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kirkcudbrightOur 15 year old tuxedo cat, Lettfetti, was recently diagnosed with renal insufficiency. During last week's heat wave, he got severely dehydrated. By the time we got him on sub-cutaneous fluids, he was already in pronounced kidney failure. Two days of IV treatment weren't enough to bring him back, and we had to euthenize him this morning. We brought his body home, and buried him along with the ashes from Josie the greyhound, who died five years ago.
In 30 years, this is the first cat we've had die of age-related causes; most have died of The Road. We stopped letting him outside around 2000, when he starting crossing the street and getting into fights. He never really liked being an indoor-only cat, and we just started giving him supervised outdoor time a couple weeks ago. His last time out, he was still able to jump to the top of a 3-foot fence, but he wasn't able to get away as quickly.
I don't seem to have any recent pictures of him, but here are a couple from 1998, when he was less than a year old.
Lettfetti with Josie. King and queen of the prom.
4 year old Kylie attempting to get him to play.
In 30 years, this is the first cat we've had die of age-related causes; most have died of The Road. We stopped letting him outside around 2000, when he starting crossing the street and getting into fights. He never really liked being an indoor-only cat, and we just started giving him supervised outdoor time a couple weeks ago. His last time out, he was still able to jump to the top of a 3-foot fence, but he wasn't able to get away as quickly.
I don't seem to have any recent pictures of him, but here are a couple from 1998, when he was less than a year old.
Lettfetti with Josie. King and queen of the prom.
4 year old Kylie attempting to get him to play.
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Date: 2013-07-27 12:54 pm (UTC)It sounds like he had a good, long life with his People. It's what every cat (and person) deserves. Even better that he'd gotten to enjoy a little bit of freedom before his Time came. My mother did the same with our 19-year-old Himmie; she'd let him out in the garden with her. After years of trying to escape the indoors, he could roam and sniff and explore. I think that his last months were his happiest.
RIP, Lettfetti.
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