I am visiting my parents. They live out in the countryside. Last night my dad noticed a stray cat limping on the property trying to get into the shed - the cat allowed my dad to bring him inside and he set him up by himself in a bedroom (as my dad has other cats and didn't want to risk them catching something as he seemed to be a feral/stray/country cat) and covered him with a nice blanket.
Today I checked on him and his breathing did not look good, I did not feel he was going to last too long. My dad was able to give him some water by syringe. I called 5 vets of varying distances - all full, no-one could take him. I called them asking to see if anything could be done but if not that then to at least alleviate his suffering. I even asked one if they could just give me some pain medication to take even if they couldn't see him, but they couldn't. Finally, I was able to get through to the 6th vet and they had an emergency spot open up! So we we were about to set off when we noticed he had passed on. There was no diarrhea, vomiting or blood/open wounds. My dad suspects he might've been hit by a car.
I say he, but not even sure if it was a boy or girl. A beautiful young brown tabby. Poor sweet angel. Too short for this world. I hope your last night you felt warm and comfortable and safe snuggled under the blanket and did not suffer too long.
Today I checked on him and his breathing did not look good, I did not feel he was going to last too long. My dad was able to give him some water by syringe. I called 5 vets of varying distances - all full, no-one could take him. I called them asking to see if anything could be done but if not that then to at least alleviate his suffering. I even asked one if they could just give me some pain medication to take even if they couldn't see him, but they couldn't. Finally, I was able to get through to the 6th vet and they had an emergency spot open up! So we we were about to set off when we noticed he had passed on. There was no diarrhea, vomiting or blood/open wounds. My dad suspects he might've been hit by a car.
I say he, but not even sure if it was a boy or girl. A beautiful young brown tabby. Poor sweet angel. Too short for this world. I hope your last night you felt warm and comfortable and safe snuggled under the blanket and did not suffer too long.