Okay slightly uneasing topic open and read if you want

What did your cat pass away from ?? and how old ???

Kandie CRF a month from 19

Nikko Crf 19.5

Simon unknown age 14

Damita Mae 2 months from 8 years from ???

Sylvia had CRF and mammary cancer. However the CRF was under control for the last two years or so of her life, kidney levels normal or high-normal so in the poll I put cancer. She had tumors removed but they returned and metastatized. We don't know how old she was because she was a rescue, but she had to be at least 16 because we had her for about 11-13 years and the family we adopted her from had her for several years before that and when they got her (stray) she was already an adult.

Stripe was Crf after doing a year of treatments at age 11
Lucy was Fia at age 11
Yoshi was Kidney Stones and they think Fip ay age 5
Stormy was End Stage Crf which I didnt even know she had until the day before she was Pts. She didnt really have any signs of it except she would drool and barf sometimes. They also think maybe Cancer. She was only 5.
Manx age 11 from cancer and a seizure from her epilepsy. I like to take cats with problems. we got her when she was 6 weeks old.
Patches Crf at age 6
Smokey age 11 not sure why. I had to leave her behind when I moved and they called me and said she was sick. She died within a hour of the call.
I was a Kid with these Cats
Frisky died from Male Blockage at age 1
Patches died before we got to the Vet
Butterscotch not sure what.
I am only listing Cats that were mine even when I was a kid.
Whiskers was bleeding but died before we got to the Vet
Thats what I get for trying to save Ferals
Theres alot more taht were family Pets too.

Genghis - starvation - about 12 weeks old.

Apart from Genghis, we haven't lost a cat since '98 (touch wood) when I was but a youngster, but tragically we lost 3 cats in one year on the road, despite the fact that our road is quiet, the few people who drive on it don't obey the speed limit.

Poppy - 8 months old
Theo - 4 yrs old
Martha (my baby, and my 9th birthday surprise) - 8 years old

Rest in peace girls.

:rbheart :

These are not all the cats in my lifetime, but most.

Mervat - 14ish - mammary cancer that had spread to her lungs (also had hyperthyroidism)

Bookie - 17ish - severe anemia and we never did figure out what had happened to her - severe diarrhea that was negative for everything, ?ibd??

Joshua - 15ish cancer (also had ibd, hyperthyroidism)

Christopher - -14ish chylothorax

Patrick - just prior to his 19th birthday - pancreatitis (also had ibd and hyperthyroidism and crf)

Tyler - 18 1/2 - bone cancer - jaw - also had crf, hyperthyroidism

Frankie - 3-4, ??? stroke/embolus had mild crf

Ivy - 12+, cancer - extensive.

sadie 5yrs-7 yrs (she was a stray) unknown neurological problems

scampi 1.5 yrs -fip

pomey 16 yrs-hepatitis

marmie 6 months-stomach cancer

blackie 9 yrs- stomach cancer

rip babies

Red-12 years old FIP
Doo Doo-20 years old CRF
Shatazar-6 years Cancer
Kitty-age unknown I had her 10 years CRF
Little Bit-10 years old CRF
Tommy-6 years old bad reaction to Ketamine while getting teeth cleaned
Chubbs AKA Bubba-14.6 years cancer
Mort-almost 18 years old CRF
George-2 years old FIP

I miss you all...... RIP

Oh what a depressing topic! It is interesting though... As you'll see, the deaths of my cats have lead to my current ones being indoor only.

1998 - Wendy - 8 - Wandered off... never seen again.
2005 - Milo - not even 1 yet! - Bitten by a snake.
2006 - Molly - 7 - Mauled by next door's dog. Survived the night at the vet, died the next day, just after they told us she was going to be okay...
2007 - JayJay - 16 - She had dimensia (we're sure) and was a bit crazy in her old age... she didn't go outside, but one day she got adventurous. Hit by a car.
2007 - Tobi - 5 - Poor boy got hit by a car.

Again, now you know why my cats are inside only these days.

Timotei, almost 3 years old, IMHA in April 4th 2007.
Usva, about 8 years old, cancer in November 22nd 2007.

I miss you so much my darling babies.

Tigger (1 year old) Beaten and battered by someone when he was out for his nightly stroll.
Lala (4 months old) Died 10 days after Tigger on Halloween, unfortunately, she was black, some kids are just so hateful, she got hit by a car and had to be put down.
Tibby (8 weeks old) Died from internal problems from before she was born, her chest wasn't expanding for the growth, got put down.
Sheeba (2 years old) Got hit by a car one night, indoor cat wasn't too skilled, she had to be put down, internal bleeding.

These next cats were out of my control, I couldn't stop it since I had a lot of cats at one time, fostering them for a no kill group.

Cow (1 year old) Terrible ear infection, Feline Distemper (DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, THE VET PASSED IT OFF AS JUST A "LITTLE INFECTION IN THE OUTER EAR)
Marvin (Cows Sister) FELINE DISTEMPER! We believed he died of a broken heart after losing his sister, they were never seperated, he searched for her all day and night, we woke up one morning to find him dead on her favourite armchair, broke our hearts </3
Mims (9 months old) Feline distemper! Sheeba's kitten, so sad to see, we learnt it was feline distemper after this cat died, and took immediate action to get them all in quarantine, however, it was already 3 weeks after the first cat died from it and the exposure had been done.
Sage (1 year old, rescued kitten) She was pregnant, and was due for her babies a week after she died, FELINE DISTEMPER! (the vet said it was from the babies, which is SO not true) thats my little angel!
Bill & Bob- (7weeks old) Two foster kittens, hand raised from 3 weeks old, FELINE DISTEMPER!! We tried our best my little handsomes
Mimi (9Weeks old) FELINE DISTEMPER.
Speckle (3 years old) FELINE DISTEMPER!

BTW the kittens were immediately in a different home, and got spoiled to the fullest, they were also in seperated from the other kittens, but unfortunately the disease was already there, sadly, Mimi just got her shots a week before, but her body didn't have the time for it to kick in.

AND the veterinarian was very very misleading with us, we have since changed vets. He made up every possible excuse for them dying, he came to the conclusion of the Distemper after losing the 3rd cat to a sudden, slow and painful death.

It put a huge toll on the rescue group, since they paid for a lot of the vet fees, we didnt know what was wrong, so much hurt

PS COW DIED IN DECEMBER 2007, THE LAST DEATH WE HAD WAS LAST MONTH. WE LOST EIGHT PRECIOUS CATS IN 5 MONTHS, THEY WERE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF GETTING SHOTS, ETC. WE HAVE SAVED THE OTHER 6 CATS THAT WERE PUT IN MY CARE SO YES, I HAD 14 CATS HERE. I HAVE A BIG HOME, AND HAD THE ROOM FOR IT. UNTIL SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED REAL PAIN! THESE ANIMALS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER,

I just wish I could have helped them.
I don't think I can bare to see another kitten die in my arms,

Why does this happen to the best of us? My life revolved around animals, now I feel afraid to attach myself to them, I don't want to be broken up again.

This is my family:

Bootsie - 22 1/2 years old - old age

Spooky - 17 years old - CRF

Samson - 19 1/2 years old - CRF

Billy - 18+ years old - CRF

Since I've lost more than one cat, I'll just respond here rather than to the poll.

Spot died from HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). He also had hyperthyroidism, but his heart disease was idiopathic and probably not due to the hyperT. I don't know how old he was since I found him as an ill stray, but he was probably between 13 and 16 years old.

Willow died of FIP (confirmed through necropsy and PCR testing from Auburn University) at the age of approximately nine years old.

Two of my childhood cats were hit by cars--one was probably a year old, and the other was probably about two years old (all of my adulthood cats have been indoor only).

A third childhood cat died from heart attack or stroke--he had a heart murmur most of his life, and he lived to be twelve years old.

Two other childhood cats disappeared--one just ran away (may have had a seizure and gotten lost) and the other was accidentally let outside while we were moving.

Willow - Fibrosarcoma (cancer) at 6 years old.

Simba - Heart Failure (HCM) at 10 years old.

I've had several cats die of cancers. Spooky (our rex who died at age 15 1/2) died of a heart attack in his sleep.

I suspect that we see more cancers because cats, as pets, are kept alive from other causes that normally would have killed them much younger.

We lost Raven to Fibrosarcoma (cancer) at 10 yrs old. He was diagnosed not long after his 10 yr birthday. We had him for 6 months after his diagnosis.

maisie - 3 years old - hit by a car - december 1994

thomas - approx 4 years old - hit by a car - june 2001

sinbad - 15 years old (maisie's brother) - CRF - october 2006

daisy - approx 13 - CRF - january 2007

janet - approx 13 - FIP - october 2007

i miss you all so much my precious babies.

Alley was 9.5 years old when she was pts. She had cytauxzoonosis. She WAS Frontlined, and it happened in December, far past the usual season. She was pts to spare her the horrible, painful death caused by this disease.