My Story in all this;
On December 10th, my 15 year old girl began vomiting. She couldn't keep anything down.
On December 12th, I awoke to her howling like death. I came out to find my 4 month old kitten boy extremely lethargic, barely able to move. I was running late for work and only had time to run for medicine for the girl, so I decided that I'd take the kitten to the vet the next day.
When I came home from work, he was dead.
The vet's first question was about Poison. I certainly didn't have anything in my house that I was aware of! It was a huge shock and hard blow with no answers.
My girl suffered on. Vet tests a week later showed nothing wrong (viral, feline leukemia test, kidney function, liver function). I undertook heroic efforts to save her, but she ultimately died in early February. Her kidneys and liver had failed at the end.
Last Thursday (3/22), I got an e-mail from PetSmart PetPerks, saying that their PetPerks records showed that I had indeed purchased some of the affected product. (Score one for corporate record keeping and customer loyalty programs!)
Now I'm trying to contact one of the firms filing a class action suit, but their e-mail and site seem to have some problems. I am certainly willing to testify if the suit is tried locally.
The loss of my two cats was a hard blow, coming after losing my pride and joy, my 20 year old boy, in June. As my lease is up at the end of May, I decided against even thinking about new cats until later when I knew where I'd be living. I was (and still am) intent on moving, because I've lost three cats in this place. It's also hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
However, Life had other plans. Just before two major snow storms in early March, an 8-12 month old female cat wandered into my parent's garage 20 miles from here. They tried calling Animal Control and the Police, but neither would come and get it. So I took it "temporarily", until they could find the owner. Ten days and nearly two feet of snow later, no one had made any efforts to look for the cat, put up signs or canvas the neighborhood. There were no ads in the papers. I called my mother and said "No more looking, she's mine now".
Her name is Raido, meaning to travel or a journey.
