OT: Sad News

JK · 2004-10-09T19:59:59+00:00

Hi EverybodyAs some of you may know, I'm quite new to scrapbooking. I've been married for 9 years, but we don't have any human kids. However, over the years we "adopted" four kitty kids, who were all strays who would not have found a home. For my first Scrapbook project, I decided to do a book for my oldest Kitty, Tammy. She's a gentle soul but also a typical "scardy cat" and loves to stay indoors, close to me or my hubby, where she feels safe.On Tuesday evening when we returned from work, I noticed that Tammy was not herself. I made her comfortable and kept her indoors the next day. We took her to the Vet that evening and he diagnosed her with acute kidney failure. I was totally shocked as she showed no symptoms up to the previous day. Apparently there is no clear symptoms up to the end and as the doc explained you can function perfectly normal with only 20 percent of you kidneys working. Anyway, she passed away on Thursday. My hubby and I was both totally devistated. It was hard to get through the working day on Friday. Today I've read up on the disease on the Net and feel a bit more at ease, as it seems I would not have noticed anything untill it was too late. Still I will miss her dearly.. Also it feels very difficult to continue with her album now....I know this might sound strange to others, but we are avid animal lovers and I just felt that I wanted to share my loss with the group.Judy, SA

OT: Sad News

Oct 09, 2004 23 Replies

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Scraphead 22 years ago

Never feed a cat canned food, dry only, and keep a fresh bowl of water, never milk, they will never have kidney problems. They'll live 20 years plus, barring accidents and contagious disease.

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Shannon Bonenfant 22 years ago

I have a 16 year old diabetic cat. The vet has her on a stict diet...1/4 cup dry, and 1 tsp wet. This is what the vet said she has to be on...

I just thought I would add my .02 cents. Shannon

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Scraphead 22 years ago

However, the wet is not necessary for a healthy cat. At most you can mix in a half teaspoon of salad oil. What diet was your cat on before it got diabetic? That's usually what causes it.

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