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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 4600314" data-attributes="member: 49065">Like you we always had dogs, about 5 years ago a cat adopted us.&nbsp; She was dumped at our neighbors who happens to have feed feral cats, constant batch of at least 5 most of them do not live out the first year.&nbsp; She came up to us and started to purr and cry and was close to death, we had to take her in.&nbsp; After taking her to the Vet and finding out she was already fixed and declawed and apparently once was a house cat we kept her...She was a calico with beautiful coloring (tan and white).&nbsp; For the next 5 years she just stayed on the second floor content as could be, no bother except she got in to the habit of waking me at 3 am to be feed. We also had 3 dogs on the first floor, two IGs and my son&#039;s Yorkie.&nbsp; Anyway she passed this year, the day she went she came down and wanted to be close to us, I put her to bed and did not hear her at 3 am wanting food.&nbsp; I knew the end was near and she also did.&nbsp; I walked into the room that we kept her in and was surprised that she lasted the night, the only movement she had was to wag her tail and lift her head barely.&nbsp; I picked her up and held her wrapped in a blanket&nbsp; and put her next to a heater for comfort she died just about 2 minutes of old age (estimate 16 years)..My respect for any life got upgraded....About the same time we lost our male IG..he had a heart issue and was close to 12 years old.&nbsp; He was large for a Italian Greyhound about 20 pounds and the fastest thing on God&#039;s Green earth in his prime, you never seen a more athletic animal in your life.&nbsp; We put a lot of money into him at the end, but there was no cure so for months we gave him his meds and hoped for some miracle.&nbsp; The day he died he was outside sunning himself on the chaise, eating and drinking.&nbsp; That night we put him on the couch and said good night, when I petted him he just stared, it was like he also knew that it would be the last time.&nbsp; Found him in the morning on the floor in a squatting position, his heart just gave out.&nbsp; Sad time but it would of killed us to take him to the Vet for the last time as many of us have...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 4600314, member: 49065"] Like you we always had dogs, about 5 years ago a cat adopted us. She was dumped at our neighbors who happens to have feed feral cats, constant batch of at least 5 most of them do not live out the first year. She came up to us and started to purr and cry and was close to death, we had to take her in. After taking her to the Vet and finding out she was already fixed and declawed and apparently once was a house cat we kept her...She was a calico with beautiful coloring (tan and white). For the next 5 years she just stayed on the second floor content as could be, no bother except she got in to the habit of waking me at 3 am to be feed. We also had 3 dogs on the first floor, two IGs and my son's Yorkie. Anyway she passed this year, the day she went she came down and wanted to be close to us, I put her to bed and did not hear her at 3 am wanting food. I knew the end was near and she also did. I walked into the room that we kept her in and was surprised that she lasted the night, the only movement she had was to wag her tail and lift her head barely. I picked her up and held her wrapped in a blanket and put her next to a heater for comfort she died just about 2 minutes of old age (estimate 16 years)..My respect for any life got upgraded.... About the same time we lost our male IG..he had a heart issue and was close to 12 years old. He was large for a Italian Greyhound about 20 pounds and the fastest thing on God's Green earth in his prime, you never seen a more athletic animal in your life. We put a lot of money into him at the end, but there was no cure so for months we gave him his meds and hoped for some miracle. The day he died he was outside sunning himself on the chaise, eating and drinking. That night we put him on the couch and said good night, when I petted him he just stared, it was like he also knew that it would be the last time. Found him in the morning on the floor in a squatting position, his heart just gave out. Sad time but it would of killed us to take him to the Vet for the last time as many of us have... [/QUOTE]

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