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This is not what I'd planned for my first LJ post from the new house.
I brought the cats to the new house earlier this afternoon, and opened up all the crates in the downstairs bedroom. Four cats came out of crates, and Gorby and Garion stayed in theirs and glared at me. Well, okay... they've had a lot of stress for the last few days... I can understand sulking.
When I got back tonight, it appeared that everybody had been out and around, and several had used the litter box. Bigfoot was really lethargic, though, which is really unlike him.
He wandered about a bit, and I saw him in the litterbox but it didn't look like anything was actually happening for him. Apparently I should have recognized that as a clue.
Later, he was in one of the crates with Garion, up by the front, with Garion in the back. This was so odd that I scooped Bigfoot up and sat down on the sofa with him for a snuggle, since he was obviously stressed. After a couple of minutes, he convulsed once and went limp.
I _thought_ I could still hear a heartbeat, but I wasn't sure. I put him back in a carrier, hopped in the Beetle, and we rushed to the emergency vet (with a brief detour when I went the wrong way on Highway 9). Unfortunately, he was gone when we got there. They think he may have been blocked... possibly triggered by stress (so now, of course, I'm panicking about the rest of the cats).
He was one of the sweetest, friendliest cats that I've ever known and I'll miss him terribly.
I brought the cats to the new house earlier this afternoon, and opened up all the crates in the downstairs bedroom. Four cats came out of crates, and Gorby and Garion stayed in theirs and glared at me. Well, okay... they've had a lot of stress for the last few days... I can understand sulking.
When I got back tonight, it appeared that everybody had been out and around, and several had used the litter box. Bigfoot was really lethargic, though, which is really unlike him.
He wandered about a bit, and I saw him in the litterbox but it didn't look like anything was actually happening for him. Apparently I should have recognized that as a clue.
Later, he was in one of the crates with Garion, up by the front, with Garion in the back. This was so odd that I scooped Bigfoot up and sat down on the sofa with him for a snuggle, since he was obviously stressed. After a couple of minutes, he convulsed once and went limp.
I _thought_ I could still hear a heartbeat, but I wasn't sure. I put him back in a carrier, hopped in the Beetle, and we rushed to the emergency vet (with a brief detour when I went the wrong way on Highway 9). Unfortunately, he was gone when we got there. They think he may have been blocked... possibly triggered by stress (so now, of course, I'm panicking about the rest of the cats).
He was one of the sweetest, friendliest cats that I've ever known and I'll miss him terribly.
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Date: 2008-07-21 05:21 am (UTC)