That's the awful part about loving someone animal or human, it hurts so damn much when you lose them. Tessa I got my cat when he was about 6 weeks old. He was so small he could fit in my hand, my son's girl friend got him for Mark and the 2 boys and their girlfriends were all standing in the hall when I got home one day with the kitten and begged me to let them keep him. I was just about ready to get myself a dog, but gave in and let them keep him. I called him Lucky - cos he was lucky to be here, that dear little kitten somehow clambered up on my bed that first night and under the sheets into my arms and there he has been ever since. He just never clicked with either of the boys who are both cat lovers, so he is my cat now.