Cat Eyes---A Cat Woman's Photos: Blueberry

Blueberry died today. She'd had diarrhea for a few weeks off and on, but it had become much worse. I finally caught her last night, and got her into a large cage I'd set up for when I could get her.

It wasn't good. She pooped on the blanket I had for her to sleep on in there, despite there also being a large litter box.

I got a vet appointment for her and took her in this morning. Thankfully.

Vet said she had a thickened colon and likely had cancer since her temp was normal. The other possibilities were untreatable, like diabetes and hyperthyroidism and ibs, her being a wild thing and hard to catch.

They did do a giardia snap test but I knew it would be negative. It was.

So off she went to never never land, after a sedative that put her to sleep beforehand.

She was almost but not quite 16.

She came from Lebanon, Milton street, among several teens I caught in a woodpile. I got 11 in all fixed there and tried to find the four teens homes, once semi tame. Heartland took on Blueberry and she was there months before she got a home. Two months later however they returned her to Heartland and they contacted me to come get her or she would be euthanized. I frantically raced over and found her trembling from fright in a carrier in their bathroom. She was so relieved to be back here.

That was way back in 2012 I took her back.

She had a good life here. I could only handle her if confined and tried to keep her mats shaved off. She was toothless by now. I'd taken her for two different dentals and she'd needed multiple extractions. Kittens who grow up in impovrished nutrition wise environments often face early onset tooth issues, as she did.

I'm happy she is no longer suffering. Chronic diarrhea is absolutely miserable. At some point, intestinal tumors explode in growth causing terrible pain.