what does my dream mean?

l was wondering if anyone can make sense of the dream that l had last night.
l can't remember that much about the dream but all l remember is that my two cats, kipper and amber were there and they were showing me lots of attention and seem to want the fuss. anyway kipper started bitting my fingers, softly at first but then it turned really nasty and he started bitting right into me and eating me and then amber started joining in. l remember feeling the intense pain of it all and feeling so upset about it all.
l ended up waking up from my sleep as it was just such a horrible dream. kipper was ran over and killed last week but l was looking forward to having a dream about him as l believe that when you dream about a loved one that has passed, it is there way of connecting with you and letting you know that everything is okay. but this dream was so horrible. what does it all mean?

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