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Shadow has started to refuse cat treats. At first, well she might not be in the mood, blah blah. Over the last couple of days though I noticed she is far less active. I picked her up, she felt lighter, so I did the trick of standing on the scale with and without her. Now she's at her "ideal" weight, which means she's lost two pounds since last year, and those two pounds were probably lost in the last month or two. I checked the lumps, which I've been lax about doing, and one is the same, one has grown some, and now I'm feeling a large, hard, bumpy growth directly under the two lumps. I don't know if it's flat or so deep I can't feel the bulk of it. She also purred while I was rubbing and manipulating her belly. Belly rubs (whether for pleasure or lump checking) has always resulted in the low pitch warning meows, followed by growling, followed by trying to take your hand off your wrist and an escape if you are stupid enough to not listen to the growling. She has never laid there and purred before. I decided to see if she would eat wet food, I had one tiny can. She ended up with some kind of breathing problem (again) but guarded the dish until she could eat. But she didn't finish it either, which is also weird.
I will take her to the vet to discuss palliative care. I'm also not going to ask for tests. But I'm pretty certain that a) it's cancer and b) it's spread, triggering the breathing problems.
So yeah, hugs wanted. And words of coping from those who lost a cat to cancer, especially those who chose not to treat.
I will take her to the vet to discuss palliative care. I'm also not going to ask for tests. But I'm pretty certain that a) it's cancer and b) it's spread, triggering the breathing problems.
So yeah, hugs wanted. And words of coping from those who lost a cat to cancer, especially those who chose not to treat.