Last night, one of our cats passed away.  His name was Brighteyes, and we've had
him for more than four and a half years.

Normally quite large (at one time he weighed more than 30 lbs!), over the last
year he's suffered from cancer, and lost a lot of weight.  The past few months,
he stopped eating his dry food, although he would still eat cans of wet food.

Yesterday, he urinated blood constantly throughout the day.  Then, a few minutes
after I came home, he collapsed.  Although he was still breathing when we
wrapped him in a blanket and carried him to the car, he had passed on by the
time we reached the emergency animal clinic - which means that he died in
Kimberly's arms.

We first found him as a stray outside of a motel in Seaside, OR.  Although it
seems we didn't have him with us for long, we tried to give him the best home
we could.

....Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

PS My first reply will contain a picture of him.  In the next day or two I'm
going to post some more pictures of him on my website.

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Here's the only picture I have online at the moment.  When I get home, I'll post
more on my website.

.....Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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"Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Last night, one of our cats passed away.  His name was Brighteyes, and we've had
> him for more than four and a half years.
>

Very sorry to hear of your loss. Animals have a way of becoming part of the
family, and when they pass on, it's like an old dear friend has departed.

Ken W.

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:33:24 -0500, Chambers wrote:

> Normally quite large (at one time he weighed more than 30 lbs!), over
> the last year he's suffered from cancer, and lost a lot of weight.  The
> past few months, he stopped eating his dry food, although he would still
> eat cans of wet food.

So sorry to hear this; growing up, we lost 3 cats to bone cancer, and 
what you describe here was symptomatic of what our three went through 
(they had it in their jaw).

Jim

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:33:24 -0500, Chambers wrote:
>
> > Normally quite large (at one time he weighed more than 30 lbs!), over
> > the last year he's suffered from cancer, and lost a lot of weight.  The
> > past few months, he stopped eating his dry food, although he would still
> > eat cans of wet food.
>
> So sorry to hear this; growing up, we lost 3 cats to bone cancer, and
> what you describe here was symptomatic of what our three went through
> (they had it in their jaw).

weird.  Could it be industrialized food?

OTOH, animals in the wild don't ever live this long so they rarely die by
diseases alone, except as a side-effect:  being too weak to run...

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How can the light that burned so bright suddenly turn so pale?

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:36:59 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:33:24 -0500, Chambers wrote:
>>
>> > Normally quite large (at one time he weighed more than 30 lbs!), over
>> > the last year he's suffered from cancer, and lost a lot of weight. 
>> > The past few months, he stopped eating his dry food, although he
>> > would still eat cans of wet food.
>>
>> So sorry to hear this; growing up, we lost 3 cats to bone cancer, and
>> what you describe here was symptomatic of what our three went through
>> (they had it in their jaw).
> 
> weird.  Could it be industrialized food?
> 
> OTOH, animals in the wild don't ever live this long so they rarely die
> by diseases alone, except as a side-effect:  being too weak to run...

What we were told at the time was it had to do with using clay cat litter 
- that the stuff available at the time (not sure about now) contained 
carcinogens.

Jim

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"Chambers" <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Last night, one of our cats passed away.  ...

Please accept my condolences as well.  I grew up with a family feline who never
seemed to notice that he was bit smaller and furrier than his hominid siblings.

Best Regards,
Mike C.

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Condolences.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     It's not feature creep if you put it
     at the end and adjust the release date.

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