I don't know where to begin with this. 2 days ago Dewi was a little quiet, but ok when I went to see everyone at lunchtime, but when I returned to give them their supper I wondered where he was. It turned out that he was in his house looking dazed, so I brought him in the house and phoned our vet and I made him comfortable in Gethin's room.
Overnight he had several fits and at 6 am I rang our vet once more and then took Dewi straight up to see him. He had ascites and some jaundice and as more tests were done it turned out to be a tumour of his liver. He survived 23 hours and when Stephen checked him first thing this morning he made the painful decision to put him to sleep.
Dewi was a proper cat. He was one of our first NFO's and went out and about decimating the bird population. He even killed a cockatiel once (it had a disastrous effect on his tummy though!). Since June I'd kept him in as a neighbour was trying to poach him and was feeding him all sorts of rubbish. So when he became ill he was here and not in some garden at risk of predators.
He was a GCCF Premier. He had always come 2nd as a kitten and then all of a sudden took off and was Best in Show SLH Neuter at the Southern Counties in 2005. We loved his "Wah"! sound that he made when he was happy. We'll miss that. So will his sister Willow- she is just over a year younger than Dude but they always knew they were related and they always "kissed" and greeted each other happily every day.
Sleep well darling- you're in cat heaven now with your brother Dom and half sister Izzy. We love you xXx
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