u/Magicfour

A new friend is coming about a month for Beer (bear)

We have decided to give the liitle brother of Gizmo

a home with us and a place with our other three cats.

Beer misses Gizmo a lot..miauws the whole day...a few times he was sitting where Gizmo always was lying. Also snuffles around.

1e foto broertje nu en 2e foto was Gizmo klein.

Lijken veel op elkaar

Is it strange to look for a connection with Gizmo's family? His parents are having one last litter of kittens. I don't want to replace Gizmo, but rather pay tribute to him—to remember him through his characteristic traits. A little brother could keep the memory of him alive, while still living his own life. I’m afraid we’ll regret it if that brother ends up with another family

Gizmo passed away suddenly on Monday evening. His body shut down after he suffered a severe seizure. What is still burned into my memory is seeing that he suddenly couldn't get his hindquarters off the ground. He fought helplessly to stand up but couldn't manage it. I was standing outside and saw it through the window into the kitchen. I ran inside immediately; he wasn't breathing, his muscles were moving strangely and becoming weaker and weaker. I panicked and massaged his belly and back; he wasn't moving or breathing at all anymore. I tried to move him awake, and then he made a coughing, hacking sound. But only when I shook him, and that didn't help either. After that, he was just very limp, and feces and urine had leaked out of him. We went to the vet. Because at first, I could still hear his heart beating. A little later, I couldn't hear that anymore either, and a blue tongue was visible. In hindsight, based on information and my description, it turned out to have been a blood clot that acutely paralyzed his hind legs. The muscles die off and the body goes into shock. The cat loses consciousness. The heart cannot release pressure, becomes overloaded, and stops. After this, the brain no longer receives oxygen. The fact that we could still hear the little heart beating was probably muscle spasms of the heart, not the heart pumping. Apparently, Gizmo had an invisible heart condition: HCM. A cat can hide this very well and looks healthy. We are devastated by grief, and his presence is deeply missed. We never saw this coming. Gizmo R.I.P dear

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