Re: Sebastian

On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 2:08:39 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
> I know this is an OLD post, but Sebastian is an OLD cat. :-)=20
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> I'm the Tracy who first found him and then took him back when he started =
to get into trouble.=20
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> He's still alive, although arthritic and in the beginning stages of CKD. =
Up until about a year ago, he was still an avid hunter, but now he prefers =
to sleep.=20
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> He's a very sweet boy, and lets his sister, Friday (blind cat, 15-ish yea=
rs old), push him out of the way of food if we don't feed them separately.=
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> He does not pick fights with anyone, although he will defend himself if n=
eed be. Although things can be different when there are many cats sharing a=
 home, I have doubts about his role as an aggressor when he was living with=
 Ted.=20
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> He had a urinary blockage about 5-6 years ago, and has been on non-dry fo=
od since then. Commercial canned, and now homemade (catinfo recipe) once he=
 and Friday started developing diarrhea from the Friskies.=20
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> He may not be with me much longer. He's been having issues with constipat=
ion, even though he's on a high-water-content diet, and he does NOT like ge=
tting subcutaneous fluids, so I'm thinking that he's on his way downhill. I=
'm hoping it doesn't happen soon, but there is only so much I can do for hi=
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> He's been the best cat I've ever had, and I'm going to miss him a lot whe=
n he's gone.
>

Sebastian passed away yesterday. He'd lost a bunch of weight, was snuggling=
 under the covers with me at night, which he never used to do, and finally =
was having trouble eating. He was hungry, but he had a sore in his mouth. I=
 took him to the vet yesterday morning to see if we could do something for =
his mouth, and found out he had a fist-sized mass in his abdomen, just rear=
 of his ribcage. We made the decision to let him go, and I think it was not=
 a moment too soon for him, although it will always be too soon for me.

He was the best, sweetest, smartest cat I have ever had, and he lived at le=
ast 19 very good years, most of them with me.