Torgo, I am sorry to hear that my friend. I can relate. My Francine is 14.5 years old, has chronic kidney failure, and for nearly a year has been getting the fluids treatment
every day... She also gets a medicine, plus special diet. Almost exactly one year ago I was faced with putting her down. I was at first leery about the "treatment" the Vet recommended, but it is now daily routine. She bounced back and is much her old self. I am also lucky that she has always been tolerant, and though she has all of her claws, she has no mean streak (as many cats do) and though she hides from me before "treatment" time, I think somewhere in her "bubblehead" she knows that I love her and it's for her own good. She had been very ill, sitting in her own waste, hiding in the closet, not eating, lost most of her weight (she was down to 3 pounds and still has the boniest ass I've ever seen on a cat...) But I am terribly grateful that she's still with me. Even at her sickest, I would duck my head into the closet where she had her hiding place and get as close to her as possible... and with the vomiting, diarrhea (you name it) she
still had "pretty purr" for me.
If you like Swaigo give him a home. If you're a one-cat person (like Swaigo) it sounds like a match. If you were considering a dog, I would take your Mom's advice. With a cat in need of a home that you like, I say:
GO FOR IT! I must admit to being all too attached to my Babe (after vowing nearly 30 years ago when my first cat died to never having another one!) But, it's the way it is and I would do just about anything for this cat, my Pinkyloo.
This is how long I'm around. I wrote this commentary about my Babe almost 12 years ago. Today is the 10th anniversary of her death. I've been looking for an online pic...
