A friend of mine who I have known for 9 years has already lost 3 cats all within a year of each other. He loves both cats and dogs equally and takes care of them. He has always adopted seeing how there are so many in the world that want a place to call home.
I feel so bad for him since losing 3 cats, he has another, called Dude, a pure white cat, who suffers from renal failure can no longer get up at this point and he doesn't think will make it through the night. He has another, his most dearest and devoted friend Mamacat, who is the last.
His dog rex, has been having problems of late being able to get up on his own. At times he seems ok and others, not so great. He is the sweetest golden retreiver I know.
Foxy, a mix eskimo dog, was just recently diagnosed with heartworm and it's very bad. She always was the alpha dog.
Going back to Mamacat, my friend found her in the boonies on a military base and knew she had kittens. He told her to show him her kittens and she did. So someone had just dumped her out there to survive on her own along with having kittens in the wild. It took him a month of daily contact, feeding, and just familiarity to finally be able to get close to the kittens. She had had three, but by the time he could get to them, there was not but one left.
He kept her for himself and made sure the kitten found a good home. Of late, she has developed tumors or cysts that are on one side of her body. They have done surgery a few times to have it removed, but since it has developed again, there is no more tissue surrounding the area that they can use to remove the cyst. So now it is just a matter of time before she will have to be put to sleep.
All in all, he will lose Rex, Dude, Foxy, and Mamacat all within a short period of time. I feel so bad and there is nothing that I can say or do that will relieve his grief. I am most worried when his Mamacat passes on because he loves that cat more than anything and he will be devastated beyond grief.
It is hard enough to lose one, but to lose so many in upcoming days, weeks, and many even months is beyond my capacity to comprehend. I just didn't know what else to do and hope that with time he his heart can heal.
I feel so bad for him since losing 3 cats, he has another, called Dude, a pure white cat, who suffers from renal failure can no longer get up at this point and he doesn't think will make it through the night. He has another, his most dearest and devoted friend Mamacat, who is the last.
His dog rex, has been having problems of late being able to get up on his own. At times he seems ok and others, not so great. He is the sweetest golden retreiver I know.
Foxy, a mix eskimo dog, was just recently diagnosed with heartworm and it's very bad. She always was the alpha dog.
Going back to Mamacat, my friend found her in the boonies on a military base and knew she had kittens. He told her to show him her kittens and she did. So someone had just dumped her out there to survive on her own along with having kittens in the wild. It took him a month of daily contact, feeding, and just familiarity to finally be able to get close to the kittens. She had had three, but by the time he could get to them, there was not but one left.
He kept her for himself and made sure the kitten found a good home. Of late, she has developed tumors or cysts that are on one side of her body. They have done surgery a few times to have it removed, but since it has developed again, there is no more tissue surrounding the area that they can use to remove the cyst. So now it is just a matter of time before she will have to be put to sleep.
All in all, he will lose Rex, Dude, Foxy, and Mamacat all within a short period of time. I feel so bad and there is nothing that I can say or do that will relieve his grief. I am most worried when his Mamacat passes on because he loves that cat more than anything and he will be devastated beyond grief.
It is hard enough to lose one, but to lose so many in upcoming days, weeks, and many even months is beyond my capacity to comprehend. I just didn't know what else to do and hope that with time he his heart can heal.
