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Big Charlie

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Sheesh that was hard. After Little Brother was gone I took a close look inside his mouth. The tumor was almost gone, whereas when I put him into the carrier to go to the vet it was bright red and quite big. So it was just full of blood, evidently. Also, he has no top teeth! No wonder he couldn't eat.

The vet drew blood from Sterling to send to the lab for a full panel, and he cleaned her ears. My lord they were dirty. He said no mites, but very, very dirty, dried goop. He said some cats get pretty fat after spaying (I had her spayed a few months ago), but the blood work will tell the story.

I'm so glad that's over with. No more old cats around here. I think the oldest is Little Missy Kitty. She's about 6. I don't know how old Charlie is. He's a stray that came here last December, full grown and already neutered. Lady Grey is about 4. Mr. Kitty Man is about 3. Spencer is about 3. Sterling is a little more than a year. And my favorite puppy is (I think) 4 this year. So I've got a long time to go before I have to think about euthanizing any of them, thank goodness.
I'm so sorry. It's a terrible thing to go through.
 

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Today I'm having to do one of the things I hate most in the world. I'm taking Little Brother to be euthanized. I got him as a stray when he was about 6 months old, in '02. He has a tumor on his gums, around a canine tooth, he's very thin, and it would be pretty hard for a cat in his condition to live through this coming cold winter outside. The mouth tumor is now making it hard for him to eat. There's hardly any meat on his bones.

I'm also taking Sterling to have a thyroid test done on her. She's very fat! She's only about a year old and quite obese. Before I put her on a strict diet I want to be sure there isn't an underlying health issue. It will be hard to put her on a diet because there's another cat in the house, Little Missy Kitty, who is a slow/picky eater. I'm afraid if I don't have free choice dry food out all the time Little Missy Kitty will start to get thinner than she already is. So I'm going to have to get creative with the food.

I hate having an animal euthanized, but I've been psyching myself up for it for a while, so I'm ready. His quality of life isn't very good. I'm just grateful he's been able to find his way into a tortoise house at night and keep warm on a pig blanket.

I have the food issue with my two youngest Chihuahuas. The youngest, is a female who loves any and all food and is way too fat. She snorts. Her brother (from an earlier litter) barely eats and is skinny.
 
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Well, now I'm even more bummed out than I was at having to take Little Brother for his last car ride. The vet called me this a.m. with the results of Sterling's blood tests. Turns out she doesn't have diabetes, her thyroid is just fine and everything else they ran the blood through turned out ok. . . that is, except for leukemia. Turns out my lovely Sterling has the leukemia virus. This not only means she's not going to live a nice long life, it also means every cat she's been in contact with or has eaten out of her bowl is also going to get this crummy disease. My favorite outside cat, Spencer, scratches at the door every night to be let in so she can sleep inside. She has eaten out of the communal food dish in the house. So now I have to worry about Spencer carrying the disease outside to my other cats. I want to replace the two "o's" in this word with an "i" and scream it out loud: SHOOT!!!!
 

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Well, now I'm even more bummed out than I was at having to take Little Brother for his last car ride. The vet called me this a.m. with the results of Sterling's blood tests. Turns out she doesn't have diabetes, her thyroid is just fine and everything else they ran the blood through turned out ok. . . that is, except for leukemia. Turns out my lovely Sterling has the leukemia virus. This not only means she's not going to live a nice long life, it also means every cat she's been in contact with or has eaten out of her bowl is also going to get this crummy disease. My favorite outside cat, Spencer, scratches at the door every night to be let in so she can sleep inside. She has eaten out of the communal food dish in the house. So now I have to worry about Spencer carrying the disease outside to my other cats. I want to replace the two "o's" in this word with an "i" and scream it out loud: SHOOT!!!!
There is a saying that I grew up with, bad luck comes in threes. I'm so sorry that you are having to go through this.
 

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Well, now I'm even more bummed out than I was at having to take Little Brother for his last car ride. The vet called me this a.m. with the results of Sterling's blood tests. Turns out she doesn't have diabetes, her thyroid is just fine and everything else they ran the blood through turned out ok. . . that is, except for leukemia. Turns out my lovely Sterling has the leukemia virus. This not only means she's not going to live a nice long life, it also means every cat she's been in contact with or has eaten out of her bowl is also going to get this crummy disease. My favorite outside cat, Spencer, scratches at the door every night to be let in so she can sleep inside. She has eaten out of the communal food dish in the house. So now I have to worry about Spencer carrying the disease outside to my other cats. I want to replace the two "o's" in this word with an "i" and scream it out loud: SHOOT!!!!

Oh my goodness Yvonne , I’m so sorry!
I don’t even know what to say.
 

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Well, now I'm even more bummed out than I was at having to take Little Brother for his last car ride. The vet called me this a.m. with the results of Sterling's blood tests. Turns out she doesn't have diabetes, her thyroid is just fine and everything else they ran the blood through turned out ok. . . that is, except for leukemia. Turns out my lovely Sterling has the leukemia virus. This not only means she's not going to live a nice long life, it also means every cat she's been in contact with or has eaten out of her bowl is also going to get this crummy disease. My favorite outside cat, Spencer, scratches at the door every night to be let in so she can sleep inside. She has eaten out of the communal food dish in the house. So now I have to worry about Spencer carrying the disease outside to my other cats. I want to replace the two "o's" in this word with an "i" and scream it out loud: SHOOT!!!!

Just for the record the two cats I had that tested positive both lived long lives, well over 10 years, so don't count her days just yet.
 

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Just for the record the two cats I had that tested positive both lived long lives, well over 10 years, so don't count her days just yet.
What did you do to make sure your other cats didn't get it?
 

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