I missed this thread, so hello.... my heart goes out to everyone. So sad, the beautiful cats, and dogs, bunnies.
I been around cats most of my life, from growing up in Israel they just run around and become your pet. Every time I visit I bring food. I have already lost 4, and it's so tough.
When I moved to Toronto back in 94-95 our neighbor handed us a cat which we loved, years passed and he got weaker, were able to save him for but 5-6 months but he he lost his bone mass, got weaker and couldn't walk so we had to put him down.
Lster on my sister got a Persian cat and she had kittiens, we kept two. One swallowed a needle by mistake (Milka) which we had to operate on, knock on wood was all but success. Her brother (Simon) the only pure grey one that cane out and with the best personality had leukemia, passed in my arms when he was 8, I came back from co-op and he decided to wait. Mom made is to 20 and she passed 2 years ago, got old and weak. Milka (needle eater) passed last year and made it to 20 as well. Really disturbing though, she also got weak but I noticed a bump near her bum area. A few days later it opened and it was filled with warms and maggots, her body couldn't fight it out I guess... and I had to put her down.
From 3 cats I was now down to 1, Jessie, he's 12 and been through a lot. Developed high sugar, which developed to Neuropathy and him not being able to walk properly or jump. He ate a lot, but is just a big structured cat and was around 25 pounds. A miracle drug I found saved him, he does get insulin and on a good diet. Recently though a big cyst opened up under his chin, a size of a toonie so I'm dealing with that. Scary. He's a hunter for sure, roams the yard, and already brought 5 mice to date, and baby birds.
I'm totally an animal lover, and they deserve so much more
JESSIE below.