We had a cat that had a series of strokes before she died, and she used to go into convulsions and foam at the mouth when she had a major fit. She also had the classic 'kidney' cat look. We also had a cat die of what I can only describe as 'total cat failure' - she had the usual kidney trouble, and really just faded away, getting tired and listless and very depressed. Our last and most recent loss was a combination of kidney failure and a gastro-intestinal problem which seemed to be cancer-related. And the other two were cancer, pure and simple.
But they were all really old, so while it hurt at the time, it was perfectly natural, so it didn't feel quite so bad. Again, they'd had a good innings, and we'd done our best for them, so it felt like it was appropriate to wave them goodbye as they joined the kitty ancestors.
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Date: 2011-03-26 07:59 pm (UTC)We had a cat that had a series of strokes before she died, and she used to go into convulsions and foam at the mouth when she had a major fit. She also had the classic 'kidney' cat look. We also had a cat die of what I can only describe as 'total cat failure' - she had the usual kidney trouble, and really just faded away, getting tired and listless and very depressed. Our last and most recent loss was a combination of kidney failure and a gastro-intestinal problem which seemed to be cancer-related. And the other two were cancer, pure and simple.
But they were all really old, so while it hurt at the time, it was perfectly natural, so it didn't feel quite so bad. Again, they'd had a good innings, and we'd done our best for them, so it felt like it was appropriate to wave them goodbye as they joined the kitty ancestors.