Dear Anne,
My heart goes out to you, since it was just 8 days ago since I lost my Bubba.
He, too, sought out hiding places shortly before he died. I think that Jimi is
trying to find a place to be alone more than anything else. When Bubba finally
became too weak to move around the apartment, I kept him right next to me so I
could hold him and stroke him and talk to him. That meant a lot to me and I
think that it meant a lot to him, too, because even though I think he was in a
coma at the end, his tail would switch and he would purr when I talked to him
and stroked him.
Leah
----- Original Message -----
From: anne
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 3:17 AM
Subject: Jimi Too Cool problem
Hi everyone,
My Jimi Too Cool, 10 year old black domestic shorthair with feline
leukemia, is in his last stage of life, I am sure. He has been slowly going
downhill. He is just bones with fur and won't eat. His pain is controlled
with depo-medrol and tramadol and he is not in distress, pain is under control,
but he mostly just sleeps a lot. Well, tonight he made a break for it and went
outside and won't come in and it is at freezing temp now. 32 degrees, I
believe. No wind, though. I have cat-fence-in so he is not straying but I
can't reach him. Every time I go out to try and bring him in, he runs for
cover under the deck.
Have any of you run into this problem? I have heard that cats and dogs
like to go outside to die. Could that be it, I wonder? I am so worried about
him as he is so skinny and he is not used to this cold weather. He can come
in, though, if he would like, as I put the cat door back into the window, just
for him, although I had it stowed for the cold weather until spring. I am
trying to relax because I know he could come in if he wanted to so he must not
mind it outside. Sigh....
Thanks, everyone.
Anne and Jimi Too Cool and Simms and Sophie in MI
