Gambit Died
Feb. 10th, 2021 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marlowe1The vet called me and told me there was nothing they could do. So I went to get him. I didn't want him to die in the hospital. He was always a fearful cat and I wanted him to die at home. I worried that if I kept him another night at the hospital he would die there. So I took him home and held him as he cried. Took most of the day. He really couldn't stand up. I didn't use the pills they gave me.
He also peed on me again.
Anyhow, I've been making sure my cats die at home since Toby. With Toby I should have brought him to the vet earlier but later cats like Patches and Honey died when I was holding them. At least give them that comfort.
The one part that is always a problem is figuring out when they die. I usually try to error on the side of caution but that means I'm holding a dead cat for at least a half hour before rigor mortis sets in.
The last cat that died at home was Wilhemina and I probably should have had her euthanized. It's just she was so crippled that she reminded me of Mom. With Gambit, he wasn't showing any signs last week. THis came on pretty fast. I almost think that I shouldn't have brought him to the vet but there was always a chance that it was just an illness like with Felix.
I have a gofundme for the $1200 bill. I will post the link in a couple days. I also need to post it on Facebook but I can't post on Facebook until next Tuesday.
Anyhow I will probably talk more about Gambit on the Gofundme. He was a sweet cat. He was afraid of humans because he had been abused as a kitten but he liked other cats. In fact, I don't really know what the dynamic of the house is going to be without him. Oskar and Felix are a pairing and Sugar is in his own space. Maybe they will just avoid each other from now on. Felix seems ok with Sugar but I don't know if they will ever actually interact.
The shitty part is that Gambit was only 10. He was the youngest cat. I thought that he'd be the last one and that I would have to replace the other three in order to make sure he has company. Oskar and Felix are 12 and Sugar is 13. Sugar seems the youngest though.
But you can never tell with cats.
Gambit was a sweet cat. It took him years to warm up to me and even then the abuse was still clear as he was easily startled and ran away a lot. I'll miss him. But I miss all my cats.
He also peed on me again.
Anyhow, I've been making sure my cats die at home since Toby. With Toby I should have brought him to the vet earlier but later cats like Patches and Honey died when I was holding them. At least give them that comfort.
The one part that is always a problem is figuring out when they die. I usually try to error on the side of caution but that means I'm holding a dead cat for at least a half hour before rigor mortis sets in.
The last cat that died at home was Wilhemina and I probably should have had her euthanized. It's just she was so crippled that she reminded me of Mom. With Gambit, he wasn't showing any signs last week. THis came on pretty fast. I almost think that I shouldn't have brought him to the vet but there was always a chance that it was just an illness like with Felix.
I have a gofundme for the $1200 bill. I will post the link in a couple days. I also need to post it on Facebook but I can't post on Facebook until next Tuesday.
Anyhow I will probably talk more about Gambit on the Gofundme. He was a sweet cat. He was afraid of humans because he had been abused as a kitten but he liked other cats. In fact, I don't really know what the dynamic of the house is going to be without him. Oskar and Felix are a pairing and Sugar is in his own space. Maybe they will just avoid each other from now on. Felix seems ok with Sugar but I don't know if they will ever actually interact.
The shitty part is that Gambit was only 10. He was the youngest cat. I thought that he'd be the last one and that I would have to replace the other three in order to make sure he has company. Oskar and Felix are 12 and Sugar is 13. Sugar seems the youngest though.
But you can never tell with cats.
Gambit was a sweet cat. It took him years to warm up to me and even then the abuse was still clear as he was easily startled and ran away a lot. I'll miss him. But I miss all my cats.
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Date: 2021-02-11 01:00 pm (UTC)I'm pretty committed to cats dying at home now, if I can manage it. I'm in the headspace where it's something I think a lot about at night (and sometimes wake up at 3 or 4 am if Cocoa isn't in bed with me) but with the pandemic and everything, the thought of not being there for them horrifies me. You were there for Gambit and that's all a cat can hope for.