Friday Cat Blog

Remembering Saucer

During his last two years away at college, Mike lived in an ancient former farmhouse with several roommates. One freezing cold winter night, in the garage which was once the stables, Mike found a tiny kitten with its neck stuck through the top of a domed plastic Slurpee lid. He rescued the kitten and named him Saucer.

When the time came to move back home, of course Mike would bring Saucer home with him. There was a problem though, Saucer had claws; we had new furniture. We took Saucer in for declawing to a very reputable vet, one we had great confidence in. Tragically, while under anesthetic, Saucer died.

The whole family was shocked, stunned, and grieving. I was horrified because I was the one who raised the "declawing" issue. We had a necropsy performed at a different animal hospital, to see what could possibly have gone wrong. The diagnosis was that Saucer had a defective heart valve which could have caused him to die at any time. It was just an unfortunate coincidence that his death happened when it did. That allayed my guilt a bit, but not totally.

Mike still misses Saucer, I'm sure, and so does the rest of our family.

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