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Cat Depression is Real
My Cat is Grieving — Sadness Is Not Only For Humans
His bonded partner crossed the rainbow bridge last month
“Our animal friends teach us more than we could have expected and love us more than we could have hoped. That’s why we miss them more than we imagined.” — Anonymous.
I have a grieving cat. Last month, we euthanized our Munchkin, Tall. He had kidney issues since he was a kitten. Tall was a non-standard Munchkin: he had standard legs. We fed him special food and paid attention to his health, as his kidneys would act up. His kidneys finally failed.
When Munchkin cats breed, only one cat needs to be a Munchkin to make more Munchkins. Munchkins are bred to normal cats because if two Munchkins breed, the resulting cats, with two defective genes, die in the womb. Munchkins produce a litter with both short and normal-legged cats.
My spouse liked cats with short, shiny, black fur and yellow eyes. Tall was one of those cats, although Tall was not purchased for my husband. I saw Tall online and decided I wanted to get him. His eyes reminded me of my Smoke Persian, Big Boy, whom I lost five years earlier. Big Boy was one of my favorite cats of all time. He was over 22 years old when he died.
