For those who knew Chester.

[JustROLLIN]

Sorry to hear that...Always a tough deal.

My Siamese is 16 years old, so I may be facing that someday soon as well.

[AJ]

Thanks everyone, it's just weird not having him chewing at the shower curtain, being a big buldge under the bed, having him wake you up in the middle of th enight with either a desire to scare the shit out of you by waking up to his stare down to a big gift of cat farts. He was just an awesome cat and the house just seems so empty without him.

Flo seems a little out of wack. She never cuddles at night with me, last night she crawled right under the covers with me. Normally she's at the foot of the bed with Chester till they fall asleep and he moves up to one of our pillows.

I miss the little (big actually) shit, but I'm sure we will soon give another stray a good home when the time comes.

[Onefast99gsx]

Sorry to hear the bad news. I'd be broken up if something happened to one of my own 2 cats. As mentioned above, cats are the greatest pets.

[Scrmegl]

Sorry to hear about your loss. We have 2 cats about that old and got them when we got married. I can't stand the thought of them not being here someday. They really do become family.

[stargirljulie]

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your kitty. I never got to meet him, but I'm sure you two gave him the best life he could ever have.

He sounds like he was a cool guy and I'm glad you're able to make a few laughs when writing about him describing his curtain chewing habits and being a big lazy cat. He'll always be remembered that way.

Again, so sorry to hear about Chester, but also know that he died so very peacefully in your arms.

[Tman1gtsi]

although I didn't know him or you, my regards becuase I am a huge cat lover and know what it's like :) take it easy man

[tpunx99GSX]

Oh man that sucks dude. Chester was a great cat, I remember seeing that mammoth for the first time and almost crapped my pants at the sight of just how big he was. Hell i never knew how strong aj was until he picked up chester, then i decided never to mess with him. lol.
He was a true Garfield cat. He will be missed.

[Kracka]

Sorry to hear that guys :( He seemed like a nice kitty. Glad you were at least able to hold him one last time while he was still alive rather than have him pass while you were in Iowa.

[Jana]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. It's been really hard, much harder than I could have ever imagined.

[FattyBoomBatty]

My family had two siamese cats of specific breeds - Cream point and Lilac Point both came from specialized breeders and were expensive cats, but in order to get those colors they were basically inbred and that creates somewhat unnatural traits in cats. The first one, the cream point was almost like a mentally retarded child, he would "talk" to us and could get his point accross clearly, but he would suck on and try to swallow his tail and eat your shoelaces with the shoes still on your feet. He killed himself when he ate a rope that was too large to pass through his intestines. Blood poisening. I was most attatched to that cat. The Lilac point was the runt of the litter and when we got him he couldn't maintain his own body temperature yet so he really liked the electric blanket. But he liked to chew on wires (like solder and paper clips and crap) and he died from what we think was heart failure. But those strange breeds only have a life span of about 5 years, and they both lived only about 5 years.

JustROLLIN - you are lucky, but I would assume you have a traditional siamese. They are pretty normal.