Tippy is my first rescue kitty, a plain blue tabby with a tiny white tip to his tail, that i saw eating leaves (!!) at the end of my driveway. He would run if we made eye contact, for months, but he did quickly learn I was putting out food behind a shrub in front of my house..where no one could see him (except me looking out my picture window).
It took almost a year to gain his trust and during that time he severly bit my husband twice (think abcess, antibiotics, the works).
That was 6 years ago and we love him dearly. He's never bitten nor mis-behaved since we brought him inside.
Now he's just not himself, and labs show elevated kidney values, his kidneys are enlarged and my vet says if his urine culture and senitivity doesn't come back saying he has an infection, she fears cancer...our next step if that c&s is negative, is an ultrasound and biopsy of his kidneys.
Ack is all I can say. Just ack.
It took almost a year to gain his trust and during that time he severly bit my husband twice (think abcess, antibiotics, the works).
That was 6 years ago and we love him dearly. He's never bitten nor mis-behaved since we brought him inside.
Now he's just not himself, and labs show elevated kidney values, his kidneys are enlarged and my vet says if his urine culture and senitivity doesn't come back saying he has an infection, she fears cancer...our next step if that c&s is negative, is an ultrasound and biopsy of his kidneys.
Ack is all I can say. Just ack.
for Tippy.
