TODAY WAS A REALLY SAD DAY HERE AT OUR HOME. WE HAD TO TAKE OUR HOUSE CAT TO THE VET AND HAVE HIM PUT TO SLEEP. I KNEW THE DAY WAS DRAWING NEAR, HE WAS DIAGNOSED 4 YEARS AGO WITH FeLV  ( FELINE LUEKEMIA VIRUS) , IT WAS NOT TO BAD AT THE TIME , AND OUR VET URGED US TO TAKE HIM HOME AND ALLOW HIM TO LIVE OUT HIS REMAINING DAYS. HE SAID YOU WILL NO WHEN THINGS START GONE DOWN HILL AND ITS TIME FOR HIM TO GO. WELL WE HAD HIM FOR 4 YEARS AFTER THAT, BUT COULD NOT HAVE ANY OTHER CATS ON THE PLACE BECAUSE IT IS CONTAGIOUS IN CATS. A LOT OF CAT BREEDERS REFER TO THIS ILLNESS AS CATS AIDS , AFTER YOU GET RID OF THE INFECTED CAT YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS BEFORE HAVING ANYMORE KITTENS OR CATS AROUND.THE VIRUS IS PASSED THROUGH THERE SALIVA, MOTHERS MILK, FECES, ANY OF THE CATS SECRETIONS. EVEN FLEAS CAN TRANSMIT THE DESEASE.  HE HAD BEEN LOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS, HAVING DIAHREA, VOMITING, AND THEN LAST NIGHT WE WITNESSED A MAJOR SEIZURE. HE WAS FEED AT ALL TIMES, WE NEVER TOOK HIS FOOD DISH UP AWAY FROM HIM , HE WOULD EAT 3 CANS OF THE BEST WET CAT FOOD MONEY COULD BUY PER DAY PLUS HE ALWAYS HAD DELI CAT FOOD AVAILABLE. WHEN HE FIRST WAS DIAGNOSED HE WEIGHED 23 POUNDS, WHICH IS PRETTY FAT FOR A CAT, TODAY I BET HE DIDN'T WEIGH 10 POUNDS. I WAS ALMOST ASHAMED OF MYSELF FOR ALLOWING HIM TO GET THIS BAD, BUT THE TRUTH IS , IT AINT EASY TAKING AN ANIMAL THAT YOU LOVE TO  HIS DEATH. MY MOTHER RAISED US TO BE KIND TO OUR ANIMALS, AND AFTER THE SEIZURE LAST NIGHT I KNEW IT WAS TIME , HE WAS SUFFERING. I COULD HAVE BROUGHT HIS BODY HOME AND BURIED IT , BUT I TOLD MY SON ( HE WAS CRYING ) AND HE SAID NO , I CAN'T STAND SEEING HIM AFTER THEY PUT HIM TO SLEEP. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER ON HIM I LEFT THE CAT THERE FOR THEM TO BURY. I DREAD THE DAY WE HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME JOURNEY WITH OUR LITTLE HOUSE DOG, BUT I KNOW SOMEDAY IT WILL COME TOO. ANIMALS ARE WONDERFUL AT GIVING LOVE AND AFFECTION , BUT ITS SO HARD GIVING THEM UP IN THE END . SO HERE WE ALL ARE TONIGHT WE ARE HEART BROKEN , AND I EVEN FEEL A BIT GUILTY FOR BEING THE ONE TO MAKE THE ARRANGMENTS AND CARRING THEM OUT.

Tags: cat, death, desease, cry, love, guilt, sadness

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