The loving pet owner sweetly recreated a photo of himself 20 years ago with his childhood cat before having to put the animal down.
The man, from the USA, addressed reddit to reveal how he wanted to recreate the snapshot as a last memory with the beloved pet.
‘Today I put my childhood cat to sleep and did my best to recreate an image from 20 years ago. I will always love you Gandalf,’ he wrote.
Accompanying the post was an adorable 50/50 photo of the user photographed as a child and then again as an adult. In the childhood photo, Gandalf is a kitten, while in the recent photo he is an elderly cat.
In both images, the Redditor is wearing an orange t-shirt and smiling sweetly at the camera while lovingly cradling Gandalf.
People were quick to flood the comments with support, some sharing personal pet anecdotes and many praising the late cat’s name.
This Redditor, believed to be based in the US, tragically lost his cat Gandalf, but made sure to share a sweet photo of his childhood cat in a before and after comparison.
One shared a quote from an ode to Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: “I will not say: Do not cry; for not all tears are evil.” Gandalf’.
A different user responded: “Gandalf quotes always hit me to the core.”
One said: ‘I have a dog that is getting old. “I think about this quote a lot and it breaks me every time,” in response to the movie reference.
Another wrote: “Yesterday I found out my cat has cancer and I’m crying about this.” I don’t know what my last seven years would have been like without her. “I’m very lucky to have had her.”
Meanwhile, others were asked to share personal stories about their loved ones.
‘Mine passed away in October. I still talk to him or text his number when I see something we would have “together” and text him.
‘This weekend is going to be difficult because right now we would have been in Miami for the Formula 1 race. I didn’t dare go as much as everyone told me I should.’
And another was fascinated by the choice of the cat’s name: ‘OMG I love that name. My feelings’.