Jamietsa

Dear Katinthecat, I am so so sorry to hear of your loss. A very similar thing happened to me only on Saturday. I know exactly how you feel. I am filled with such guilt and sorrow. If only I had done things different. I had seen my cat moments before on our spare bed, I went in and gave her a little cuddle and then went to my washer dryer, took out some items that couldn't be machine dried, went to hang them up then returned to the machine closed the door and the drying cycle started. She must have come out of the spare room and sneaked into the machine. I heard nothing, no thuds, no meows. It was an utter shock and complete disbelief when I found her. Nothing will bring my Orca back ( that was her name, she is the beautiful cat on my profile picture). I just wanted to offer you my support, and I hope you and your family are OK. My thoughts are with you all :((( xxxxxxx

Dear Kayc, I would like to say thank you so much for the welcome and your kind words of comfort. I have done a little reading and knowing I am not alone and that there have been other people that have suffered the same tragic accident does comfort me a little. I know that this is something that I will carry with me for the rest of my days. I have always been such an animal lover, a member of sea shepherd and other animal organisations. It just fills me with so much sorrow that I was the one to close the door. Thank you so much once again, just your reply has been a comfort and I very much appreciate the link to the other post. All the best Jamie

Hi everyone, I was searching online to just see if anyone has experienced something similar to what I have just experienced and I have, thanks to this site, so it has been a little help thank you. Yesterday my beloved cat Orca, a beautiful, scatty and unique 1.5yr old Bengal died and it was all my fault. I feel sick to my stomach, and the pain is so bad. I was in total hysterics when I found her. She had climbed into the washer/dryer and completely unaware, I shut the door and turned it on for a 30 minute drying cycle. I heard absolutely nothing, no crying, no thudding, nothing. I can only think that she must have climbed in when I had gone to my bedroom to hang up some of the wet clothes. We have a washer dryer, so I opened it after the wash cycle, took out a few items that needed hanging as opposed to drying and made my way into the bedroom to hang them up. I then went back to the washer/dryer and closed the door and started the cycle. We have a front loading washer/dryer, so unless you bend down on your knees you can't see in. I wish, wish, wish I had checked. I wish that I had to add a couple more clothes to the machine, I can't stop thinking about it! At around her dinner time, I decided to feed her, I called and called for her but heard nothing. I took her food bag and shook it, that usually does the trick but nothing. I turned the apartment upside down and began to panic. I also went outside calling for her, as I thought she might have got out the window, but nothing. I then came back in and just said to myself "she must be somewhere, the little sneak". I didn't in a million years think she had got in the dryer. When I went to open the machine to take out my clothes, I could see her beautiful patterned fur amongst them all! I couldn't believe it, I pulled her out as fast as I could, and for the slightest of seconds I thought she might be OK, but she wasn't. I can't get that image of her out of my mind, it is going to haunt me forever. I had seen her moments before I went to take out some of the wet clothes, she was, like normal, on the spare bed, half asleep. I went in and gave her a stroke and a cuddle and then went about my day. I can't, can't can't believe this has happened. I am always so worried about her, when I catch her near a window, or chewing fairy lights, I was always running around making sure she was safe, and now this. My heart is broken. She was my best pal, she would greet me from work and wake me up with my 'cat alarm' at 6:30am. She helped me through my break up!! I just feel so so sad! Sorry for the rant, but I needed to say something :(((((((((