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.
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| She loved this hanging basket until it finally fell apart. |
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| She loved the tree hideout too, in the cat yard, before that tree had to be taken out, when it split. |
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| She loved to watch birds from the window |
I'm so sorry for your loss. How many have you lost now? It seems like so many have passed recently. That's a lot for you to handle. Sending hugs.
ReplyDeleteI've lost six since spring. Slinko, Rogue, Gracie and Vino---to old age woes. Blueberry and Slurpy likely to cancer, but two different kinds. I have a few more extremely old cats, so old I wonder how on earth. Tweetie and her sister Button, now over 19. Tugs, same. Then there's old Teddy, who was Slinko's best friend. How he is still with me, I don't know. And Haley, Rogue's colony mate and the only one left of that group I took in years and years ago. She no longer grooms, but still runs around, eats and drinks. They live to a very old age here, but age and disease will get us all in the end. I expected to lose more of my oldies this summer. In fact I expected to lose all 12, so feel lucky I still have some of my old friends left.
DeleteI'm so sorry that you've lost another feline friend. It sounds like you gave her a lovely life.
ReplyDeleteShe did enjoy her life here.
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