u/sofassa

I was trying to look at charts online to determine what "flavor"/"type" of tabby my 16-17 year-old cat is, but I wasn't able to figure it out. I assume she is some kind of mackerel pattern, but the stripes are faded in some places. Can tabbies be a combo of patterns? I figured the people on this Reddit know a lot more about cat genetics and coat types than I do.

Some parts of her look orange, but I'm not sure if this is "actually" orange (like genetically) or just a different shade of brown.

I tried to include as many angles as possible because she is extremely asymmetrical haha

What do you think? Feel free to educate me, i do not know a lot about cat genetics. I have had her for 14-15 years. I love her

I'm sorry if this post does not fit but I am needing perspective from people who have experience in this.

My beloved cat (not sure how old, likely 14) died this week. She had gone into DKA twice in one month and was heading into another one, this time with extreme vomiting. She had never vomited before in her whole life. The previous day her blood sugar was coming down nicely but then within a 24 hr period it went from 200s to 700. Her breathing became erratic and labored and she kept going to her litter box to have diarrhea.

(She had been diagnosed with diabetes almost 3 months ago, but unfortunately it ended up being acromegaly and she never responded consistently to the insulin we gave her. Ever since the first DKA her kidneys began to fail rapidly despite prior excellent health/daily subcut fluids and she clearly declined physically and behaviorally to the point I think she was brain-damaged at the end. She dropped 75% of her weight within those 2 months and her decline was happening too fast to try acromegaly treatments. One of the vets said this was the hardest case of diabetes she'd ever experienced)

She is fine with car rides, but hates the vet, especially when she had to stay overnights for her DKAs. Nonetheless we took her to the emergency vet, they tested her BG and ketone levels and found they were rising. We (family with me) made the decision there that we didnt think she would make it overnight at the vets so we opted to take her home instead for an at-home euthanasia.

One of the vets at the place was very kind and informed a nearby at-home vet of our situation. We went home and within two hours he came. I did feel bad because she had to be lured over with treats to her favorite resting location (she was up pacing around) to receive the injection but she was very peaceful after. She instantly relaxed from the sedative. I do not regret the decision in general though. The timing was perfect to me other than how quickly it happened after the vet visit. She wasnt going to make it through the night

My question is, did we do it too fast after the vet visit for her to feel truly at peace? She was up and about pacing around for some of that time she came back home. Which is what she was doing anyway earlier but ... theres a part of me that feels so bad that one of her final experiences was going to the vet office. Maybe she died feeling the relief of coming home from the office? I hope so but I'm just wondering if we did something wrong and she was sad : (

What "flavor" tabby is she?

Home euthanasia 2 hrs after coming home from vet. Was she scared?