Reply #11: sympathies. [View All]

[ginnyinWI]

We lost our 18 year old cat to heart/kidney failure a week ago this morning. He had been acting similar to your dog, in a decline for the last six months, no energy, losing a lot of weight, losing clumps of hair, and becoming a picky eater for the first time ever. He was on a heart pill twice a day. I had to get really creative finding things that he would enjoy eating. Finally, during the last several days, he had almost stopped eating and drinking even his favorite foods (raw chicken liver and Half 'n Half), and we found him dead last Thursday morning. By the looks of it he had just laid down on the floor, exhausted, and breathed his last.

This kitty was born in our house and lived all his life with us--18 years is a long time. Our youngest was in the first grade back then, and now is 25, out on her own. The house does seem very empty now. No pets except for the aquarium. We'll eventually get a new kitty after we do some long-delayed traveling. A pet makes a house feel like home.