Hey
everyone,
I know it hasn't
been that long ago that I reported that we had lost our Miss Kitty to
FeLV. Now, not even a month later we've lost Clack. He was 12 years
old and I'm pretty sure he was negative. He lived outside with his brother
Click.
He was acting a bit
abnormal yesterday and this morning. I went out to give him some canned
food that he dearly loves and he ran off into the woods away from me. When
I got home tonight, he was lying on his side under our van with his mouth open
panting. I thought he was already gone, but he was still breathing.
I rushed him to the vet and they told us that he was not responding to the
oxygen, that he had a mass in his chest and that his pupils weren't responding
to light. They recommended PTS since they didn't think he would make it
overnight.
This has happened so
suddenly. I'm numb with shock. Clack and his brother, Click,
arrived as small kittens when their mom showed up in our yard. They
were all feral, but we managed to tame Mama Kitty and Click. We were never
able to hold Clack or scratch behind his ears until tonight. I held
him and told him that it was OK if he needed to go. We're pretty sure that
he waited until we got home and made sure that he was some place we could see
him. He could have just gone off into the woods to
die.
This is never easy.
We're having him cremated. Now he's with his mother at Rainbow
Bridge. She passed away a few years ago very suddenly. Now Click is
left without his brother and Mama.
Could you please add
Clack to the Candlelight Service as a non positive? He was a black kitty
with a white spot on his chest.
Thanks so much for
listening. This group has been there for me a lot in the past 3 years
(since I discovered you all after we rescued Miss Kitty & her
kittens).
