Zippy at 16 - If you look closely you can see the bulge in his right upper leg area to where synovial fluids had leaked
Friday the 13th , I should have known it. No,just a coinidence...
Zippy is/was 15 or 16. We had an appt already scheduled to treat anemia but they diacovered his heart had filled with fluids . .. can't give Zippy heart diuretics as it conflicts with his kidney failure so, sadly we will put him down shortly before th I ngs get worse..
Sadly I'm sorry to have to report that Zippy will be joining Orange Julius, Lisa MARIE AND MANY OTHERS over the Rainbrow Bridge shortly. He had three pretty good years with us despite three maladies - better than living outdoors in RedBluff, CA, where we 'rescued- him from,, but with new heart and kidney and giant cyst issues it's pro b ably time to release him from all that before it gets worse. He's been doing pretty well to now with no high drama, his own room, Catio , run of the house, lpand decent food choices , thou g h his eating has slowed noticeably the last few days. Yet no signs of pain . Still running around. Cares and prayers for Zippy. Thanks for sharing this with us. Burt for Zippy, zack and Pinky while remembering Orange Julius who passed just one year ago
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....as I sit in vets ofc wait I ng for friend to help me say goodbye to Zippy with thoughts of him running thru my head
He's always been a shy, semi-tame cat we were told but one could tell he wanted to get closer to get petted but not too close
He was a real talker , sounding much like a smoke alarm,which worked to his advan tage as I always responded to him so he got with pets and or food
I inherited Zippy, along with Pinky, from a friend In Red Bluff three years ago when she had to move after her Dad and fellow cat caretaker passed. It was hard otherwise to find a home for these older cats So I volunteerd with just enough house space left for them after losing Weepy and April, also inherited from Red Bluff friends.
Zippy survived mostly outdoors under a house in Red Bluff for about 13 of his 16 years which probably co trubuted to his 'early' demise
(Most outdoor cats live an average 4 years )
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I frankly expected zippy to be around longer, even thoughbhe had already made it to a ripe cat age.
But, ibfelt bad he had to limp a bit with that Giant cyst they couldnt do anything about as well as the heart sbd kidney issuez, that did t go very well togethr
But zippy had just recovered from a bone break and was good to go what with a new, healthy food he liked. See below and now had four food s to choose from. Even though he was eating less the last few days there was still at least one of the foods he
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Now we're down to two, my beloved Zack, 16, who's been with me some 10-12 years
And dealing well with his three maladie s now several years but on borrowed time. I never travel - haven't for 10 years and try to savor every day. Fortunately, shall we say, zack never got toobclose to Zippy or vice ersa but you could tell they liked each other.
The ironic twist with zippy much like OJ finally well enough to get teeth clenaed befoeenhisnsudden demise, zippy has just recovered from a broken leg(!) Perhaps that added stress to the heart. Who knows...
Also, after weeks ofbhunting low phosphorus and low p rotekn foods finally found four diff ones zippybwould tolerate or even enjoy
Including newly disc overed kibble Royal Canin 'A' which was a big hit with Zack, too. To d ay just got a new shipment of two obf these foods, one I cab give Zack but I need to stop now the Chewy auto ship
Zippy was a trouper all the way, almost seeming to enjoy his rides to and from the ve t- and there were many.
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ROUTINE:
DEJA VU ALL OVER:
Earlier today
Going thru some diffucult cat moments-Zippy at vet with possible heart and kidney failure. Taking $1400 of tests now at vet. Will know shortly... (update)and now we know (see top)
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Dealt with zippys loss thru writing, seeing snowybhorse and going to a under radar great movie -living- plus listening to the great gene Pitney 10nye a r tri b ute In betweern
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