Hi, new member here. It's not good that the first post I make is about my cats passing.
I sadly had to have Max put to sleep last Saturday evening.
He'd been unwell, struggling to poop, but that wasn't unusual for him to have trouble.
I'd changed his diet to provide more fluid and fibre.
An X-ray showed his intestines had filled his lower belly in a major prolapse and were looped, twisted and blocked with faeces.
The vet said the X-ray showed no sign of Max having an abdominal lining, it ended just under his rib cage and said it was a congenital deformity along with other features he had.
I knew he was a bit of an unusual cat, but I adored him just the same.
Sadly, the vet wanted me to agree to Max being operated on, just to open him up to satisfy their curiosity at such an abnormality. No cure and poor prognosis for survival.
I could not agree to my Max being treated like a lab rat. He was suffering and frightened.
Made the hardest decision out of pure love to say goodbye. I held him with his paws resting on my shoulder while I told him I loved him and that he is a good boy. He fell asleep resting his head on my shoulder before becoming very heavy.
My heart hurts for him. He was only 4.
Trying now to believe that he is still somewhere out there and he is happy. I get his ashes back soon in a rainbow bridge tin with his name on it.
It will sit between two ceramic cats, one of which is wearing Max's collar, which I gently took off him so he can be free.
I sadly had to have Max put to sleep last Saturday evening.
He'd been unwell, struggling to poop, but that wasn't unusual for him to have trouble.
I'd changed his diet to provide more fluid and fibre.
An X-ray showed his intestines had filled his lower belly in a major prolapse and were looped, twisted and blocked with faeces.
The vet said the X-ray showed no sign of Max having an abdominal lining, it ended just under his rib cage and said it was a congenital deformity along with other features he had.
I knew he was a bit of an unusual cat, but I adored him just the same.
Sadly, the vet wanted me to agree to Max being operated on, just to open him up to satisfy their curiosity at such an abnormality. No cure and poor prognosis for survival.
I could not agree to my Max being treated like a lab rat. He was suffering and frightened.
Made the hardest decision out of pure love to say goodbye. I held him with his paws resting on my shoulder while I told him I loved him and that he is a good boy. He fell asleep resting his head on my shoulder before becoming very heavy.
My heart hurts for him. He was only 4.
Trying now to believe that he is still somewhere out there and he is happy. I get his ashes back soon in a rainbow bridge tin with his name on it.
It will sit between two ceramic cats, one of which is wearing Max's collar, which I gently took off him so he can be free.
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