Thule

Thule

2008? - 2013

We're missing our sweet cat, Thule.  She arrived at house, during a bitterly cold winter, almost three years ago.  We don't know exactly how old she was or where she came from.  For the first six months, she lived under our porch, only coming out to eat after we went back inside and never allowing us to get near her.  In fact, we wondered if she was a feral cat.  However we kept feeding her,  and eventually she grew to trust us.  Two falls ago she moved into the house and never really had an interest in leaving the house again.  This past  summer when we were gone for a month and neighbors were caring for her, she started acting a little weird -  hiding and not eating.  She seemed OK when we got home, so we assumed that she had gotten a case of kitty cat depression while we were gone.  Unfortunately in early September things started going downhill quickly for her.  She had a sudden case of hypertension, causing her to loose her hearing and eyesight temporarily.  With medication, she bounced back a bit, but was not quite her usual self,  for about a month.  This week she stopped eating and drinking, becoming increasingly lethargic.  On Tuesday, the vet tried an appetite stimulant and fluids to make her feel better, but her blood test showed that her kidneys were failing.   With the vet's recommendation, we decided to euthanize her.