Should This Cat Die?

Mr. "C" doing his favorite thing.
Drinking out of the faucet

Mr. "C", an old yellow tabby barn cat, came to our home via animal rescue about six years ago.  Mr. "C" is a definite alpha cat who never tolerated another animal, cat or dog, coming onto our property when we lived on the farm.  Mr. "C" would go out of his way to confront any strange animals and would open up a can of whoopass on them until they saw the error of their ways and fled his property.

For years, good ole Mr. "C" was content to stay outside all year round, sleeping in our barn, only occasionally coming into the house to visit.  But as he has grown older, he has realized the true comforts of life are inside and has gradually become a full time house cat.  

About nine months ago, we noticed that Mr. "C" seemed to be declining.  He was growing thinner, acting listless and lethargic, and seemed to be suffering from what appeared to be a constant case of irritable bowel syndrome.  As my wife Marcy and I prepared for our move to Arizona, the topic of Mr. "C"s health kept coming up.  We had to make the hard decision that Mr. "C" was too sick to make the trip and was going to have to be euthanized instead.  

Then something funny happened on the way to the vet's office.  Marcy, asked if I thought changing Mr. "C"s food might fix his IBS problem.  So, that day we switched his food to Science Diet digestion healthy cat food. After about one week, Mr. "C" made a miraculous recovery.  The first thing we noticed was that he started playing again!  Then he slowly started putting on weight, running around the house, interacting with the other cats and his IBS started clearing up.

Thank you Science Diet.  

So the one way trip to the vets office has been cancelled.  Mr. "C" will be joining us and the other pets at the end of March as we head for Arizona and our new home.

Have a purrable day...

Nick