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RIP Mikki - Twitchin Kitten - 05-21-2015
Yesterday was rough. Mikki was slowing going downhill and we decided after Matt gets home it's "time".
She was pacing the same pattern for hours yesterday and she fell into the water dish and nearly drowned. If I wasn't home she would have.
Poor scrounge cat. She did have 5 good years and I feel good about that. We buried her under the Rose of Sharon in the back of the house.
It was awful in the vet's office too. Every dog that came in had to be PTS. We had a 4 hour wait while she argued with 2 people to do the right thing by their dogs and put them down. They both wanted to take the animal home and let it suffer to death. One was a boxer with bloat and torsion whose heart rate was well over 250 BPM. He did the right thing overall. The other guy was some vicious little beast who was bleeding from her sinuses and vomiting puddles of blood. It was a literal blood bath in the office. He refused treatment, medication to keep her comfortable and took her home to let her bleed to death slowly.
Dr. Laura was really upset over that one. She hates having to do "it" as it is, but when you have people you have to actually convince it's the right thing to do it makes that task so much harder. I felt so bad coming in to do that with the cat too, but she at least knows that when we come in for that business we are sure, correct and not hysterical crying making it even harder on her. People think that shit is easy for the vet to do and it's not.
Anyway, Mikki is resting nicely in the yard.
RE: RIP Mikki - twisteroo - 05-21-2015
I'm so sorry Twitch.
It is never easy to let go, even though it is the right thing to do.
As I say about mine: I'm sure you were both better off for having crossed paths in this shitty world.
RE: RIP Mikki - Biker Dude - 05-22-2015
I'm sorry to hear about Mikki. I completely agree with you about letting them go. The last cat I had to put down I told myself I wasn't keeping him around just for me. He was a good kitty for along time, he deserved some peace when the time came. He just didn't wake up, but was still breathing. It was his time. His name was Spock.
RE: RIP Mikki - twisteroo - 05-22-2015
I am also very sad to report that I lost Scruffy this morning.
I'm pretty sure he was attacked by a fox, I got home as quick as I could. He was bad off, I took him in the back shed and stayed with him, talking to him and petting him. I never even got a chance to try to get him to the vet...he was gone.
I let him out of the house at about 4:30am and I saw him sitting under his tree when I left at 5, by 6am it was all over.
I saw a fox crossing the yard as I was finishing digging Scruff's spot in the yard. That fucker is gonna catch a bullet if he shows himself again.
Anyway, I'm not trying to take away anything from Mikki, it's just been a bad day.
RE: RIP Mikki - Biker Dude - 05-22-2015
Sorry to hear that too.
RE: RIP Mikki - Twitchin Kitten - 05-23-2015
OMG that's so awful twist. I'm so sorry. Scruffy was awesome and that's just an awful way to go. You must be heartbroken. I would be.
You are not taking away from anything here. We were preparing ourselves for this for months.
RIP Scruffy. You were cool dude and will be missed.
RE: RIP Mikki - twisteroo - 05-23-2015
Thanks Twitch.
We are still getting over it. I worry about Angus. Angus knows, he was around when it happened and was there with me at the end. They were best buddies.
RE: RIP Mikki - Twitchin Kitten - 05-23-2015
Poor Angus. Is he the only outside cat you have left? I'd bring him in if so. It would allow me to go out of the house and not worry. It's unusual for a fox to bother with cats like that too. I can't imagine them being that hungry, but I would worry about rabies. If he is rabid he doesn't have much more than 6 days to live. Small consolation I know.
RE: RIP Mikki - Vizth Hal - 05-23-2015
This has been a bad week it seems. I'm sorry for both your losses.
RE: RIP Mikki - LKTraz - 05-24-2015
I'm so sorry to hear of the passing of these two furry friends.