Philip, I'm so very sorry for your loss of Tux. You know I just suffered my own loss of my cat Cinders, so I have a good idea what you're feeling. Feline Leukemia is a bad bad illness. I'm so sorry. As I always tell myself and others when this sort of thing happens, it's not the death you would wish for them, but it's the best death you can give them. (I always pray they'll just fall asleep one night and not wake up and that's how I'll find them, curled up safe in their beds. So far, in 29 years, only ONCE.) Best wishes, Annie

Annie,..i was thinking of you and your loss of Cinders for some time after you posted and thinking no words could express how you were feeling,..then i went through the loss of Tux,..one never knows what is just around the corner,..i hope you are faring well.

I had one cat that was just listless,..lay it on a cushion watched it fall asleep then went to bed,..next morning it was lying on the cushion looking at me i presumed,..when i went over to it i discovered it had died,..with eyes still open and head resting on its paws,..at least it didn't die in pain but relaxed,..it was still a shock but i was consoled.