Back in 1998 I shared with the JMDL how my favorite of all cats, Tac, died & how a new young stray showed up immediately afterwards. A solid black feral male, I named him Fang for his white teeth smiling up at me when I fed him. Last Thursday Fang became extremely sick, throwing up foam with a 106 temp. The vet injected him with antibiotics & rehydrated him with 150cc of fluid. Two days later (this morning) the vet had to do the same thing, as Fang still had a temp of 103. (100 is normal for a cat.) Fang appears to have been poisoned by a neighbor who doesn't appreciate feral cats roaming in the neighborhood. I must confess, I refuse to put a collar on a cat, knowing how very easy it is for them to hang themselves. While I have Fang vaccinated every year, apparently one of my neighbors felt him so much a threat that he/she/it POISONED Fang, either because he doesn't wear a collar, or else because he is a black cat (on this Friday the 13th)..... Needless to say I feel like searching my neighbor's yards for poison right now. I just hope Fang pulls through. I have never seen a sicker cat in my life! He's been in the basement for 4 days! This is even worse than Joni's Man From Mars! Which reminds me: Has Joni's stolen painting of her missing cat ever been recovered??? TTT ET
