MichelleCarmen
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Well, it''s been a pretty tough month on the cat front. A few weeks back, I lost one of my kitties to an unknown illness. He had quickly become ill and the vet said we could try surgery and even that wouldn''t guarantee he''d survive, so we had put him down.
Then I went to the humane society and picked out a new cat and wasn''t aware at the time that most shelter cats are ill with upper respiratory illnessess. His symptoms appeared within a day - lethargic, wouldn''t eat, constantly sneezing, etc., and we took him into the vet and he was given IV fluids and antibiotics. I called the humane society and they told me that he would be okay, that it was my 17 year old cat that I should be more concerned with and that everything should be done to keep the two cats apart. The cats did come in contact w/each other and my 17 year old also became sick. Unfortunetly, as my new cat improved, my older one became more ill. She entirely quit eating and since she already was so thin and elderly, it didn''t seem right to put her through force feeding tubes (if that even would be possible). Yesterday, I wavered back on forth on whether or not I did the right thing, but now, this morning, I know it was the right decision rather than stress her body to even further lengths.
She was adopted when she was a kitten, so yep, I''ve had her that entire time. She was a very fiesty cat up until the very end.
Here she is:
Then I went to the humane society and picked out a new cat and wasn''t aware at the time that most shelter cats are ill with upper respiratory illnessess. His symptoms appeared within a day - lethargic, wouldn''t eat, constantly sneezing, etc., and we took him into the vet and he was given IV fluids and antibiotics. I called the humane society and they told me that he would be okay, that it was my 17 year old cat that I should be more concerned with and that everything should be done to keep the two cats apart. The cats did come in contact w/each other and my 17 year old also became sick. Unfortunetly, as my new cat improved, my older one became more ill. She entirely quit eating and since she already was so thin and elderly, it didn''t seem right to put her through force feeding tubes (if that even would be possible). Yesterday, I wavered back on forth on whether or not I did the right thing, but now, this morning, I know it was the right decision rather than stress her body to even further lengths.
She was adopted when she was a kitten, so yep, I''ve had her that entire time. She was a very fiesty cat up until the very end.
Here she is:
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