I have read and read, in the forums until I am dizzy. Trying find an answer.
It's been just about 72 hr. since we lost our beloved "Spud". The most beautiful Maine Coon kitty we have ever seen. We had our "woody" gray tabby for 17 healthy years. When she passed in March of this year, we said we could never go through the pain of loosing another love one like that.
Well, it lasted almost a month and we went to the shelter to rescue another kitty. While we were there, we had picked out another Tabby (much different markings of course) there was the most beautiful Maine Coon in the cage next to our new girl. The Coon kept sticking her paws through that cage as if to say, "take me, take me". Well we came home with 2 cats that day, and were so happy again. The tabby had had a URI while she was in the shelter but came home with a clean bill of health and the vet said to keep an eye on it. Over the the nex 4 1/2 months the tabby had a few flare up's and I treated them with lysine and it went right away. Spud (maine coon) never had any signs of contracting the conjunctivitus. A little over a week ago, I noticed her eye was showing signs of the virus so I tried the same treatment-to which she was having no part of-not eating. I took her into the vet and they prescribed oral antibiotics and the Lysine paste. After 2 days of these prescriptions the URI appeared to be gone, but she still wasn't eating. She showed signs of depression, coat was mangy and she had a foul odor about her. I called the Vet and she advised to keep up the meds and keep an eye on her. Spud was still drinking water, but was having a tough time keeping it down. I tried force feeding, that worked the first few times-she didn't vomit. Then she couldn't even keep that down.I got her into the Vet right away and the decided that they should keep her-to which they felt she need ed more antibiotics. The Vet called me later in the day, and said she had an Kidney infection-and I needed to stop by and leave a deposit since she would need to be with them a few days. I stopped by on my way home from work, to leave the $300 they requested. I popped in to check on my baby- this day I will never forget. She was huddled at the back of her cage with an IV in her little paw, and she cried out to me over and over as if begging to come home. I wept openly as the Vet came into talk to me. The original Vet had left due to some emergency, and I spoke with Doctor rubber mouth a what seemed to be a less than concerned party that struggled with the english language-middle eastern. I went away from there feeling so lousy, my wife and I cried and worried all nite. The next morning, I called to check on Spud and Dr. rubber mouth advised me that "she didn't make it through the nite".
We are both so torn up by the passing of Spud, we break into tears throughout the day. Our other cat "Cosmo" Spuds sister seems to know something is amiss.
I have read about Coon's and Kidney problems
I have read about Kidney problems and Antibiotics
I have read about Vet misdiagnosis
Could the meds have brought on the Kidney problem's?
Was she misdiagnosed?
She was so young, and all I have read about the kidney problems refer's to older cats.
We just keep beating ourselve's up as to what or how we could have prevented the loss of our beautiful less than a year old baby?
We have adopted another kitty that comes home tommorrow, that we hope will cheer all of us up a bit-myself/wife and Cosmo. Spud cannot be replaced, but she would have wanted us to save another kitty's life at the shelter.
But when will the pain subside? This really seems harder than human losses I have had in my life. Is this wrong?
Godspeed, our Spud!
It's been just about 72 hr. since we lost our beloved "Spud". The most beautiful Maine Coon kitty we have ever seen. We had our "woody" gray tabby for 17 healthy years. When she passed in March of this year, we said we could never go through the pain of loosing another love one like that.
Well, it lasted almost a month and we went to the shelter to rescue another kitty. While we were there, we had picked out another Tabby (much different markings of course) there was the most beautiful Maine Coon in the cage next to our new girl. The Coon kept sticking her paws through that cage as if to say, "take me, take me". Well we came home with 2 cats that day, and were so happy again. The tabby had had a URI while she was in the shelter but came home with a clean bill of health and the vet said to keep an eye on it. Over the the nex 4 1/2 months the tabby had a few flare up's and I treated them with lysine and it went right away. Spud (maine coon) never had any signs of contracting the conjunctivitus. A little over a week ago, I noticed her eye was showing signs of the virus so I tried the same treatment-to which she was having no part of-not eating. I took her into the vet and they prescribed oral antibiotics and the Lysine paste. After 2 days of these prescriptions the URI appeared to be gone, but she still wasn't eating. She showed signs of depression, coat was mangy and she had a foul odor about her. I called the Vet and she advised to keep up the meds and keep an eye on her. Spud was still drinking water, but was having a tough time keeping it down. I tried force feeding, that worked the first few times-she didn't vomit. Then she couldn't even keep that down.I got her into the Vet right away and the decided that they should keep her-to which they felt she need ed more antibiotics. The Vet called me later in the day, and said she had an Kidney infection-and I needed to stop by and leave a deposit since she would need to be with them a few days. I stopped by on my way home from work, to leave the $300 they requested. I popped in to check on my baby- this day I will never forget. She was huddled at the back of her cage with an IV in her little paw, and she cried out to me over and over as if begging to come home. I wept openly as the Vet came into talk to me. The original Vet had left due to some emergency, and I spoke with Doctor rubber mouth a what seemed to be a less than concerned party that struggled with the english language-middle eastern. I went away from there feeling so lousy, my wife and I cried and worried all nite. The next morning, I called to check on Spud and Dr. rubber mouth advised me that "she didn't make it through the nite".
We are both so torn up by the passing of Spud, we break into tears throughout the day. Our other cat "Cosmo" Spuds sister seems to know something is amiss.
I have read about Coon's and Kidney problems
I have read about Kidney problems and Antibiotics
I have read about Vet misdiagnosis
Could the meds have brought on the Kidney problem's?
Was she misdiagnosed?
She was so young, and all I have read about the kidney problems refer's to older cats.
We just keep beating ourselve's up as to what or how we could have prevented the loss of our beautiful less than a year old baby?
We have adopted another kitty that comes home tommorrow, that we hope will cheer all of us up a bit-myself/wife and Cosmo. Spud cannot be replaced, but she would have wanted us to save another kitty's life at the shelter.
But when will the pain subside? This really seems harder than human losses I have had in my life. Is this wrong?
Godspeed, our Spud!
