ShrodingersCat and elindra, I, too, understand how it feels to
lose a pet.

Since I moved here, I've had two cats. The first one had the habit
of jumping out of the kitchen window to gallivant outside. She did
it thrice and the third time, I suspect she left to die cause she
had a very very bad cold and would sneeze and spray greenish-yellow
snot all over! Yucks! Was going to bring her to the vet, but she
went missing each time! On her last night, I felt something was
different because she sat there, looking at me with this funny look
in her eyes, almost like she wanted to talk to me... such a tender
look... different from her 'normal' days... I knew then that
something ominous was going to happen and was determined to bring
her to the vet's immediately the next day. But that very night, she
left... and was never found again.
God bless her!
When Cody went missing, I cried a lot too!
Till today, I still miss Cody. 