ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
ORIGINAL: ny59giants_MatrixForum
Not really in the mood right now because we had to put our oldest cat down today. She was 15 and lived a good, long life, but that doesn't make it any easier.
I had two calico females that will be 17 next month. However, I lost one to kidney disease last June. It was downhill in less than week. [:(] I thought she was just getting old and cranky. Learned a lot about cats and kidney disease as result. Her sister has now become very clingy and vocal since then. She has always been a petite cat (max just over 8 lbs). Now, I'm fighting to keep her above 6 lbs. She gets the good stuff from PetSmart while 'dad' eats chicken and hamburger. Yes, she runs my household. [:D]
Don't they all? [:D] We lost one to kidney disease many years ago, in 1994. Puff, who we just lost, had cancer. That too, was very sudden, less than 2 weeks. It's amazing how much cats know about their own bodies. Things I doubt we'll ever figure out. We found her when she was 2-3 weeks old. My daughter (10 yrs old at the time) fed her with an eye dropper. She was Puff's mom. It was interesting to see how Puff reacted to Gina, very differently than anyone else.
I also lost my old (almost 17) cat to kidney failure last month. We knew it was coming, but the final decline was very rapid - he had noticeably lower energy for a day or two a week after a vet checkup on his kidney function that recommended moving on to the next stage of management (fluid injections), and then on Saturday he wasn't able to keep food down and by late Sunday evening he wasn't able to walk 2 feet. He was basically gone on Monday morning.
