Frequently they want to be alone when they leave this world. Perhaps it is
easier for them to leave without their people around willing them to stay or
perhaps they think it will be easier on their human friends if they do not have
to watch. Also, some like to feel the cool ground during their last
while---some just want to be cool. The Royal Princess Kitty Katt and Ebony
Thomas Katt both sought out cold tiles over blankets and warm places. I took
Ebony outside to let him enjoy the earth while waiting for his vet on New
Year's Eve night.
Know that you are letting him do as he needs to even if it breaking your heart
and frightening you. He loves you for that. Keep the cat door available to
him and consider putting a blanket or something warm under the deck for him
(this is more for you than for him).
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: anne
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:17 AM
Subject: Jimi Too Cool problem
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
