Hi everyone, My Jimi Too Cool, 10 year old black domestic shorthair with feline leukemia, is in his last stage of life, I am sure. He has been slowly going downhill. He is just bones with fur and won't eat. His pain is controlled with depo-medrol and tramadol and he is not in distress, pain is under control, but he mostly just sleeps a lot. Well, tonight he made a break for it and went outside and won't come in and it is at freezing temp now. 32 degrees, I believe. No wind, though. I have cat-fence-in so he is not straying but I can't reach him. Every time I go out to try and bring him in, he runs for cover under the deck.
Have any of you run into this problem? I have heard that cats and dogs like to go outside to die. Could that be it, I wonder? I am so worried about him as he is so skinny and he is not used to this cold weather. He can come in, though, if he would like, as I put the cat door back into the window, just for him, although I had it stowed for the cold weather until spring. I am trying to relax because I know he could come in if he wanted to so he must not mind it outside. Sigh.... Thanks, everyone. Anne and Jimi Too Cool and Simms and Sophie in MI
