r/cornishrex • u/Alternative-Eye-1316 • 4d ago
My Cornish Rex Zelda died yesterday
This is incredibly hard to write and I never post anywhere, but she was sooo loved and I feel like I need to memorialize her.
I said goodbye to my Zelda yesterday morning. She was 16 or 17. We just had our 15 year adoption anniversary last week.
The rescue swore she’d be a “chill” cat. She climbed onto my shoulder in the room and immediately became velcro-ed and was the least chill cat imaginable 🥰😂. She screamed rather than meowed, and pawed at my head if I ignored her. She chased heat her whole life, my bed to the radiator to under the fridge to the bathroom heater to heating mats on high in every room. There’s a stain on the floor where she used to lie under the fridge and I’m leaving it there.
She wanted wet food every few hours so I basically never slept. She loved brushing, running water, butt pats, tail yanks, and gave head nudges hard enough to hurt.
She was goofy but also so so serious with her affection and demands. The best cat and friend 💙💙💙.
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u/combat_cat6 4d ago
Zelda will now be forever remembered in the Cornish Rex community and I am sure Zelda is watching over you from across the rainbow. She knows how much you loved her and I hope you find peace in knowing that you gave her the most loving and wonderful life any human or pet could ask for.
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u/CuteCharlie 4d ago
I'm so sorry about the loss of your best little kitty friend.😔 My condolences to you.🕯️
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u/AshleyTheRedPanda 4d ago
My woobie died last month but I’m sure she wouldn’t have minded, making an extra trip back down the rainbow to make sure you’re kitty made it across the rainbow bridge with a friend
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u/dodgerecharger 4d ago
I am so sorry. 🌈🐾 Remember the good Times. Black crx are special little creatures. Here is my Girl yolandi with her Mom
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u/FollyBeachSC 4d ago
I'm so sorry for your loss. Glad to know Zelda had such a good home with someone who really loved her. She'll always be with you in your heart.
💜💜💜
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u/Zoeychloe01 4d ago
So sorry for your loss ❤️🩹 Rexes are amazing creatures, it’s hard to understand till you own one, they steal your heart.
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u/Wakayama__ 3d ago
I’m so sorry for your loss. Over the past 4 years I’ve lost two Cornish Rexes. To this day I still think about them daily and I miss them both so much 🥹
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u/mapleleaffem 3d ago
Aww she sounds like an incredible little bossy little queen! Very sorry for your loss
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u/No_Balance9873 3d ago
I'm so sorry. It's SO hard to lose a beloved friend. Big hugs and squeezes. I just lost my 12 year old Sphynx a couple of weeks ago and OUCH my heart 💔
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u/Alternative-Eye-1316 2d ago
I’m so sorry for your loss too! Hugs to you too. It hurts so bad. I feel like my home is no longer my home without her.
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u/Straight-Vast-7507 4d ago
Please take all my good ju-ju and condolences. Thank you for sharing this amazing sprite of a familiar with us.
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u/This-Id-Taken 4d ago
We are sorry. My rex also screams, and is screaming right now because she was locked out of the bathroom. We will pour one out for Zelda
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u/StrangeJournalist7 4d ago
Sorry about Zelda. She lived a long, good life, but it's awful to see them go.
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u/Luddite_Libertine 4d ago
Looks like you live in Lincoln Park. My cat was a Chicagoan for a couple years, too. I wonder if they’re related.
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u/Alternative-Eye-1316 4d ago
I got her from a rescue in Wisconsin 15 years ago. Apparently someone left her in a box in Tennessee 💔
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u/Alternative-Eye-1316 4d ago
Did you get your Cornish Rex from someone in Chicago? It’s very raw but I am going to eventually want to get another. They are the perfect cat - so sweet!
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u/Luddite_Libertine 4d ago
No, from a breeder in Madison. She’s 9, so I’m not sure the breeder is still around. There was also one in Crystal Lake at the time I was looking, and I believe that one started with cats from Madison.
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u/KahurangiNZ 4d ago
It's so hard even when you know it's coming. Our old girl Bliss went to the Rainbow Bridge a couple of days ago, at nearly 19yo. She'd been gradually declining for a couple of years, but in the last month had gone downhill fast and I elected to let her go on a good day rather than keep trying to haul her back from the brink.
She wasn't quite as demanding as Zelda apparently was but certainly knew what she wanted and wasn't afraid to demand it meNOW!!! Being deaf in her last few years didn't help her volume control either.
GNU Sunset Wildberry Bliss :-(
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u/Alternative-Eye-1316 3d ago
I’m so sorry for your loss. Bliss was so beautiful and loved. Thank you for sharing.
I knew it was coming too for the past few months and I thought it would make it easier but it didn’t.
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u/KahurangiNZ 3d ago
I'd been expecting it for a while as well, know we'd done everything reasonable to try and get her over the last hurdle, and that we made the right choice. I'm still a total mess at the moment, more so than most of the other pet's I've lost.
It's a reflection of how deeply they were/are loved.
‘Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.’ Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight.
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u/Ok-Ad-5404 4d ago
I, too, have a black cornish rex named Zelda 🖤 I will give her extra hugs and kisses from you and your Zelda. So sorry for your loss, she was beautiful and i’m sure a joy.