Hi Barb,
Does your friend have Nat M or Puls available? Star of Bethlehem is a flower essence to consider. It is in Rescue Remedy but may be more specific to the loss, maybe. At least the FE's are easier to obtain at the health food stores and they do work, no matter what the died in the wool classical homeopaths say! (Do tell your friend to dilute any FE before using. Rescue Remedy is really for real rescue purposes and if used full strength, it is OK but the others should be diluted.)

But the best thing may be to simply hold the kitty and explain it all to him. Strange sounding, I know, but "discussion" with the non human animal works just as it does with we humans. (Could well be even better.) I always try to let the other animals view the one who died so they will understand that s/he isn't just missing or has left them of their own accord but is really gone through no fault of their own. Tell them to keep the kitty as near their heartbeat as possible, especially at night, for as long as it takes. Heart breaking, isn't it? Our little pygmy goat still goes daily to the grave of the horse she loved so much. I made sure she saw he was dead and talked to her at great length about it but she still pays her daily visits to and spends a lot of time "with" him. We humans have a long way to go to catch up, in my opinion.

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