Hi guys. If you don't know or don't remember, Tuxedo is my hubby's little baby. He was part of the litter that turned up in our yard last year. We adopted Lazlo and Shelly, and put up condos, had spayed/neutered and fed the others outside. Tuxedo was small and vicious, and we really had problems with him.... that's a whole 'nother long story, but suffice it to say when Gary was most depressed about it all, Tuxedo head-butted him, and it all turned around.
Anyway, another litter turned up in the fall. We found homes for all of them but one.
When Winter just got unbearably cold for so long, we finally put Thanksgiving and Tuxedo into a boarding facility. (The no-kill shelters around here are full, and we're still on wait lists from November).
We just got Thanksgiving adopted, though she hasn't gone to her new home yet. We had a family interested in Tuxedo... but it turns out they wanted a long-haired black and white kitty. They haven't said no to Tuxedo yet, but it just doesn't matter.
Friday late afternoon we got a message from the boarding facility that Tuxedo hadn't gone pee all day, and they were worried he had a urinary tract infection. Saturday morning Gary went to pick him up to take him to the Vet - and he'd been throwing up that morning.
We checked up on him Sunday morning. The Vet couldn't find anything wrong with him - and he wasn't throwing up anymore. But he was so much thinner already!
Well - today he was throwing up again, and he still hasn't had a bowel movement, and he's had problems not peeing in the box. Gary says he's really skinny now. He was such a little rolley-poley cutie!
They took X-rays - nothing appears to be wrong. They won't have the bloodwork back until tomorrow.
Gary went to see him this evening. Tuxedo buried into his arms.
If this family decides not to adopt him, we're bringing him home. It's been so heart-wrenching for us, because we have such a small home (we live in an RV), and we have three cats in here (one of the adoptions didn't go well and we took the cats back. One went to a new home, and one stayed with us.
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Gary loves this little guy so much, and the whole thing is so distressing.
Please pray for Tuxedo. We really need him to get well - no matter which home he's going to!!!!
Laurie
Anyway, another litter turned up in the fall. We found homes for all of them but one.
When Winter just got unbearably cold for so long, we finally put Thanksgiving and Tuxedo into a boarding facility. (The no-kill shelters around here are full, and we're still on wait lists from November).
We just got Thanksgiving adopted, though she hasn't gone to her new home yet. We had a family interested in Tuxedo... but it turns out they wanted a long-haired black and white kitty. They haven't said no to Tuxedo yet, but it just doesn't matter.
Friday late afternoon we got a message from the boarding facility that Tuxedo hadn't gone pee all day, and they were worried he had a urinary tract infection. Saturday morning Gary went to pick him up to take him to the Vet - and he'd been throwing up that morning.
We checked up on him Sunday morning. The Vet couldn't find anything wrong with him - and he wasn't throwing up anymore. But he was so much thinner already!
Well - today he was throwing up again, and he still hasn't had a bowel movement, and he's had problems not peeing in the box. Gary says he's really skinny now. He was such a little rolley-poley cutie!
They took X-rays - nothing appears to be wrong. They won't have the bloodwork back until tomorrow.
Gary went to see him this evening. Tuxedo buried into his arms.
If this family decides not to adopt him, we're bringing him home. It's been so heart-wrenching for us, because we have such a small home (we live in an RV), and we have three cats in here (one of the adoptions didn't go well and we took the cats back. One went to a new home, and one stayed with us.
Gary loves this little guy so much, and the whole thing is so distressing.
Please pray for Tuxedo. We really need him to get well - no matter which home he's going to!!!!
Laurie