12 Years Ago A Vet Told Wife & I To Have Tabby Cat Put Down

[gab13by13]

Tabby cat was a stray who showed up at our house 12 years ago. I managed to catch him and take him to the vet to have him fixed.

The vet did the procedure but when tests came back, Tabby Cat had feline leukemia. (I think that's what it was) It's the ailment where the cat's immune system doesn't work, so a cold will kill him. The vet suggested we put him down since he could give it to our 1 year old stray, CooCoo. I asked the vet if CooCoo can catch it from eating food from the same dish. Vet says no, only by transfer of blood from fighting. I say, this cat is timid, the 2 cats are friends, they do not fight. Vet says well it's up to us but Tabby Cat will only make it 2 or 3 years.

Did I mention that was 12 years ago and Tabby is eating cat food out on my porch right now.

3 weeks ago he started losing weight badly. I figured he caught something. I even went to the pet cemetery and prepared his spot. I waited because he would keep eating somewhat, and now he has gained weight back and our 13 year old stray still has his good buddy to take care of.

Oh yeah, CooCoo took care of Tabby Cat. He is a warrior/hunter cat. If the neighbor's dogs come to the porch to try to steal his food, they know better than to mess with CooCoo, and 2 of the dogs are big.

Every time I see Tabby Cat he brings a smile to my face because he is a fighter.

Just a good story for today. Going to put some Revolution on them now.

[Tadpole Raisin]

1. Tabby lucked out finding you! The feline distribution system

works I’m mysterious ways.

Thanks for the smile!

[gab13by13]

3. Darn it must have caught an allergy

my eyes are moist.

[cachukis]

2. We rescued a pound cat age 10, ready to be put down.

We had to pass the sit on lap test at the Humane Society.
Cat came home and hid behind washer for a month.
He lasted for another 16 years.

[gab13by13]

4. Unbelievable,

I just sent my 11 year old teenager grandson 3 Buddhist books to read. My story and yours tell that there is good karma out there.

We have an inside cat, we saw her on the internet at a shelter. When we picked her up they gave her to us in a box, we couldn't see her. When we got to look at her on the way home we found out she had herpes in one eye. The vet claims she has no problems seeing it just looks bad. So we do have to put eye drops in her eye every day to keep it from getting worse.

[cachukis]

11. Mine eventually had cancer in an eye. The vet

offered to remove it for free if she could keep the eye for study.
The cat eventually had bowel problems and often the intestine would stick out. We would give him an enema and out came the poop and the intestine returned to its proper place.
One weekend we went to my wife's cousin's wife's memorial. We had already mourned her passing.
At a drive through at a bank, our cat sitter called to tell us our cat had passed. We were crestfallen and teary eyed. The sitter asked what she should do. I told her to take a heavy duty garbage bag, wrap tge cat, and put him in the freezer.
At the ceremony we sat on either side of the cousin. I kept crying at the loss of our dear cat.
Other guests were commenting how we must have been really close to the deceased.
Little did they know, it was our cat.
At the reception at the house, I told the story of our cat's demise at 26 and how he was frozen for future burial at our home.
Many of the attendees had been to our house for Thanksgiving over the years. Some were not sure about an invite for the next one.

[Walleye]

5. I have been taking care of a tabby outside for 15 years. He was born out there. He was fixed in a

Neuter and release and he is the only one who has stuck around the whole time. He has climbed up on my second floor deck every evening for supper and now he is taking up residence there, he’s decided he found a pile of leaves to use his litter box and he certainly gets all the food he needs. For the winter I bought a little cabin with a warming pad underneath. He does look a little skinny though and he’s been drinking water a little more often than usual about three times a day. It has gotten warm out He’s made it 15 years.

[gab13by13]

6. I have heated cat houses in my garage

Now that's it's getting warmer here in Pa. they lay on my glider I bought from the Amish on the porch, or under the glider when it gets too hot.

[calimary]

7. Sure do like these kitty tales!

We’ve certainly had our share, and happily still at it!

[calimary]

8. Oops! Just now had a cat "adventure"...

Cat wants the cord. I won’t let him have it.

[IcyPeas]

9. Hey you

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I have a 19 year old with FIV and was told to put him down 17 years ago.

Sometimes vets are wrong.

[Jacson6]

12. This reminds me of my experience in the early 1970's

One of the neighborhood kids cat was ran overby a cruel driver that steered his truck to kill their cat. We took the cat and buried it and had a service for it. Someone slashed the four tires on the truck that did the deed. I still don't know who it was even to this day. KARMA is a bitch.