I just got off the phone with the Veterinarian,

[Attilatheblond]

3. Do NOT beat yourself up. Life is finite and, yeah, that hurts

but you can't fail when EVERY life has an expiration.

I have a psychologist pal who is also pretty spiritual in non-traditional sense. He always says, watch for a sign in about 3 days. Chances are something will get a message if you are open to receiving. And that's hard when you are grieving.

My pal always said to watch the behavior of any other pets in the house, sometimes they receive what we ignore or miss. My old dog and female cat moped for 2.5 days after we had to have the young cat put down due to a lung failure. Late on that third day, dog and female cat got REAL happy and seemed to be playing joyfully with something we couldn't see. They got much better after that and both started eating again after refusing food after we lost Pete. It was weird, but my friend just said 'Told ya'.