I committed murder. Now what do I do?

Post by **bio** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 10:44 pm

Coming home this evening, was pretty normal. I hit the remote for my garage door as I pulled up to the drive, waited for the door to rise, then pulled in.

My wife hadn't quite gotten home yet, but by looking at my watch I knew she was close, so I left the garage door open and had a smoke to pass the time. We have a couple of cats that live in our garage (because they have habits that aren't exactly in tune with living inside my house). We feed and water them daily, and since we smoke in the garage (or outside, weather permitting) they get quite a bit of attention as well.

My wife pulled up, had a quick smoke with me, then we went into the house, hitting the button for the garage door on the way in. It started to close, but then went back up... a typical thing, as the cats have a tendency to suddenly decide to rush in our out when they see their options going away.

We waited for the cat that wanted in and then hit the button again. This time it went down and stayed down.

We went inside, spent 10 minutes discussing the evening's plans, and then headed back out via the garage to go pick up dinner and some beer from the store. The garage door went up, and as I rounded my car, I noticed something disturbing:

One of our two garage cats, Icon, was lying half crushed along the line of the door. Apparently she made a mad dash for the door just as it was nearly closed and managed to get her head and shoulders underneath before the door came down.

It doesn't appear that she suffered (read: no wild claw marks at the scene of the crime, no fur tufts drifting around) and we were still in the garage for a few moments after the door shut and didnâ€™t hear anything (my car blocked the view) so I'm assuming it was pretty quick for her.

My wife feels guilty, I feel guiltyâ€¦ and that brings me to my question: what do you do with a dead cat?

baldy · Post by **baldy** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:28 am

you have a cantonese restaurant nearby?

sorry ... i should have the decency to blush and go into hiding after that remark...

but i do know what NOT to do....

DONT put the cat in the freezer... bad idea... ppl might think you .. eeeerm disturbed....

dig a big hole, bury it, then in 5 years time dig up the pieces and make a kewl cat skeleton

i can help with the digging... it will stop me buying purrcat even more beer

seriously, sorry bout the cat
at least it was quick

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:03 pm

Oh God, Tone, I'm so sorry.

I had a pet mouse once when I was young that I accidently leaned on with my leg, and I think I broke his neck or back. He jumped around for a few seconds and squeeked loudly before dying. It was horrible, I cried all day and I still feel bad to this day. It's odd, but as scary as it is to understand what happened to your poor kitty, it's true that these kinds of deaths are generally so quick that there's no suffering. Just know that it was an accident, and you don't garner poor karma from things like this. I agree with the idea of burying her. Bring your kids, and have a small ceremony to say goodbye to your little furry friend. Let them cry, let them know it's okay to miss her. My first real and ongoing dealings with death were with my pet dog, Pretty, who died when I was 15. Sure, other pets I had died before her (rodents and fish), but hers disturbed me for a long time. I remember crying a lot that summer, and I still miss her. She was a great fucking dog. Huge and black and bear-like, she was protective of me and was my constant companion. She showed up on our doorstep one day, and attached herself to me. She wouldn't leave my bedside that night. When JC and I got married, my Mom commisioned a painting from one of her good friends who was an artist of me and Pretty. It was beautiful. I unwrapped it in our kitchen with my friends and family standing around me, and I cried like a baby right there in front of them all when I saw it. Unfortunately, I lost it when all of our stuff was stolen this last year out of storage.

I have pictures of it, though, I'll try and scan it in when we unbox our things. Oddly enough, the artist friend actually died this last November, too. And then another family friend died this January, and that's whose house JC and I are moving into. Which brings us full circle. Tone, I am really, honestly, truly sorry for the loss of your cat. Let me know if you need to chat, ok?

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:45 pm

dude, you killed your cat?

hmm, guess burying it is the way to go, but with your dogs I might not do that. Maybe call the pound or something like that. They should have ways of disposing of it.

Good thing you have a several others. Sorry man.

Post by **bio** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:44 pm

eddiecanuck wrote:dude, you killed your cat?

Now wasn't that morbid?

I appreciate kind words and suggestions, but I've pretty much taken care of things already.

I couldn't burry her in the yard because I have two very large breed dogs (and they would just dig her back up... one last chance to play with kitty *shudder*). Nor could I take her to the humane society, because they would pump her full of formaldehyde and ship her off to WSU for dissection (again *shudder*).

So... I gently placed her in a plastic bag and put her in the can.

While this may sound callous, I think it's best. Here in Spokane, we have a waste-to-energy plant. All the refuse collected in the city is hauled to the incinerator and is burned to heat water (which creates steam, which turns a turbine, which makes electricity, which makes my electric shaver go "buzzzzzz" in the mornings).

By the end of next Monday, Icon will be a couple of kilowatts... I'll take a moment to remember her while be illuminated by her.

Stingray · Post by **Stingray** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:00 pm

bio wrote:So... I gently placed her in a plastic bag and put her in the can.

Well my 6 y/o had a suggestion while trying to read over my shoulder which was to flush her down the toilet. <LoL> After I recovered from the mental image of you attempting to flush your kitty I explained to her what had happened thinking she had not understood your post. Of this I was right, because she wondered why your gold fish was in the garage anyway. Still you have my condolences... loss of any family member even a pet is heart felt.

Post by **bio** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:57 am

Stingray wrote:Well my 6 y/o had a suggestion while trying to read over my shoulder which was to flush her down the toilet.

That was discussed... she's too big.

The only way we could have done that would have been messy.

I'm sicking to the "kitties to kilowatts" plan.

JerDevil · Post by **JerDevil** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 3:27 pm

Love the pic you made. Or did you?
How low to the ground was your sensor again.
I'm building a garage in a month or so, and need to know how low to go.
Note: I have a very stupid cat.
The only reason its lasted this long is pure dumb luck. Just hope it lasts though construction.

Post by **bio** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 4:37 pm

JerDevil wrote:Love the pic you made. Or did you?
How low to the ground was your sensor again.
I'm building a garage in a month or so, and need to know how low to go.
Note: I have a very stupid cat.
The only reason its lasted this long is pure dumb luck. Just hope it lasts though construction.

1) Yeah... I made it.
2) 4" (that should have been low enough... they're practically laying on the ground!)

Good luck!

I committed murder. Now what do I do?

I committed murder. Now what do I do?

Dude you're getting another cat!

Re: Dude you're getting another cat!