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this is my ol' gray tomcat Zachary. he's 11, and has been partially disabled since he was about 2... he suffered some sort of injury to his hip or his lower back or something (my ex-wife owned him at the time, and she never took him in to find out what was wrong), and his hindquarters have atrophied to about half the size of a normal cat's. even at that, he weighs 17 lbs - he's a big boy. but he's a total pushover, and just loves attention. and he gets plenty of that!
oh no, he gets around just fine. it does impair his jumping a bit, and it's very obvious to look at him that his haunches are very gaunt and atrophied, but he has no problem walking, or even running when he wants/needs to.
unfortunately, i had to have him put down last October... he got a blood clot lodged somewhere in his hindquarters, and couldn't walk. it was very sudden... he was fine when i went to bet, and when i got up in the morning, he could only drag himself by his front paws. i immediately took him to the vet, and they said realistically there was nothing much they could do. the clot had cut off some of the circulation in his back legs, and his temp was too low to register on their thermometer (cats get their temp taken rectally). his back paws felt a good 10 degrees cooler than his front ones. the vet said they could MAYBE dissolve the clot with drugs, but there might be tissue damage from the lack of circulation in the meantime, the treatment was very expensive, and there'd be no guarantee the problem wouldn't come back, so i had to make the hard choice to have him put to sleep. he was 12 years old, and had had a pretty darned good life...
I'm sorry to hear that. It is the price we pay for being responsible pet owners. My one consolation is that my pet cats have passed away in the arms of someone who loved them. I hope I check out of this world in the same manner.
Hi, Rocky. I too lost a cat last October. Her name was Sassy and she was my first female kitty. I loved her so much....
I am sorry for your loss. I will always miss Sassy. Here she is. She was soooooo cute!
Hi, Rocky. I too last a cat last October. Her name was Sassy and she was my first female kitty. I loved her so much....
I am sorry for your loss. I will always miss Sassy. Here she is. She was soooooo cute!
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