Feline Lyme Disease :: A Silent Killer

This is a more somber video. This is Cheesy Poof, who I featured in another video 6 months younger than this. He was an amazing hunter and a nice cat, much like his brothers Harley and Squeaky.It was around 4 or 5, already dark due to it being the end of November, and he'd come inside. He just sat, and did nothing. ...I had seen this before. We had had a cat names Spike, who suddenly started sleeping behind the toilet all day. My parents thought I was full of it. I knew better and tried to comfort the cat who was extremely lethargic (overly-tired). The next day, the same. By that night...my parents believed me. He never, EVER sat behind the toilet. It's cold and damp. It makes sense though, if he had a fever. He refused to move. They tried to get him to eat, he threw up and fell over. They scheduled a vet visit ASAP. ...he passed away in my mom's arms that Sunday morning. I had done research and found out what it was. But the disease sneaks up and steals away too quick...When I saw Cheesy like this...I knew. I could feel it. I don't just take random videos of a stationary, sleepy cat. I took photos of him and video of him because I knew. My dad was working and my mom was drinking and then sleeping, so I left a note, "DON'T LET CHEESY GO OUTSIDE, HE WON'T COME BACK"If you know cats as well as I do, you know they run away from their pain. The next day I wanted to take him to the vet, it was too late in that day and I couldn't drive yet. ...my dad didn't really believe my note, and let Cheesy outside. He never came back.If your cat suddenly starts showing signs of extreme lethargy, if you can touch him and he looks like this or even less-responsive...take him to a vet immediately, get him amoxicillin. And make sure you take out the tick responsible. But DON'T hesitate. And DON'T let your cat outside. Take my advice.RIP Cheesy Poof 11/25/07

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