Apologies for non participation
Now that I have read this, I know how much it hurts you.
My ginger cat lady was taken in as a stray orphan and lived with us for about 18 years. An animal leaves a gap just like everything else, I still think of her today and this after 4 years. . . And you will also remember the great times with your four-legged friend.
It's ‘life’.
Michel-C.