07/01/2025
It’s been a sad few days for us, I had the pleasure to look after Lupin and Wolfe again over the weekend, they have a new brother, Jesus, who used to visit and constantly beg for food. His owner could no longer look after him so Lupin and Wolfe’s owners took him in. On Sunday morning, I came in to find Lupin very shaky and not feeling herself, usually I would hear her meow loudly behind the door demanding food. This time she was sitting in her litter so I cleaned her up as much as she let me and gave them all food and fresh water. She walked over to her food and ate well so assumed she had fallen over. Wolfe was especially angry with me, I couldn’t understand why as he never hissed at me before. I came back on Sunday evening to feed everyone and I instantly knew something wasn’t right with Lupin, I sent a message to her owners and explained that Lupin wasn’t moving and seemed to have trouble with her back legs. I placed her food in front of her and she ate a bit, I went to feed the boys and came back down to see she really hadn’t moved. Her owners made the decision to come home early, I stayed with her until they were around 1hr away, I had to place her on a blanket as she was shaking and couldn’t walk. She got strokes and cuddles from me before I left. Unfortunately that was the last time I got to see her, she passed away peacefully two hours after my clients got home. She was such a wonderful cat, I haven never met one so demanding and noisy as her, she was the queen of the house. I’m heartbroken for my clients, the loss of a cat is awful, I’m glad they got home in time, I was prepared to stay the night if they couldn’t make it back. Here is a lovely group of photos that show exactly what Lupin was like, she didn’t stop meowing for food until the very end and I expect she’s still meowing wherever she is, it was an honour to be her pet sitter 🐾