John Stockton
Second Unit
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- Jan 9, 2000
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This last weekend my Siamese cat was found dead on the next door neighbor's lawn. She was only 11 months old. I usually bring in all on my cats at the end of the night and put them in the garage. But for some reason my Siamese did not show up at the end of the night. I stayed awake till 3:30 AM and went out in the back and the front yard calling her. After several minutes I gave up and came in and closed the door.
The next morning my sister comes over and asks me if that is my cat laying dead in the neighbors lawn. I immediately rush out and saw her laying lifeless on the grass. What is strange is that she was positioned in such a way as though someone had put her there. My sister asked our neighbor what had happened. She said that she woke up and got a call from some kids down the street, that they had seen a dead cat on their lawn. Not knowing whose cat it is, she called "Animal Control" for them to come and pick her up. Thankfully my sister showed up in time. otherwise she would have been cremated.
Now the mystery is what happened to her?? I went to her doctor and she told me that it could be a number of things.
First and mostly she believes that she was hit by a car or a bicycle. Someone then picked her up and put her in the middle of the lawn OR she was hit and she managed to make it to the lawn herself and died there. By the way there were no signs of injury on the cat whatsoever.
Second, the doctor believes that she may have ate some Rat poison. Again there were no signs of vomiting or related things anywhere.
Third, the doctor believes that the cat could have had a heart attack due to a weak heart.
As luck would have it, this incident happened on Sunday morning and no animal clinic was open then or the following day (Labor Day), so I had no choice but to bury her immediately in the back yard, otherwise I definitely would have taken her in for an autopsy.
I am single and have no kids, so my pets are more like my children. This past week has been the worst in my life. What kills me, is that I never found out what really happened. That is why I am asking you all what your opinion is on what happened.
Thanks for reading my sad tale.
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[Edited last by John Stockton on September 08, 2001 at 06:30 PM]
The next morning my sister comes over and asks me if that is my cat laying dead in the neighbors lawn. I immediately rush out and saw her laying lifeless on the grass. What is strange is that she was positioned in such a way as though someone had put her there. My sister asked our neighbor what had happened. She said that she woke up and got a call from some kids down the street, that they had seen a dead cat on their lawn. Not knowing whose cat it is, she called "Animal Control" for them to come and pick her up. Thankfully my sister showed up in time. otherwise she would have been cremated.
Now the mystery is what happened to her?? I went to her doctor and she told me that it could be a number of things.
First and mostly she believes that she was hit by a car or a bicycle. Someone then picked her up and put her in the middle of the lawn OR she was hit and she managed to make it to the lawn herself and died there. By the way there were no signs of injury on the cat whatsoever.
Second, the doctor believes that she may have ate some Rat poison. Again there were no signs of vomiting or related things anywhere.
Third, the doctor believes that the cat could have had a heart attack due to a weak heart.
As luck would have it, this incident happened on Sunday morning and no animal clinic was open then or the following day (Labor Day), so I had no choice but to bury her immediately in the back yard, otherwise I definitely would have taken her in for an autopsy.
I am single and have no kids, so my pets are more like my children. This past week has been the worst in my life. What kills me, is that I never found out what really happened. That is why I am asking you all what your opinion is on what happened.
Thanks for reading my sad tale.
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[Edited last by John Stockton on September 08, 2001 at 06:30 PM]