs T share the pain you must be feeling right now, as they come into your life and remain a part of it forever

Emily was a huge part of your life and no-one can take that away from you..................

I really think people should think twice before letting cats roam near roads. It's a bit of a sore point for me. Having said that, I'm sorry for your loss but if you get a new cat or kitten, maybe you should reconsider letting it out near roads. If you want another dead cat, well, it's your choice, let it roam near roads and if it dies you'll have to live with that. Sorry to be blunt or harsh but people have to try to understand cats and roads don't mix. Cats do not have the capacity to know how fast cars are going.

I would guess about 95% of the population in the UK live on a road, never mind near a road, so that isn't very practical advice. Mrs O lives on a private road in the countryside, couldn't get much better from a cat's point of view.

Hope you are feeling a tiny bit better today Mrs O.

Floopy ~ With respect there is a time and a place for comments like that and this isn't it.
The OP has just lost a precious member of her family and you have no idea of the geographical layout of her area. We all live near roads whether they are quiet country lanes or dual carraigeways...we have to use our judgement but cats are still at risk even in quiet areas.

MrsOggy Im so sorry for your loss

Read my earlier post befor you judge. I have said I live in the country side down a private road. No where near a main rd!

Oh dear I am sorry and you would have thought a country road would be safe.

My old cat died mysteriously too and it took me two years to get a new one.

I will be thinking of you.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I had to say goodbye to my house rabbit Chloe last week and I picked up her ashes last night. Its been an awful time, mum keeps thinking she can hear her scoot about, my first thought whilst food shopping was 'must get carrots for Chlo' . We miss her so very much. Its so hard walking past an empty cage.

I came across an RTA dead cat in the road once. I moved it onto the pavement to prevent the body being horribly squashed by another car when/if the owners wanted to collect it, (to try to save them any additional distress) which they did after I phoned the number on it's collar to let them know and to tell them where to find the cat so it may not have been the person who ran her over who moved her.
So sorry for your loss, at least she didn't suffer and yes from personal experience of losing a cat to a fatal RTA it is much better to know that to worry endlessly if the cat just disappears without trace.

Quite. We used to live in the middle of nowhere, down a quiet country lane which only experienced a few cars a day. Two of our cats still got run over! It's gutting but unless you keep your cat indoors all the time, it's always a risk. My cat Missy is a house cat through choice - she can go out when she wants but she very rarely does as she doesn't like rain, cold, getting dirty or other cats - and I am secretly rather pleased about that.

MrsOggy, I am so sorry. That's the downside of the joy that pets bring, you know you will lose them one day. But the pros far outweigh the cons, even if they are not with us forever.

Hi, I just wanted to say sorry for your loss.

I know it is little consolation, but at least you know what happened to darling Emily. My cat was run over a few months ago now and I know it is unbearable to think of why he was where he was and what happened, but at least we got him back and he's buried in the garden now. My sis lost a cat a few years ago and she still can't quite get over it because she never got the cat back even though someone told her she saw the cat had been run over quite some distance away (the Council had taken her away) .

It takes a long time to get over something like this, so take it easy and best wishes.

So sorry xx