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Marcus is gone....
May. 29th, 2012 10:43 pmI lost my cat Marcus this morning.
The past few days, it appeared that he hadn't been eating or drinking. And he was yowling at me. On Monday evening, I noticed some dark spots on his forehead, and behine the ears. I looked closer and it turned out he had fleas. I thought about taking him to the emergency vet, but thought it would rather expensive to do so. A good friend had suggested I get some Revolution. But when I wernt to two of the local pet stores, they never heard of it. (I checked online and it's prescription-only.) So I went home with six vials of Sentry Purrscriptions Plus squeeze-on treatment. I applied one vial to Marcus between his shoulder blades, per the instructions. This morning, he was laying on his side, with his mouth hanging open. By thye time I got showered and dressed to take him to the emergency vet, he was already gone.
I've already taken his body to a local pet cemetery, where he'll be cremated. And I'll pick up his cremains soon.
I can't conclusively prove that the anti-flea medication was the direct cause of death, but it's certainly a factor. And checking online, it appears that other owners have had similar complaints about the product. So I can't and won't recommend it to anyone.
And with the mild winter we had, I expect this to be a "bad" season for fleas, and lots of flea infestations. I'm not going to replace him until I get the whole house taken care of.
I need to put together a list of Marcus stories. He lived to be 13 years old, or close enough to 13. I was hoping he'd make it to 15, or even 20 years. But I gave him 13 years of a good life.
And still, there's a part of me that's kicking myself, wondering where I screwed up, what I missed, or failed to do.
I'm gonna miss him. I miss him already. And I has a sad.
Here's a picture of him: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2658240380105313029xOYwQH
The past few days, it appeared that he hadn't been eating or drinking. And he was yowling at me. On Monday evening, I noticed some dark spots on his forehead, and behine the ears. I looked closer and it turned out he had fleas. I thought about taking him to the emergency vet, but thought it would rather expensive to do so. A good friend had suggested I get some Revolution. But when I wernt to two of the local pet stores, they never heard of it. (I checked online and it's prescription-only.) So I went home with six vials of Sentry Purrscriptions Plus squeeze-on treatment. I applied one vial to Marcus between his shoulder blades, per the instructions. This morning, he was laying on his side, with his mouth hanging open. By thye time I got showered and dressed to take him to the emergency vet, he was already gone.
I've already taken his body to a local pet cemetery, where he'll be cremated. And I'll pick up his cremains soon.
I can't conclusively prove that the anti-flea medication was the direct cause of death, but it's certainly a factor. And checking online, it appears that other owners have had similar complaints about the product. So I can't and won't recommend it to anyone.
And with the mild winter we had, I expect this to be a "bad" season for fleas, and lots of flea infestations. I'm not going to replace him until I get the whole house taken care of.
I need to put together a list of Marcus stories. He lived to be 13 years old, or close enough to 13. I was hoping he'd make it to 15, or even 20 years. But I gave him 13 years of a good life.
And still, there's a part of me that's kicking myself, wondering where I screwed up, what I missed, or failed to do.
I'm gonna miss him. I miss him already. And I has a sad.
Here's a picture of him: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2658240380105313029xOYwQH
