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It's been 5 days since I had to have my 7-1/2 yr old female put to sleep. I have a lot of grief and other issues I'm dealing with. I think guilt is there too. Could I have done more? The point of this thread is, does anyone have any ideas what could have been wrong with her?
She was never a super healthy cat to begin with, and I suspected early on that she would not live an extended life, eg 15 years. She had hyperthyroidism, so she had a felimazole pill morning and night. It was always a chore to get her to eat, and she didn't eat a lot. She was maybe 9-10 pounds, and never "filled out" as I've seen cats do. We got her when she was 1-1/2, and had her for 6 years. She was an indoor cat, except for some times my wife took her out in our yard for 15-30 min, supervised, usually in summer.
She woke us up at 4am on a Monday morning vomiting. No solids came up, just stomach juices. She vomited 8 or so more times the rest of the day, and was very weak. The next morning we got her to the vet. They rehydrated her. Kidneys were OK. They said it was something gastrointestinal and must have eaten something. We can't imagine what that would be. It's just my wife and I, and 3 cats. The other 2 are fine, and no one has been outside in weeks. We had a bouquet of carnations, but I don't see any evidence she ate those, and nothing was thrown up like that.
I almost never travel, but as fate would have it, I was away for 4 days, got back Thursday night. My wife was caring for her during this time, giving her water & broth by eye dropper. According to my wife, her abdomen appeared to cause her pain when touched, and she thought it might have been swollen, although I didn't notice that. We saw her urinate at least once during this time, but never defecate. She had water, broth and less than an ounce of food over a 6 day period. Aside from one instance on Friday night when she drank a good 1/4 cup or so, she never voluntarily ate or drank.
When she starting lying down in her litterbox, and hiding in a place she'd only go during thunderstorms, we didn't want her to suffer anymore. So now she's gone, and I'm wondering what the bleep happened. It was so fast, and I never expected her to be gone at age 7. I'll probably never know the answer. But I'd like some ideas.
She was never a super healthy cat to begin with, and I suspected early on that she would not live an extended life, eg 15 years. She had hyperthyroidism, so she had a felimazole pill morning and night. It was always a chore to get her to eat, and she didn't eat a lot. She was maybe 9-10 pounds, and never "filled out" as I've seen cats do. We got her when she was 1-1/2, and had her for 6 years. She was an indoor cat, except for some times my wife took her out in our yard for 15-30 min, supervised, usually in summer.
She woke us up at 4am on a Monday morning vomiting. No solids came up, just stomach juices. She vomited 8 or so more times the rest of the day, and was very weak. The next morning we got her to the vet. They rehydrated her. Kidneys were OK. They said it was something gastrointestinal and must have eaten something. We can't imagine what that would be. It's just my wife and I, and 3 cats. The other 2 are fine, and no one has been outside in weeks. We had a bouquet of carnations, but I don't see any evidence she ate those, and nothing was thrown up like that.
I almost never travel, but as fate would have it, I was away for 4 days, got back Thursday night. My wife was caring for her during this time, giving her water & broth by eye dropper. According to my wife, her abdomen appeared to cause her pain when touched, and she thought it might have been swollen, although I didn't notice that. We saw her urinate at least once during this time, but never defecate. She had water, broth and less than an ounce of food over a 6 day period. Aside from one instance on Friday night when she drank a good 1/4 cup or so, she never voluntarily ate or drank.
When she starting lying down in her litterbox, and hiding in a place she'd only go during thunderstorms, we didn't want her to suffer anymore. So now she's gone, and I'm wondering what the bleep happened. It was so fast, and I never expected her to be gone at age 7. I'll probably never know the answer. But I'd like some ideas.