6/2020 Felix 2.0 has that name because Felix 1.0 was a long time resident and passed away a few months ago. Felix 2.0 knows his name so to keep it straight with records etc. his nick name - Felix 2.0 Felix is a 16 year old blind kitty who was losing the only home he had ever known. He was found as a kitten by a child and taken home. Child’s mom is not fond of animals but she allowed him to keep him. Fast forward, child grows up, leaves home, starts his own family, cat stays with mom. Mom decides she no longer wants the cat son has to take him with him. Son’s wife says Oh Heck no, they have a toddler. So he is in between a rock and a hard spot. Mom says cat goes, wife says cat is not coming here. He loves his cat and just wants him to be safe. Shelters will put him to sleep. So that is how he came to be here. All in all, he is adjusting to his new reality. Imagine how he must feel, he is old, blind and he in one moment of time lost every thing he had ever known. His home, His family, His friend, every single thing he had ever knows is gone. Think how you would feel if that was you, he does not have the ability to understand the explanation and does not have access to alcohol or Valiums which I am sure most humans would need if this happened to them. So all in all he is doing ok. He is friendly, it will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the other cats he will be living with. You may see him live on his live cat camera at https://www.blindcatrescue.com/watchus.htm He is in Room 5 Sponsored by Sara - Thank you! Sponsored by Meredith - Thank you! Sponsored by Michelle - Thank you! Sponsored by Elizabeth- Thank you! Sponsored by Vanessa - Thank you! Sponsored by Hope - Thank you! Sponsored by Bhavana - Thank you! Sponsored by Jack - Thank you! Sponsored by Kate - Thank you! Sponsored by Mandy - Thank you Sponsored by Joyce - Thank you! Sponsored by Suzanne - Thank you!

3/14/2020 Felix 2.0 came to us 2 1/2 years ago after losing his only home after 16 years.He was found by a boy who loved him.  The boy grew up, got married and had his own family.  Felix stayed with the parents.  The only problem was the mom was "not a cat person" and Felix had become a grumpy old fellow.  She told her son he had to go. The wife said no way was he coming to their house, they had a toddler. Felix was fast to bite and very fast to swat with his claws.  The son contacted us because he loved Felix and he wanted him to be cared for.  So that is how he came to us.  Felix had so many physical problems with his back.  He had spondylosis with myelopathy and disc degeneration.  He was in pain,  that explained why he had become such a grumpy fellow.  We got him on pain meds that helped for some time to better control the pain but I am sure there was not a minute of the day that there was not some pain.  Each time he went to the vet the x-rays would show the continuing deterioration of his spine. We took him to the vet last week to see if there was anything we could do to get him some better pain management.   He was in horrible pain,  he would lay and just pee himself instead of getting up.  You touched him and he growled.  The vet and I had a quality of life discussion.  We brought him home with a super-strong med to see if that would help,  this was a hail mary.    He continued peeing himself,  not getting up.  He stopped eating this morning.  He clearly said he had enough.  The AVMA has 5 freedoms that you must provide an animal for animal welfare. The freedom from hunger and thirst. The freedom from discomfort. The freedom from pain, injury, and disease. The freedom to express normal behavior. The freedom from fear and distress.  We firmly believe that they should be allowed dignity in life and death,  they should not suffer.  He was suffering. While the decision to let him go is gut-wrenching, and not one we have made lightly,  he deserves a quality of life that we and his veterinarian strongly believe is permanently out of his reach.  It was time to do the right thing and let him go.  He and I made a last trip to the vet together and I was with him petting him as he went over the rainbow bridge. We are glad that we had the time to know him,  we hope that he was happy with us for the most part when he was here.  He started enjoying sleeping with some of the other cats and enjoyed us brushing him.  We will miss him.