One of our cats, Tigger, was sadly pts today. It all happened very suddenly so came as a bit of shock. We noticed recently that he was loosing a bit of weight so we started giving him an extra meal. Then on Monday I noticed he was having difficulty swallowing so booked him in to see the vet the following day. She couldn't physically find anything (other than the obvious weight loss and throat discomfort) so she decided to try antibiotics and antiinflammatories first and hope it was just a simple throat infection. When we got back we separated him from the others so we could keep an eye on exactly what he was eating and drinking. Despite having a full bladder he didn't go to the loo, but started dripping urine. Obviously this was a lot more serious than we thought.
We took him back today and they took some blood. We waited in the consult room whilst they did the bloods. Tigger had a good explore and demanded attention off everyone as usual - he loves his fuss. Sadly the results came back and levels of creatinine, urea etc were through the roof (one was higher than their machine could read).! He had chronic renal failure which he'd obviously hidden well. We could have put him on a drip, pumped him full of diuretics and hoped for a few more weeks/months but with the levels he had the chances of it making much difference were slim. I wasn't prepared to put him through that.
So, the heartbreaking decision was made to let him go and we said our final goodbyes - sleep tight Tigz.
And so I've spent the rest of the day wondering if I did the right thing, if I should have tried, if we could have caught it sooner. Ultimately I know at the stage he was at there really was nothing that could be done.
RIP Tigger 24th Sept 2001 - 4th November 2009
Tigger and his brother Garfield as kittens. We adopted them just after we moved into our first house. I was only meant to have one but when the lady offered us two how could I resist? They were farm kittens and hadn't had much handling. The first day home they caused trouble by finding a gap under the kitchen units and climbing up the hot water pipes - trouble from day 1!
Especially when he thought we weren't looking
He and his brother have always had a strong bond..they had a bit of a reputation, lol
Although Tigger has been just as accepting with everyone
No matter how small they are..
Few more - HERE
RIP Tigger 24th Sept 2001 - 4th November 2009 
We took him back today and they took some blood. We waited in the consult room whilst they did the bloods. Tigger had a good explore and demanded attention off everyone as usual - he loves his fuss. Sadly the results came back and levels of creatinine, urea etc were through the roof (one was higher than their machine could read).! He had chronic renal failure which he'd obviously hidden well. We could have put him on a drip, pumped him full of diuretics and hoped for a few more weeks/months but with the levels he had the chances of it making much difference were slim. I wasn't prepared to put him through that.
So, the heartbreaking decision was made to let him go and we said our final goodbyes - sleep tight Tigz.
And so I've spent the rest of the day wondering if I did the right thing, if I should have tried, if we could have caught it sooner. Ultimately I know at the stage he was at there really was nothing that could be done.
Tigger and his brother Garfield as kittens. We adopted them just after we moved into our first house. I was only meant to have one but when the lady offered us two how could I resist? They were farm kittens and hadn't had much handling. The first day home they caused trouble by finding a gap under the kitchen units and climbing up the hot water pipes - trouble from day 1!
Especially when he thought we weren't looking
He and his brother have always had a strong bond..they had a bit of a reputation, lol
Although Tigger has been just as accepting with everyone
No matter how small they are..
Few more - HERE
RIP Tigger 24th Sept 2001 - 4th November 2009
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