For Cio-Cio-san.

We're talking about taking him in tomorrow morning and putting him down to his forever sleep. He's not eating much at all and he's mainly licking his juices and water.

He hasn't eaten a solid meal since last week, all he's doing is licking juices from the cat cans and drinking water. We're now forcing to pill him his morning and evening pills, which he would have taken by baby treat.

And he's hiding from everyone. He's hiding out in my computer room by my couch and then, behind the shelving unit in the hallway. And he tries to head to the basement of all things, which he never tried to do. So we know his time is coming and he wants to go.

So we're discussing it in the morning and when we decide, we'll take him to the vets and let him go.

one of my kittehs refuses to use the litter pan 8 times out of ten... and I do not know what to do


she seems intent on using my stall-shower as her personal potty spot... and she's even started pooing in the shower too... which is MORE than unpleasant to find

we have 3 litter boxes in the house, scoop them often, and the other cats do not keep her from using the pans... infact one pan is pretty much exclusively for her use

help?

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We have been informed by our vet that our 19 year old Cio-Cio-san is not long for this world. His kidneys are in full shut down mode and all we should do is tend to him till his day to day life is to the point where he is not wanting to eat or drink anything, that we bring him in and let him go.

I want to take him in on Monday and let his main vet do the deed but mom on the other hand will drag this out to when he is basically on death's door.

But we're doing hospice on Cio-Cio-san and also we're on death watch.

Here is a picture that I did a few months back when he was healthier.


Cio-cio-san by *fanfictionaxis on deviantART

He sleeps more and more now. We do wake him so he can eat a little food and have something to drink. I actually put a few drops of water on his wet food since he loves the juice and any liquid from the can's juices is limited to the first opening of the can and it gives him more water.

The whole family is tag teaming him, I deal with him at night with feeding him on his quilt that he sleeps on in my bedroom and tend to the box. During the day, mom tends to him when he comes walking down the stairs to tend to do his wanderings.

But now, he's just sleeping by the stairs not really wanting to come down. I'm wondering if the time is about to come for the decision to be made about him. But since Cio-Cio-san is my mom's cat, I can only suggest taking him in on Monday and letting him go, but she's the one who will make the final decision on if he is put down humanely or let him go on on his own terms. I am hoping that mom will make the decision to end it soon.

But we have had him since he was a six month old kitten who spent six months in a cage, walking on the cage not being a cat as he was a pet shop kitten who was for sale for $399, till they dropped the price to $99 and then we snagged him quickly. This is also the same pet store who choked a kitten with its collar, that kitten was bought by us that same day we noticd that his collar with his ID on it was too tight, we cut that thing right off of him right there in the store and berated them for not paying attention to the growth rate of the kittens to what their collars were. Jo-Jo the siamese cat never had a voice after that. His voice box was damaged for good. He died of a heart attack about five years ago. The pet store no longer sell live kittens or any live animals anymore. They now recommend people going to the shelter to get their pets.

Ok... after a lot of talking things through last night... we all finally were able to make some serious decisions about the kitty situation

I pointed out that while the kitten and the gerbil should NOT have been together, since we don't know his temperament, my roommate couldn't have know her gerbil could be in danger

I also had to calm my bf down and make him realize it wasn't his fault for bringing kitten in to see her "auntie", and he didn't cause things either...

After discussing it all, i was able to help them see that the kitten was not at fault for things, though it probably didn't help the situation

more than anything, if roomie had known that sudden absent seizures were not what the advisors meant, she probably would have taken it to the vet immediately, and things could have occurred differently (or... the gerbil still could have died)

i called the adoption group today, and told them that we decided to stick things out, though they did insist that if it EVER happens again, he will need to be brought back to them and isolated in their special shelter to prevent legal issues which could lead to him being put down... (which we do NOT want)

kitten still is very skittish about the gerbils in our room, and has made no attempt to go near them... though he loves to watch them play

only problem we still have..... we can't pick a name

suggestions?

But I had to share here, too...

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And it may be a back problem like artheritis but will know more when she gets x-rayed. There are behaviour issues but not something that can't be dealt with. My poor vet really had a handfull because Fuska was NOT pleased that she was trying to check up on her health. My vet nearly called her a bitch actually:D I know she's a bitch but she's my bitch.

So yeah, more vet bills to come but the most important thing is that my Fuska will get better. That and forgive me for 'starving' her but I blamed the vet for that one.

My pikey of a cat named Fuska has started urinating/peeing outside her litterbox. It's usually clothes on the floor or something like it. I am right now trying to work out if it's the 'kitty toilet sand' that she doesn't like. I am going to call the vert but I just wanted to hear if someone else had tried this and what might help. I am worried that it could be kidney related or other health stuff. However she makes the 'no 2s' in the little box and pees in it. However the incidents with clothes, cushions, jackets etc are still happening.

So can anyone help me?


Kitty

xx