I knew something was wrong several years before it showed up in tests. Even took him to a university hospital, but apparently they can lose 70% of their function before it shows up.
I lost him way too early, at 14 years old. He had several small strokes which he seemed to deal with okay, but then had a big one and I had to put him to sleep. Broke my heart. I still miss him.
Losing a pet is never easy; all we can do is limit their suffering. I'm so sorry. Do you have photos of her?
We have a 17 year old Maine Coon that looks just like your kitty.
I had to respond because you described the personality of our little old guy.
He has always been the 1st to welcome a new kitty too. People love him.
He is really showing his age now. When we lose him we will really mourn.
Your kitty looks just exactly like my Old Bob. He was unique. He had Feline Leukemia. We had to help him pass about 2 years ago. It was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever done. Everyone told me it was the right thing to do but I keep thinking he trusted me and I felt like I let him down. But now I know he just wanted to not be sick and I couldn’t do that for him so now I know it was the right thing to do. My son had a beautiful 3 legged Siamese who got kidney failure and had to be put down. They didn’t want to do it so long story short. He wound up weighing only 4 pounds, so severely dehydrated he had no bodily fluids left. He couldn’t even walk anymore. They wound up having to have him euthanized anyway.