About two months ago I lost my cat Tonic who was 13. He had obstructive cardiomyopathy for a long time but still unexpectedly died suddenly from his heart (I'm assuming). Then yesterday we had to put our other cat Lyric down that was almost 13. I don't know why the two deaths happened so close together, especially because Lyric was so healthy until a few weeks ago. I never had to take him to the vet until recently. Never had any problems. I even had him do a full well exam with blood work at the end of June and everything came back perfect.
I had the month of July off of work and I dedicated that time to getting Lyric a kitten companion so that we wouldn't be lonely. I spent July doing supervised introductions and getting them acquainted. It was a tiring process. Then about a week or so after they seemed good together, Lyric stopped eating and had vomiting and diarrhea. Long story short it got better with meds to stop the diarrhea, but shortly after finishing the meds, Lyric went downhill again. This time we was just not eating or drinking, and trouble/pain with walking. No more playing and he was sleeping a lot. After much $ at the vet, they only really found mild colitis. He was given supportive care but nothing was working. He didn't want to walk or eat.
Last night he started shivering/shaking and did not want to be touched. He was purring and breathing quick like he was self soothing. I got scared and my husband and I decided to bring him in to put him out of his misery. I keep wondering what more I could have done and if I should have waiting just a little longer. Was it an easy fix that the vet was not picking up on?
Lyric hates the vet, so when we would take him there, he would always "perk up" because of adrenaline I think. So he would always look better at the vet. This made it hard to put him to sleep too. Is that normal?
I will miss him so much and it was hard to lose them both so close together. They spent almost their whole lives together and I don't know if there is anything to one cat going downhill soon after another cat due to depression?? I am also having guilt about the kitten. Did the kitten bring on any of this? Can I love the kitten as much as I loved Lyric and Tonic? So many questions, guilt and heartache. I attached pictures of Tonic and Lyric (the orange kitty). RIP.
I had the month of July off of work and I dedicated that time to getting Lyric a kitten companion so that we wouldn't be lonely. I spent July doing supervised introductions and getting them acquainted. It was a tiring process. Then about a week or so after they seemed good together, Lyric stopped eating and had vomiting and diarrhea. Long story short it got better with meds to stop the diarrhea, but shortly after finishing the meds, Lyric went downhill again. This time we was just not eating or drinking, and trouble/pain with walking. No more playing and he was sleeping a lot. After much $ at the vet, they only really found mild colitis. He was given supportive care but nothing was working. He didn't want to walk or eat.
Last night he started shivering/shaking and did not want to be touched. He was purring and breathing quick like he was self soothing. I got scared and my husband and I decided to bring him in to put him out of his misery. I keep wondering what more I could have done and if I should have waiting just a little longer. Was it an easy fix that the vet was not picking up on?
Lyric hates the vet, so when we would take him there, he would always "perk up" because of adrenaline I think. So he would always look better at the vet. This made it hard to put him to sleep too. Is that normal?
I will miss him so much and it was hard to lose them both so close together. They spent almost their whole lives together and I don't know if there is anything to one cat going downhill soon after another cat due to depression?? I am also having guilt about the kitten. Did the kitten bring on any of this? Can I love the kitten as much as I loved Lyric and Tonic? So many questions, guilt and heartache. I attached pictures of Tonic and Lyric (the orange kitty). RIP.
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