>>109307999The only thing I can say is that if you can and have the option to, always be there in their final moments. Always.
That comic and this post is making me feel things for our boy cat who passed away last Christmas. Even to this day when I talk about our pets I still say "We have three cats and a dog... oh, I mean two cats."
Since you have other pets, if and when it happens. They also just 'know' and are a source of tremendous comfort in grief.
What helped me was the newest kitten we had started to things our boy cat did, she would purr up against my keyboard and lie there while I played games and sleep on my computer chair whenever I wasn't using it. Things he always did. While she still had her own personality, it was like a passing of a baton as before he passed she never did those things.
Whether it's sudden or expected, it's going to hurt like hell but each day always gets easier, not necessarily better, but easier. The sadness turns to smiles, and you remember the good times.
Take pictures, plenty of them and often whenever you can of them.
And lastly, just love them as much as you possibly can.
