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I'm sorry to hear that. Hope he gets to spend lots of time with you and gets a lot of treats.
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I am so, so very sorry about your boy. Maybe he'll love longer, you never know. DarlingThere is more bad news coming from me here in Reno besides that it is just too damn cold most of the time.
I heard someone retching in the middle of the night, then a certain black cat crawled out from under the cover and vomited onto the floor. Thank goodness no carpet and there was just a slight wet stain the next morning (no wonder with the low humidity here, everything dries in no time). Then I heard slurping and wondered what that was all about. That happened several times that week so I turned on the light the next time and I saw Panthera throwing up liquid with just the tiniest bit of solids and then he ate it, yuck! Next morning I made an appt with the vet as this was not normal. A few days later the vet found a "mass" in his belly that should not be there so he ordered xrays to make sure it was not just gas or a clump of food. Nope, definitely something not gas or food. Next step ultrasound, yikes, a bill of almost $900.00! Bad news although apart from upchucking liquidity stuff no change in behavior, eating, sleeping, pooping, playing as usual: he has several cysts on his liver, kidneys and pancreas most of which are benign but growing and would have to come out eventually. However one of them is cancerous and inoperable so he does not have much time left and there is no point on putting him through all kinds of procedures which just would make him miserable and really solve nothing. So as long as he is comfortable and not in pain which he would show by hiding and probably not eating and otherwise not acting his usual self nothing will be done although he does have meds so he won't throw up, no big deal, half a small pill in some canned food and he just slurps it up!. Once it gets to that point, which could be as soon as a month or even sooner, nothing will be done. Once there I will let him go and have the vet send him to the rainbow bridge where all the other kitties are waiting who have preceded him. He has had a good life while with me these last 10 or 12 years and he has been a good cat bringing me lots of joy, at age 15 is not a young cat and has had a good run catching birds and lizards (and eating them!) in the last place where we lived in SoCal and had an enclosed patio. He also caught flies in mid-air! Ate them too!
So I will miss him who slept under the covers with me like a child cuddled up to me with just his head sticking out (especially in these cold Reno nights when I turned off the heat) and purring me to sleep.
For me, I think a Thirty minute drive is not really too far to drive. I live just outside of Boston, so I am accustomed to driving. Thirty minutes is pretty much a standard drive for me.I live 30 minutes from town and it's just too far to drive, especially in winter, and gas is so expensive now. I can't wait to move.
Same. My drive to work is 20 minutes and I consider that short.For me, I think a Thirty minute drive is not really too far to drive. I live just outside of Boston, so I am accustomed to driving. Thirty minutes is pretty much a standard drive for me.
Guess I am just indoctrinated into driving.
Are you near the water?For me, I think a Thirty minute drive is not really too far to drive. I live just outside of Boston, so I am accustomed to driving. Thirty minutes is pretty much a standard drive for me.
Guess I am just indoctrinated into driving.
I like living in town where you can walk to all the stores and restaurants.For me, I think a Thirty minute drive is not really too far to drive.
Just in case - Any Good Tips To Get Your Cats To Eat? Share Them Here!He is already just picking at his food,
Do you have stores and restaurants? Here it's just wilderness with a few gas stations.Yes, I am on the beach.
Wowza, have an extra room for a large Maine Coon and little me?
I like that.I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
It is an urban beach. Too many apartments/condos.Do you have stores and restaurants? Here it's just wilderness with a few gas stations.
Huh. The way Upstate NY is set up, each town has a Walmart, Grocery store, dollar stores, restaurants, hospital, sometimes a mall. Except mine because I'm out in the country.No stores. I do wish they had at least a local convenience store