Board 8 > I had to put one of my cats down today

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His name was Oreo, middle name was Blizzard

in 2019 a cat I adopted gave birth to 5 kitties and he was one of them, he was going to be 5 this year

The other male kitty of the litter was Tanny and he passed 4 years ago at 11 months, so both boys are gone now

The issue was he developed a Urinary Tract Infection and it clogged him up. The vet hospital I went to considered it an emergency and they were actually frantic about it, but the problem it would've cost nearly 5000 dollars to do the procedures and care for the next few days, and 1000 if they did one procedures and sent him home. Unfortunately those are not in the cards right now, especially since I already spent nearly 500 on another cat I own, Sophie, She developed Jaundice and stopped eating, she was 6 pounds under weight. Oreo was acting weird a week ago but he was still eating and playful, so I prioritized Sophie, and I guess Oreo couldn't hold out anymore, I had no idea he had this. He was still peeing but I guess it wasn't good pee. Sophie is still not out of the woods yet but shes LOADS better than she was, shes still taking meds at the moment.

Heres the thing of note, he was apparently pretty far gone. once I made the decision of putting him to sleep, I said my goodbyes and I even called my mom so she could say good bye, they sedated him.....and he passed while sedated. She checked him before applying the juice and she told me he was gone already. She still applied it anyways, but he was on his way out, so if I had paid for everything, it might not have mattered.

He was my sweet boy, I am so heart broken right now. I hope hes with his mama and his brother, he doesn't have to suffer anymore

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There were 3 tuxedo cats in the litter and I always called them the triplets

Punnyz posted...

The issue was he developed a Urinary Tract Infection and it clogged him up. The vet hospital I went to considered it an emergency and they were actually frantic about it, but the problem it would've cost nearly 5000 dollars to do the procedures and care for the next few days, and 1000 if they did one procedures and sent him home.

This is pretty accurate unfortunately. UTIs or urinary issues in general for male cats are life threatening almost immediately and we recommend anyone who has a male cat with such issues to go to an emergency right away.

I'm sorry for your loss :( He seemed like a very sweet boy.

Guys, my mom moved in on me and she fought cancer, and she won

but then shortly after they took away her disability and social security

then I had go to be rushed to the hospital and racked up a 5000 bill

I was bed ridden for a month and a half at the start of this year by the flu after the hospital visit (it wasn't covid, got it checked)

my car was broken into last month and insurance won't cover the damage

my phone stopped working

My twitch account randomly soft banned me last month without explanation

then randomly decided to delete EVERY clip I had on my account for the past few years

THEN logged me out, and I can't log in because I have to provide a security code that they text you...which I cannot receive

Then both cats got sick and I had to pay for one of them a few weeks ago to go to the vet

which I had a hard time paying since you know, I can't make money off of twitch cause I can't log in because I don't have a phone which I cannot replace because my money went into helping my cats

and now this. I am so broken right now, guys

we are barely making by by the skin of our teeth from month to month. Everything is so horrible , and thats before shit like inflation everywhere and all of that

I realized I haven't given any updates here on the past several months but this is why, I'm at my breaking point

God that's terrible, I'm so sorry. You did the right thing, and I know it's one of the hardest decisions you can make

He was lucky to have someone caring for him as long as he did

One of the worst parts of this is that I brought him home and I put him on the ground so the rest of my cats could see him. Most came and smelled him. Mina, the Tabby of the same litter, stayed by his side. Willow, the third tux cat I have, the last triplet, was scared out of her mind, and she actually started running from me. I think she thought I killed Oreo or something. She looked so scared and sad and she was meowing frantically.

It broke my heart

luckily some hours later she came around again. but I'll never forget that look she gave me

I buried him in my backyard afterwards, unfortunately it started raining while I was digging so I kinda had to cut it short, I hope its not too shallow

There is a plant in my back yard in the middle, I buried Tanny to the Right of it, I buried Oreo to the left so he can be with his brother

Fuck man, all of that bullshit hitting you all at once. :(

I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure Oreo lived a happy life thanks to you.

Sorry man :(

My condolences

Really sorry Punny, I hope things will turn around soon.

Super sorry to hear about this and all that other crap, dude. You did everything you could for Oreo and I'm sure he felt happy and very loved.

A pain I know well. I hope the best for you.

Thank you everyone

My condolences as well

Sorry for your loss. We had a black and white cat who was a former stray, and she was sick for quite a while. We got a specialized medicine prescribed for her even though the outlook was that it wouldn't give her much longer to live. Then one day she got worse suddenly. I tried to drive her to an emergency vet but she was gone by the time they looked at her. She may have been gone before I put her into the carrier, really, but I had to try.

So sorry to hear that

Fuck, I'm so sorry for Oreo. Poor guy.
I'm sure everyone appreciated you bringing him back to say goodbye.

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Sorry to hear all the rough news. Been there with a cat before and it feels awful.

Shit, that's messed up.

I hope you can hold things together with your other cats. Poor Oreo. But also, poor you.

Sorry man, that sounds rough all around.

I know you've mentioned some of this stuff happening to you on stream from time to time. It absolutely sucks that it keeps happening to you.

My condolences to the loss of Oreo.

Thank you for the nice words yall, and I'm sorry to those of you who had to do this yourselves

I have lost pets before but this is the first time I've done this

I know I did the right thing but that doesn't make it hurt less. I know I shouldn't but I keep dwelling on the what if. Unlike my other pets I felt like this was preventable. This is the first time in my life there is a death based on decisions I made, barring killing bugs or pests or something.

its weighing heavy on me. Its just as heavy as it would've been a human because it was my pet. I can be a leader but I'm not sure I could be a commander in some sort of military thing

I never felt like this with my other pets in any of these regards

I hope my boy will forgive me in the next life

Listen, I know how this board is, the rules, and most of the people

but I'm just gonna say I started to accept donations because I honestly do seriously need help for these things

I obviously can't link to it, nor can I tell you where

but for those of you who want to help maybe can find out where to find the info
or contact me

I don't expect any help but Just wanted to mention it

Thank you to those who it may concern

Thank you to those who have reached out to me to want to help

and thank you again for the kind words everyone

and also thank you for letting me vent

I might be a gruff bastard but I seriously love my pets with all of my heart and I take care of them as best as I can. So it hurts all the more when I lose them, and this all has been helping me