Clyde

This little boy was dumped off at a pet store and rescued by someone else. He had multiple problems and was very ill. The new owners knew Clyde needed an experienced caregiver 24-7, so they made the difficult decision to surrender him to Cathy for lifetime care. Clyde has improved greatly, but may still require surgery at some point.

UPDATE: May 26th, 2004

Clyde had health issues off and on--helicobacter--adrenal gland disease--a huge spleen, etc. He has been slowing down. Yesterday, he couldn`t urinate. The x-ray showed stones in the bladder and a MASSIVE spleen--bigger than we thought. The urine showed crystals. There was billirubin trouble---(liver). After $248 of diagnostics including a PCV test, we realized he just had too many things going on in his little body. The vet said he didn`t believe surgery would be kind or curative. Clyde was in pretty rough shape. He left this world at 12:30 today. I was with him until the end.

I will miss his sweet face.

Love, Zoo