Thanks, everyone, for the kind replies. I buried Tiny yesterday. She's resting behind my parents' house now next to Tre, and their cocker spaniel Toby. It's turning into a regular pet cemetery back there. We had a perfect day - about 68 degrees with sunshine, and the ground was still muddy and...
So sorry to hear about your baby. I've been following Katie's progress and rooting for her. It sounds like you did an amazing job caring for her these last few days. I'm just glad you were able to get the vet out so that she could pass peacefully in the place she loved most. I had to do the same...
Thanks, everyone. I'm in pretty good shape generally, but I miss her at odd times. Like last night when I ate chicken, and she wasn't there begging from the time I pulled it out of the freezer. Or when I come home and don't hear her crying before I even get in the door. I have three other...
More pictures.
This is an 18.5# Tiny at the beginning of her weight loss journey. The baby scale was probably the best purchase I ever made for my cats. I had just taken it out of the box (in the upper right) and she took to it right away.
Tiny always had something to say. It seems like her...
I had Tiny put to sleep Tuesday morning, March 10th, 2015, at about 9 AM. She was just over 16 years old, and I've had her since she was eight weeks old. She looked like a little Siamese kitten with faint stripes when I adopted her from the local shelter. By the time she was one year old, the...
That seems pretty crazy to me. It's been my experience that a lot of vets don't know much about feline nutrition. What they do get in vet school seems to largely come from food companies who have a financial stake in promoting their food when the time comes. Personally, I think the average wet...
I hope nobody objects to me necroing my own thread. Tiny passed this morning, and this seemed appropriate given the amount of time I spent talking about her here. She was just over 16 when she died. Time, hyperthyroid, and ultimately lymphoma finally caught up to her. I'll do a proper tribute in...
When I was trying different wet foods to find one that all four of my kitties would all eat, I tried one with beef in it. Within five minutes of putting it out, Tiny puked up what looked like a whole can of half-digested food. It wasn't until the second time that happened that I finally realized...
I have a long-haired boy who can't stand to be groomed. He's OK with a brush, but at the first sign of a little pull from a comb, he's out of there! I used to have terrible problems with him matting, especially underneath and in the armpit regions. Through time and experience, I've found that...
Hi! Personally, I think having a sitter come over is much less stressful on my cats. They can sleep in their normal places, use their normal litter boxes, etc. They're going to be away from me either way, but at least they're in familiar territory as opposed to a cage in the vet's office. I have...
That reminds me of one of my friend's cats. She went out one evening to call he cat in for dinner, and this strange cat came running up to her, sat down, and stared up as if to say, "you called?" He followed her up the stairs into her apartment, and the rest is history.
As for me:
- I picked...
Hi, I feel your pain. It's never an easy decision to make. For me, if she still has a pretty good quality of life, the treatments don't seem to bother her too much, and they're not too hard on you, then I don't think waiting is a problem. I think finding a vet that will come to your house ahead...