The sad fact about having pets is they die. I always had pets growing up and eventually, they all died. I had a cat which I loved get hit by a car. I put her in a plastic bag and buried her in the woods. Another time, a female cat, had a litter of kittens. They couldn't have been five or six months old. My mom was doing the laundry and one jumped into the dryer. It was nice and warm. I'm sure the kitten thought it was great while the drum was not spinning. When my mom heard the thumping noise in the dryer, she surmised it was just the pair of shoes she had washed. Then found his body when she emptied the dryer.