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▲ 366 r/sphynx

Mr Moo 💗💔

I lost my boy to CHF this morning, he’s been my baby for the past seven years. Last week I had two cats and now I have none :( I’m so heartbroken but I hoping I can use it for good. I’m planning to go back to foster but after losing my soul kitty Lola very traumatically not having him here is like a punch to a get. I slept on the couch next to his bed for a the week following Lola’s passing.

I was able to have the vet come over and gave him a peaceful send off and feed him his favorite treats and i’m greatful he didn’t pass away in pain. He’ll be buried with Lola on Friday next to their two brothers. Unfortunately this will be my last sphynx as my heart just can’t take other loss. Here are some of my favorites photos of him.

u/WallabyMassive4485 — 12 hours ago
▲ 16 r/Petloss

Lost my soul kitty very unexpectedly

My Lola girl was 4 years old and my absolute soul kitty. When working at a rescue a few years ago I fell in love with these two sphynx cats that were rescued from a backyard breeder and was able to take them home, they were very sickly and didn’t live very long. However I knew they were sick, and even though I loved them very much both of their deaths to HCM were excepted and I was able to have my vet come over to put them to sleep.

I fell in love with their personalities so I reached out to a local TICA and I brought home my boy Mr. Moo, his parents were genetically tested and I have all the papers, my vet also pays for bi-yearly echocardiograms since the breed is at an increased risk of HCM. However when he was 3 he was diagnosed with a stage 3 murmur. I told my vet and she retired the lineage, contacted the families of the owners of his relatives and refunded me the $5,000 I paid for him. She is a really great person and offered me a free kitten. This kitten was Lola. Lola was the most adorable, beautiful and affectionate girl. Mr. Moo was always a little aggressive and very vocal but my Lola was the most docile and sweet thing. I would carry her in a sling when I worked from home and she slept in bed with me every night. Her and Mr.Moo never got along because he is too aggressive of a player and she was too submissive for it to work.

She was so clingy and loving. Nearly every night she would suckle on my ear before she fell asleep. i made up songs for her and she was attached me to 24/7. She would pee in fear without me near her. She loved me so much. She was my baby, my daughter. She was perfectly healthy and sweet. I was always prepared for Mr. Moo to need to put to sleep, as he reached heart failure but Lola showed no signs of sickness….she even had a clean echo 20 days ago.

3 days ago she began to have a cough and after about two hours I rushed her to an emergency vet because I didn’t like the sound of it. They gave her an X-ray, physical evaluation and took her blood but told me it was likely just an infection and sent me home with antibiotics.

she was dead by morning. I woke up and realized she left the bed I found her dead on the stairs. She was already stiff and cold. Her eyes were completely open and her tongue was hanging out of her mouth. I knew she was gone but I still rushed her to the vet where they are holding her body while I prepare a service. She will be buried next to her brothers.

I’m just gutted and have been crying constantly. I’m done with this breed. I checked my security cameras and she left our bed in the middle of the night to use her litter box, she seemed to have lost balance and was so wobbly…she wasn’t like that when I went to bed if only I had known. She spend 4 hours trying to get back on the stairs. I counted and she fell down over 30 times, she finally made it to the top but fell back down on the last step, she just laid where she fell until she died

I’m absolutely traumatized and probably have PTSD. I have slept downstairs on the couch where Mr. Moo sleeps because i’m terrified something like this will happen again.

Rest in peace my Lola-Lady. Furever 4.

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u/WallabyMassive4485 — 5 days ago
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Sigh. I lost my little girl this morning after nearly 4 incredible years. She was a “replacement cat” given to me by my breeder after her brother tested positive for HCM. Though obviously my breeder wanted me to keep her brother as well. She was the sweetest most snuggly cat ever. I loved her more than anything and it’s all darkness without her. I’m trying to hold it out for the sake of her big brother, but as he’s in end stage heart failure…I really don’t know what i’ll do when they’re both gone. I’ll have lost 4 cats within two years.

I want to know if it’s worth it to have an autopsy done. My two previous babies both passed very suddenly from HCM. But I know it was HCM since both were positive for it. However my Lola had a perfectly healthy echocardiogram just a month again. A day before her passing she began to wheeze and cough so I scooped her to the emergency vet where they gave her an X-Ray and ran a blood test that I’m still waiting for the result of. She passed very early in the morning and I found her on the stairs. After viewing the footage from my security cameras I could see she spent about an hour trying to get up the stairs to my room. I will never forgive myself for that…I didn’t even know she left the room last night, I should have closed the door…she seemed to be very wheezy snd coughy and weakened I just keep racking my brain on what could have happened. All four of them are sphinxes.

I want an autopsy but I don’t know if it’s worth it. It’s around $5,000 dollars around me and i’m already nearly 10K in debt for all vet trips her and her brother needed. Is it worth it? If you had one doke for your baby did it give you peace of mind?

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u/WallabyMassive4485 — 8 days ago
▲ 504 r/catquestions

Sigh. I lost my little girl this morning after nearly 4 incredible years. She was a “replacement cat” given to me by my breeder after her brother tested positive for HCM. Though obviously my breeder wanted me to keep her brother as well. She was the sweetest most snuggly cat ever. I loved her more than anything and it’s all darkness without her. I’m trying to hold it out for the sake of her big brother, but as he’s in end stage heart failure…I really don’t know what i’ll do when they’re both gone. I’ll have lost 4 cats within two years.

I want to know if it’s worth it to have an autopsy done. My two previous babies both passed very suddenly from HCM. But I know it was HCM since both were positive for it. However my Lola had a perfectly healthy echocardiogram just a month again. A day before her passing she began to wheeze and cough so I scooped her to the emergency vet where they gave her an X-Ray and ran a blood test that I’m still waiting for the result of. She passed very early in the morning and I found her on the stairs. After viewing the footage from my security cameras I could see she spent about an hour trying to get up the stairs to my room. I will never forgive myself for that…I didn’t even know she left the room last night, I should have closed the door…she seemed to be very wheezy snd coughy and weakened I just keep racking my brain on what could have happened.

I want an autopsy but I don’t know if it’s worth it. It’s around $5,000 dollars around me and i’m already nearly 10K in debt for all vet trips her and her brother needed. Is it worth it? If you had one doke for your baby did it give you peace of mind?

Update: Thank you for everyone who was kind and didn’t turn this to a debate about breeding but FYI two of sphynx were rescues and still died of HCM… I have decided not to do the autopsy and save the money for her funeral service and to bury her with her siblings.

u/WallabyMassive4485 — 8 days ago
▲ 669 r/sphynx

I lost my babygirl today. She was fine a day ago then she started coughing. I was able to bring her to an emergency vet where they gave her an x-ray and took some blood. They told me it was okay to take her home but when I woke up this morning she had passed while walking up the stairs to my room. I’m devastated. This is the third nakey i’ve lost suddenly in just two years, I would think it’s HCM but just a month ago her echo came back perfect. Her big brother is in end stage heart failure and is living on borrowed time as is. I’m lost but grateful for this community.

My breeder gave her to me almost 4 years ago when her big brother was diagnosed with HCM. He loved her so much and would always try to play and snuggle but she HATED him lol and they spent their lives separated. She was always my shadow and my light. Her brother will be happy to be allowed to the upper level but I’m just so gutted. She was my soul kitty and I thought we’d have more time. Her parents were screened for HCM and everything and my breeder did everything right, I just don’t know what to do without my Lola.

I love you Lola. I thought we’d have more time. 💗Forever 4💗

u/WallabyMassive4485 — 8 days ago
▲ 44 r/sphynx

Hi y’all. Just really struggling right now. My Lola girl has a high fever and some serious coughing that came on pretty suddenly. The emergency vet said it’s just a sinus thing as her echo came back clean last month, but we’ll have to wait several days for the results of her blood test which doesn’t feel good. Her X-Ray was good though.

My other bald-o is in end stage HCM right now and has dealt with chronic digestive and skin issues since he was a baby. I love my breeder and she even offered a full refund and a new kitten when he was diagnosed with HCM, and it truthfully wasn’t her fault as she did the genetic test but i’ve lost 2 babies already to HCM and i’m honestly thinking Lola will be my last naked baby.

I’m sorry if this a dumb post but I love this breed so much and I just feel torn up. I’ve had 5 sphynxs and all of them have had major health issues, well apart from Lola….I would love some positive vibes. Throw-away because I feel weird about being vulnerable lol.

update: She’s gone

u/WallabyMassive4485 — 8 days ago