Zita Gone, Now Ziggy, 3 Cats lost in two years Options

[Zita'sMom]

I posted in October about losing my sweet Zita. At the end of December I adopted Ziggy who I swear was related to Zita. She had the biggest healing purr I have ever heard from a cat. She wasn't Zita but she was a very special kitty and was so appreciative and happy in our home.

On Saturday she came home after 5 p.m. with wounds to her abdomen. I knew it was serious. She went to the emergency vet. Over the last 5 days we spent about $1300 on vet care.

We thought she was going to pull through but this morning at 6 a.m. she let out a distressed sound and stopped breathing. I reached into her crate, but she had left me.

The vet is pretty certain she was shot by an air gun. People can be so evil and cruel.

I cannot believe what has happened. She loved her "drippy water" from the sink and I will miss her leading me there and her huge gigantic purr.

My "helper" cat who helped me to deal with my loss of Zita is now gone... Life is not fair.

My heart is broken.

Jan.

[Zita'sMom]

One other thing I found out last night that physically makes me ill.

My regular vet did a post mortem on Ziggy, and found that the emergency vet only stitched up the abdomen but didn't open the abdomen to see if there were internal injuries. I had no idea what was supposed to be done, or what was correct protocol. It turns out that Ziggy's bowel was severed. The painful part is that Ziggy's bowel could have been stitched together that emergency night, and we were "force feeding" her under vet's recommendations but she had no bowel to get rid of the food. The vet tech said that even without food the fluids from the bowel would have poisoned her. That night I brought her in was the only time she really could have been saved...

I am not a vindictive person, but the vet's mistake cost my Ziggy's life....

This hurts, big time.

Jan.