We had to have Kitty put to sleep last night. When we took her to the vet in April she was down to 5.5 pounds. They did a bunch a blood work which all came back ok. Then she stopped eating, we're not quite sure exactly when, she was eating lots of treats which she had never done and we were giving them to her when she came for them because she needed to gain weight anyway. We got her a bunch of wet food thinking maybe she was just tired of her dry food. She ate that a little better but not much. Rob took her to the vet on Monday and he said she needed to have her teeth pulled and maybe if we gave her antibiotics it would clear up the infection so she would eat and then they could do it. We also got her baby food. Yesterday morning when I checked, she had not eaten anything. I got home around noon and I couldn't get her to eat or drink. I sat with her almost all afternoon. Then after Rob was home she tried to get up and she couldn't stand.
So we took her to the emergency vet because it was after 8 by then. He said that older cats, if nothing else kills them, will die from kidney failure, he said her kidneys were really small and her behavior and symptoms indicate kidney failure. Since she was also an approximately 10 year old cat who was fiv positive, she had lived longer than expected. He said the outside estimate for a cat with fiv is 8 years. He gave us all the options but didn't think that there was much chance. He said he has seen lots of cats in that condition and very few of them bounce back. Given the additional issues, we decided it did not make sense to put her through that.
We brought her home and Rob buried her in the back yard. It was very sad.
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Aw, Tricia, I am so very sorry!!!! You guys gave her an amazing home, and ten years is a very long time for a cat w/fiv! Ours only lived for 5. She was a happy kitty, and certainly made herself right at home in your family! How are the kids handling it?
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