#lynxpoint kitten

[parallelmonarch]

This is my very first post on Tumblr. I wanted to start off my page by introducing you to my fur baby, who has since crossed the rainbow bridge. I wanted to spread awareness about the potential disease that took his life. Note that I am not a veterinarian and the diagnosis was never confirmed.

On September 2nd, 2024, I met Geralt at my uncle’s house while we were drafting for our fantasy football league. I have three cats, a dog, and a turtle. I wasn’t originally going to take this little guy home. However, you see the cute pic of him snuggled up? That’s him on my chest the day we met, he came to me on his own volition. He climbed onto my chest and fell right asleep, in that moment, I knew he was meant to be my baby.

I had Geralt for ten days.

On September 12th, it was a normal morning. He slept with me as usual, he screamed at me for not giving him attention. He was just fine, acting like a kitten. The only thing he had going on was diarrhea, which I treated him for worms, and I figured it might’ve been him adjusting to the new food as well. Other than that, he was a normal kitten. I got up to take a bath around 11 in the morning, and when I returned I couldn’t find him. I asked my partner where he was and he told me he got up and hid in a corner between the wall and my dresser. I found him, laying limp. It wasn’t unusual for him to hide in that corner, but he was face-down. I picked him up, thinking he was just sleeping. He meowed at me, and I gently set him down on the bed, but then I noticed something out of the ordinary. He was paralyzed in his rear legs. I thought maybe it was small, so I called the vet and the told me it wasn’t a life or death situation and they would get back to me to get him in later that day after their staff meeting. Quickly after, he became fully paralyzed, and I called my brother crying because I had no money to help him. So my brother came over and we rushed him to the shelter to see if he was stable enough to go to the hospital the next city over. They said he wouldn’t make the drive and they suggested we take him to the hospital down the road. So we rushed there, where the doctors were all on lunch. I begged them to give him oxygen because at the shelter, his paralysis improved, he was gaining motion again. At the shelter, they tested him for Feline Panleukopenia Virus (FPV), which to put it simply is “parvo” in cats. It affects the nervous system and gastrointestinal lining. He came back negative, but they told me that even if the results were negative there was still a possibility he had it. I gave this info to the vet hospital we took him to. They told us to sit down and wait for the doctor to come back from lunch, so we did. Not very long after, my poor boy opened his mouth wide and started gasping for air. I was already hysterical, but it made me even more when I saw the state he was in. He was actively dying in my arms. The vet tech ran out to grab the vet in the parking lot, where she rushed in and they took him to the back. Moments later, the doctor came back and told me the odds of him living weren’t good. I begged her to do what she could, but she explained to me he was so dehydrated that it was beyond a clinical level. She said she could try to give him IV fluids and corn syrup on his gums to raise his blood sugar, and send us to the hospital in the next city. But, she didn’t think he would make the 45 minute drive. She said the best course of action was to euthanize him because she guessed he had a 1% survival and life-saving efforts would just prolong any potential suffering. I at first refused and told her I wanted to try the fluids and the corn syrup, but she brought me back to reality that even trying those, he wasn’t going to survive. I made the selfless decision and gave them permission to put him to sleep without any tests ran, without any effort. When I said my goodbyes, he was dying in front of me, he was barely conscious. I was screaming and crying, apologizing to him, and telling the vet tech I didn’t do this to him, I got him that way. I was irrational and confused and didn’t know what to do. My brother tried comforting me and saying it wasn’t my fault. They guessed he was born with FPV because his mother wasn’t vaccinated, so he contracted it through utero.

At 1:18 pm, my beautiful boy crossed over the rainbow bridge. I kissed his face and scratched his ears, while he peacefully ran into my late Nana’s arms in the afterlife. My brother said in his last moments, he used all the strength he had left in him to lean into me when I gave him kisses and all the lovin’s he could ask for. He died loved that day, but he also took a piece of my heart and soul with him.

We took him home to my mom’s garden where I tucked him in the ground after cradling him, cherishing my last moments with his physical body.He was tucked in my favorite shirt, just like I would with our blue blanket every night so that he would have me with him for eternity.

Since then, I have been broken to pieces and trying to find answers of what caused him to abruptly be sick. I’ve researched and researched and it was no comfort. I just want closure.

I miss my baby boy, and people think it’s weird I’m grieving a pet like I would a human, but Geralt was special in some way I can’t put my finger on.

As much as this pains me, this post is intended to remember my sweet boy. I also intend to spread awareness on why it is important to vaccinate your pets. I will never know for certain what he was sick with, it could have been completely different than what the vets thought. But please vaccinate your pets and seek medical treatment for them if they have persistent diarrhea and it’s the only symptom. His dehydration was a contributing factor despite how much water he drank. Diarrhea may seem like a small fix or make you assume worms like me. If I had sought out veterinary advise as soon as I took my boy home, I believe he would still be with me today.

Please research feline panleukopenia virus. With Geralt, he didn’t present symptoms of whatever his illness was until it was too late. Always get your babies tested and vaccinated because if you don’t think something like this can happen to you, your chances are greater than there is with vaccinated pets.

To my Geralt, I know you lived a short life and I like to think you picked me to live your last days full of love and comfort. I’m sorry couldn’t do more to save you, I will forever regret the things I never got to do for you. I will always wonder what life would be like if you stayed with me. But I know wherever you are, Nana is taking good care of you and I know you’re by my side in spirit. I miss you so much, my beautiful boy. I love you and I can’t wait until we meet again, for now I will live with you in my heart and I know you’ll be waiting on the other side of the rainbow bridge for me. ❤️🌈🐾

[monggay]

new kitties........

on other news, i am once again broke. and also, name ideas anyone?

[dewitty1]

This baby is too cute! ꒰♡ˊ͈ ु꒳ ूˋ͈꒱.⑅*♡

[bonefall]

Hello. I’d like to play a game.

Before you are antagonistic cats from arc one, you’ll notice they’re dark brown tabbies, all but Darkstripe and Scrouge. The rest are Tigerstar, Brokenstar, Dustpelt, Mudclaw and just to lump him into the game, Hawkfrost.

Your goal is to tell us what changes to their fur color you’d make to break up the lineup of the same look. You may make them solid colors, bicolors or even just lighten them from dark brown to light, pale or plain brown tabbies, they just can’t remain both dark brown and a tabby. It’s entirely optional to make them make sense with their family tree or not. You are allowed one skip should you choose to use it.

Ok Jigpaw but after this you need to change the elder's bedding. No more building fancy mousetraps before dawn patrol.

Tigerstar needs to be a tiger. I wouldn't mind making him black-and-orange but I feel like he's the one that's too iconic to change

Hawkfrost also needs to be a tiger imo, I do like lynxpoint Hawkfrost whose points "rise" the more corruption he experiences from Tigerstar though, until he's a full clone. But easy fix; white tiger. White with black stripes.

The Erins keep trying to make tabby dustpelt happen. But it's not going to happen. Imo he is a dusty-brown cat with darker brown or even black points. This isn't even a change I'm just correct about this.

For Mudclaw I'm gonna be deadass, white and brown are actually MEGA appealing colors to me. One of my favorite colorschemes. Brown is underrated. Make him another brown points-cat but this time he's also piebald, so his brown spots look like mud puddles. His toes are all dark brown, almost black, like he splashed around as a kitten and it never washed out.

So Brokenstar is gonna get one of my FAVORITE color patterns on an animal, straightup just because gold and brown are underrated as color schemes

do I have a reason to turn Brokenstar into a golden cat with brown stripes and flecks with fiery orange unders? Yes. The reason is I do what I want

Anyway there's your free OCs, feel free to take whatever inspiration you choose. Now get to that bedding!

[siamesenekouwu]

You guys named my last kitten - this is lynxpoint #2, can I get a play on a female mentioned in rock and roll music?

[galaxyofcomics]

Almost obnoxiously cute, even she's asleep. . . . . #lynxpoint #cats #lynxpointsiamese #catsofinstagram #of #cat #siamese #instagram #siamesecat #catstagram #catlife #lynxpointsofinstagram #kitten #adoptdontshop #kittensofinstagram #kittens #siamesecatsofinstagram #meow #instacat #catlovers #kitty #catlover #blueeyes #catoftheday #siamesemix #catsofig #princesspugsleythecat #tabbycat #blueeyedcat #Galaxyofcomics (at Galaxy of Comics) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY4o4KPP3ij/?utm_medium=tumblr

[avalanche-n-jojo]

[sushiramenoodle]

#momo #maru #rescue #kitten #catstagram #catsofinstagram #lynxpoint #lynxpointsiamese #neko #nyaa https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Af-LhHZ9H/?igshid=8q4g7m5ed1fz

[tumblcat]

Here I am as Baby Cat.

I am visiting a new pokey doctor, one who specialties in lumps.

Uncle found this photo of me on his iCloud.

I don't like going to doctors when I could be home watching squirrels.

Also, fifa won't stop hissing at me.

[payroo]

My D.I.Y. project: I made a sunbathing pillow for myself by viciously kicking the human's rug until I got tired! #catsofinstagram #lynxpoint #kitten #lynxpointsiamese #siamesecat #cats #catstagram #sleepykitten #catpillow https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxDinpF5kO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1781co4n0ff8h

[quintessentialarts]

My coworker is cuter than your coworker 😆 🐱 www.quintessentialarts.etsy.com

[midwaynature]

Those ears of Canadian Lynx 😯😍 #canadianlynxphotography #lovekittens #kittens_of_world #lynxpointsiamese #canadianlynxcoat #cutekittens #canadianlynx #cats_of_instagram #lovecats #canadianlynxfur #kittensofig #catstagram #kittensofinstagram #lynxcat #lynxpoint #cats #ashlynx #canadianlynxcat #kittens #catsofinstagram #lynx #lynxsnowmobiles #catsagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_eyfiHALCm/?igshid=khd5i87pu10x

[makuj]

Princess 💕🎀

[pebblesandhercats]

We are so helpful with the #laundry. Why don't mom and dad agree? . #bekind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. . Support the Green New Deal and Carbon Pricing . #catlover #catsagram #lovekittens #colorpoint #lovecats #adorable #catoftheday #lynxpoint #ネコ #instagramcats #cats #instagood #kitten #cat #rescue #catstagram #חתול #dumptrump #kittens #lynxpointsiamese #kitty #progressive #ilovemycat #naral #home #instacat (at Snoqualmie, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx6MKxVJdiG/?igshid=1nqarw77ey5l3

[okieapache70]

Narasuan #kitten #cat #catsofinstagram #beautiful #love #pet #photooftheday #likemypet #kitty #feline #yourcatstoday #showcasingpets #petstagram #catlady #catlove #SiameseCat #lynxpoint https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGi8b8B7Wk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k53s77ldxzht

[woodlandwell]

Someone dumped this handsome little #lynxpoint boy near hubby’s office on July 4. We’ve been calling him Rocket. I think he’s staying. (at West Valley, Boise, Idaho)