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cat death

Hi,

My cat was about a year old, and he was ok last playing a burring, and when my parents woke up in the morning they found him dead by his food dish. My cat had a booster shot on Saturday and apaired to be fine. My girlfriend believes that it could have been stress related due to coming into a new place also being declawed, please if you a had this problem from other people please let me know so i can bring closure to this thak you.

Hi,

I am so, so sorry. That is so sad and you have my deepest sympathies. I can probably give you some insight as to the cause but I would have to have more information. I need a timeline more than anything else. I need to know when you got him, where he came from, how old was he when you got him, how many times did he see a vet, how many times was he vaccinated or was this the first. Was he tested for Felv/FIV and did he have a stool sample analyzed? When was he neutered? When was he declawed? What do you mean about coming into a new place? Did he have any prior history of illness? Did he live with other animals at any time? Did he go outdoors? Had he been thoroughly examined by a vet in your presence and did they ever tell you there was anything abnormal at all in his physical exam?

If you get back to me with the answers to these questions, I will try to help you.

Thank you,
Dr. Neely

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Dec 08, 2008

Unknown Reasons
by: Anonymous

I had a cat named Snickers for 5½ years and he died recently(dec. 1st). His first problem was having trouble having bowel movements. He would cry and make wierd noises when ever he tried to go. His butt started to get something kinda like diaper rash on it and it smelled terrible. We took him to the vet and they said they thought he had mega-colon. His colon was huge(about the size of my fist on the x-ray) and it was stuffed and packed so bad it was half way through his small intestent too. They removed alot of the bowel that wouldn't come out. He felt better but sore. A month or two later he started having the same problems so we took him back. It had gotten worse. They removed some bowel again. By now every few weeks we have to bring him back to the vet. He has had alot of emamas(mispelled)by now. He smelled terrible so they shaved him(i didn't want them to. he had the cutest hair). Soon we had to bring him every week. After we brought him home one time me and my mom were going somewhere and my siblings didn't know how to take care of him even though I told them how. A few days later I come home and he had a wierd pudding like diarrhea and lots of it. My mom was going to be home in a few days so I tried to help him. He wouldn't eat or drink so I had to use a suringe to give him water. I gave him his medicine, cleaned his butt, tried to feed him his special food, cleaned the carpets where he pooped some, I also put him in a room with a heater cause the house was cold. Most importantly I gave him love. My mom came home and nothing I had done had helped. He acually got even worse. She gave him a bath everyday. We gave him a mix of a little sugar and salt in some water so he would get some energy back. She took him to the vet the next day and he stayed there because he was dehydrated, anemic, had low potassium, lost some weight, and a lot of other things. They put him on a IV and watched him. In the middle of the night he died in his sleep. They said he pepped up a bit before he died. The next day as my mom and I were driving to my school/her job the vet called a told us the bad news. We went to my dads office since it was close by to tell him. The vet said that they couldnt find out what was wrong.

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I had a cat named Snickers for 5½ years and he died recently(dec. 1st). His first problem was having trouble having bowel movements. He would cry and make wierd noises when ever he tried to go. His butt started to get something kinda like diaper rash on it and it smelled terrible. We took him to the vet and they said they thought he had mega-colon. His colon was huge(about the size of my fist on the x-ray) and it was stuffed and packed so bad it was half way through his small intestent too. They removed alot of the bowel that wouldn't come out. He felt better but sore. A month or two later he started having the same problems so we took him back. It had gotten worse. They removed some bowel again. By now every few weeks we have to bring him back to the vet. He has had alot of emamas(mispelled)by now. He smelled terrible so they shaved him(i didn't want them to. he had the cutest hair). Soon we had to bring him every week. After we brought him home one time me and my mom were going somewhere and my siblings didn't know how to take care of him even though I told them how. A few days later I come home and he had a wierd pudding like diarrhea and lots of it. My mom was going to be home in a few days so I tried to help him. He wouldn't eat or drink so I had to use a suringe to give him water. I gave him his medicine, cleaned his butt, tried to feed him his special food, cleaned the carpets where he pooped some, I also put him in a room with a heater cause the house was cold. Most importantly I gave him love. My mom came home and nothing I had done had helped. He acually got even worse. She gave him a bath everyday. We gave him a mix of a little sugar and salt in some water so he would get some energy back. She took him to the vet the next day and he stayed there because he was dehydrated, anemic, had low potassium, lost some weight, and a lot of other things. They put him on a IV and watched him. In the middle of the night he died in his sleep. They said he pepped up a bit before he died. The next day as my mom and I were driving to my school/her job the vet called a told us the bad news. We went to my dads office since it was close by to tell him. The vet said that they couldnt find out what was wrong.

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Nov 17, 2008

A very great loss
by: mikeEm

I feel destroyed, it's all my fault...my two kittens 3 months old, my male cat was very agressive/playing with the female cat...i came home and he had her in his arms and was either licking her neck or bitting it, and he usually did both, i've seen him fight with her to the point she had trouble walking on some mornings....but after a few days of controlling it, seperating the two and putting him in the other bedroom to give her a rest....but then he would cry nd cry and cry...so we started to let him out again, but he seemed to be on a mission with her....the fighting resumed, we just thought she would get strong while she was growing, but she remained thin and small and abused...the day before she died, i shook a bag of temptations and sure enough she came running when my friend Mark a delivery guy made the comment to me, said she looked real weak and thin. I said yes, but the same happened with Roz the Mother cat, she got sick and got over it like we all mostly do....so in my mind she would grow out of the torture by the male cat and she would pick up the pace and be strong enough to shake him off....but she died in his arms and i'm shaken by the experience....she died in his arms....and mine. Layed her down in the middle of the bed, picked up the phone and called a vet....in the meantime while trying to locate a vet, because of my Retardness and Lamitety....i failed. Found one after 10 minutes and my GF came back telling me she had gasped her last.

I feel like hanging myself because of the stupidity....because of my own weak perception, because of my inactions to save my tiny abused female cat.....there is just no words for it....i'm bummed out from living this hell.

I hate life, actually....i hate Death....but this reinforces me i suppose, because giving my life away because i'm a retard would automatically mean Death wins....but i can garantee it won the first battle......what an explosion...It was like H-bomb Mike test.I know winning against death is impossible, I just wish i could go back in time to save my cat a foolish demise....if that's dreamable it has to be possible. But i'm crazy,we have all this info, yet it still took a good 3-5 minutes before i found on Yellow Pages.ca a Vet in my Erea, wich reminds me, you should always keep that info handy.... i guess that's learning the hard way to keep important info handy.

I am so sorry for your loss and I understand your pain and guilt. However, what you describe is so very rare, I think you are blaming yourself far too much. Guilt and "what if's" do no good anyway. Better that we learn and move forward giving our love to others and apply any lessons we have learned to the other cats that grace our lives.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. You have made a very inportant point. Keeping important phone numbers right by the phone is really necessary.

You have my deepest sympathy. Dr. Neely

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I feel destroyed, it's all my fault...my two kittens 3 months old, my male cat was very agressive/playing with the female cat...i came home and he had her in his arms and was either licking her neck or bitting it, and he usually did both, i've seen him fight with her to the point she had trouble walking on some mornings....but after a few days of controlling it, seperating the two and putting him in the other bedroom to give her a rest....but then he would cry nd cry and cry...so we started to let him out again, but he seemed to be on a mission with her....the fighting resumed, we just thought she would get strong while she was growing, but she remained thin and small and abused...the day before she died, i shook a bag of temptations and sure enough she came running when my friend Mark a delivery guy made the comment to me, said she looked real weak and thin. I said yes, but the same happened with Roz the Mother cat, she got sick and got over it like we all mostly do....so in my mind she would grow out of the torture by the male cat and she would pick up the pace and be strong enough to shake him off....but she died in his arms and i'm shaken by the experience....she died in his arms....and mine. Layed her down in the middle of the bed, picked up the phone and called a vet....in the meantime while trying to locate a vet, because of my Retardness and Lamitety....i failed. Found one after 10 minutes and my GF came back telling me she had gasped her last. I feel like hanging myself because of the stupidity....because of my own weak perception, because of my inactions to save my tiny abused female cat.....there is just no words for it....i'm bummed out from living this hell. I hate life, actually....i hate Death....but this reinforces me i suppose, because giving my life away because i'm a retard would automatically mean Death wins....but i can garantee it won the first battle......what an explosion...It was like H-bomb Mike test.I know winning against death is impossible, I just wish i could go back in time to save my cat a foolish demise....if that's dreamable it has to be possible. But i'm crazy,we have all this info, yet it still took a good 3-5 minutes before i found on Yellow Pages.ca a Vet in my Erea, wich reminds me, you should always keep that info handy.... i guess that's learning the hard way to keep important info handy. <strong>I am so sorry for your loss and I understand your pain and guilt. However, what you describe is so very rare, I think you are blaming yourself far too much. Guilt and "what if's" do no good anyway. Better that we learn and move forward giving our love to others and apply any lessons we have learned to the other cats that grace our lives. Thank you for sharing your story with us. You have made a very inportant point. Keeping important phone numbers right by the phone is really necessary. You have my deepest sympathy. Dr. Neely</strong>

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Sep 16, 2008

cat death
by: Anonymous

i am really sorry for your loss i just lost my cat this morning and iam in mourning. he was my buddie. he had pnuemonia we took him the vet but i think we where to late his name was diego he is in gods hands now and we miss him.

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