Woman Rescues 21-Year-Old Cat Abandoned By Owner, To Give Him Best Remaining Days
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At the sunset of his life, 21-year-old cat Tigger was abandoned by his human at a local veterinary surgery. Sad and confused, he couldn’t understand why. But then Adriene Nicole came along. Nicole saw his story on the Canton Neighbors page and decided to take him home. She wanted to give him the love he needed.
Sadly, Nicole soon discovered that Tigger had kidney failure and a golf ball-sized tumor. But it didn’t hold Nicole back: “Though he has kidney failure and we found a tumor, he kicks it like a 12 yr old. We decided to create a bucket list full of random adventures [for Tigger],” she wrote on Facebook.
“Though it might not be much to others, all the little trips outside are a blast for him because he loves to be outdoors…the beach being his favorite so far,” she explained. “The most important part is that Tigger’s story just shows how amazing it is to adopt a geriatric pet and give them the best remaining days! He has forever changed our hearts and will hopefully change the hearts of others when it comes to adopting older pets!”
More info: Facebook (h/t: lovemeow)
At the sunset of his life, 21-year-old cat Tigger was abandoned by his human
But then Adriene Nicole came along
She wanted to give him the love he needed, so she took him home from the shelter
Not only was he underweight and his fur was matted, Nicole soon discovered he was terminally ill
But it didn’t hold Nicole or Tigger back
“Though he has kidney failure and we found a tumor, he kicks it like a 12 yr old”
“We decided to create a bucket list full of random adventures [for Tigger]”
“Though it might not be much to others, all the little trips outside are a blast for him because he loves to be outdoors…”
“…The beach being his favorite so far”
“He has forever changed our hearts and will hopefully change the hearts of others when it comes to adopting older pets!”
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I'll never understand why anyone would just dump their pet, and after so many years?? That's just sad. Good thing there are still kind people like Nicole. I hope he can enjoy his remaining days(/weeks/months/years) full of love and happiness.
Hard to understand...money, sadness, unable to deal with death, selfishness - could be so many things, or a combination of things.
Unfortunately, I think money is the biggest issue, plus the extra time needed for geriatric care and (I hate this part) fear that "things" like carpets might become soiled. Basically the same reasons that many "modern" families stash elderly parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, in nursing homes. They're an inconvenience. My father, born in 1912, grew up in a three-generation household. He always believed it was the best way, BUT they had servants --family retainers-- to do all the tough stuff, and I don't think he took that into consideration when he thought back on his upbringing through such rose-colored glasses.
I agree. My labrador was 15 when he had to be put to sleep after his arthritis got so bad he had trouble standing. For 5 years before his death we did everything possible to delay the progression, his medication was $250(Australian dollars) every 5-6 weeks. A year before Max died we found a tumor on his adrenal gland which was dorment until it was triggered and dumped a massive amount of adrenaline into his system. He was in ICU for two days, had three ultrasounds and an x-ray before the vet worked out what it was. It was some rare cancer that in a younger dog could be removed but Max was too old for surgery to be safe. The tumor adventure cost $800+ on top of the arthritis medication and pain killers. Still we couldn't have just abandoned him after all the years of love and joy he gave us.
Thank you Nicole!
I hope that some very very good things happen for you in the future, you will deserve it.
I'll never understand why anyone would just dump their pet, and after so many years?? That's just sad. Good thing there are still kind people like Nicole. I hope he can enjoy his remaining days(/weeks/months/years) full of love and happiness.
Hard to understand...money, sadness, unable to deal with death, selfishness - could be so many things, or a combination of things.
Unfortunately, I think money is the biggest issue, plus the extra time needed for geriatric care and (I hate this part) fear that "things" like carpets might become soiled. Basically the same reasons that many "modern" families stash elderly parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, in nursing homes. They're an inconvenience. My father, born in 1912, grew up in a three-generation household. He always believed it was the best way, BUT they had servants --family retainers-- to do all the tough stuff, and I don't think he took that into consideration when he thought back on his upbringing through such rose-colored glasses.
I agree. My labrador was 15 when he had to be put to sleep after his arthritis got so bad he had trouble standing. For 5 years before his death we did everything possible to delay the progression, his medication was $250(Australian dollars) every 5-6 weeks. A year before Max died we found a tumor on his adrenal gland which was dorment until it was triggered and dumped a massive amount of adrenaline into his system. He was in ICU for two days, had three ultrasounds and an x-ray before the vet worked out what it was. It was some rare cancer that in a younger dog could be removed but Max was too old for surgery to be safe. The tumor adventure cost $800+ on top of the arthritis medication and pain killers. Still we couldn't have just abandoned him after all the years of love and joy he gave us.
Thank you Nicole!
I hope that some very very good things happen for you in the future, you will deserve it.