Lister

We have had two cats for about twelve years we figured out the other day.
It came up when Lister didn't seem himself and had lumps on both sides just infront of his hips.

Due to our travelling and building projects Lister and his sister Saffy had found pleasant lodgings at Murray's house. This ment that the vet visit Lister required would be to their local vet rather than the Kilbirnie vet he had previously been to.

Murray took him down and the news wasn't good, he needed at scan at the vet in the hutt, so this was done and the diagnosis was that he had polycystic kidneys. He has been on medications which reduce his pain and help his kidney function.

He hasn't been improving. On the weekend we visited and he didn't come out of the cupboard he likes to sit in he meowed in an unhappy manner, but liked the company of someone sitting with him.

We have always said we were happy to give medication and special diet as long as he had good quality of life - he doesn't. So we decided it was best he go to the vet and be put down.
The decision made itself really, we wondered if he would make it to monday to go.


Not living with him we were grateful that Merewyn offered to take him down, we said goodbye to him as we left on sunday night and talked to Liam about him being really sick and dying.

We decided not to collect his remains to bury somewhere in our garden, we're leaving and thou we plan on coming back here we didn't.