I joined this forum because I have a new kitten and love cats. It's been a very difficult year because I lost my two beloved cats who I brought to Costa Rica with me. Cloud passed on July 24, 2008, from Chronic Renal Failure, at the age of only 12. That was devastating, as he was my favorite cat ever. But it did not come as a surprise, as he had lived for 29 months with CRF and I knew he would die of it at some point. What was shocking is that Salem passed away only last August 3, or liver and kidney cancer. The aggressiveness of it was unbelievable. On Thursday he was diagnosed with cancer, and by Monday I had to put him to sleep because he could not even walk and was beginning to suffer neurological impairment.
Anyway, I wanted to say hello. If you want, you can check out my memorial pages for my friends Cloud and Salem:
http://www.picasaweb.google.com/gsmith659/InMemoryOfCloud
http://www.picasaweb.google.com/gsmith659/InMemoryOfSalem
Hasta luego,
Mojo