I am a new member of the group and have been reading the items.   I
have had two cats, Maria and Dora.  Yesterday Maria died rather
strangely.   I didn't get up real early and was lying in bed reading
when I heard a strange noise coming from the living room.  I got up and
Maria was lying on the floor in some sort of convulsion and making a
strange noise.  I immediately dressed and took her to the veternarians.
When I got there, they let me go in  right away and the vet came and
took her and took her to an inner part of the building.   One of the
assistants came out and asked if she had eaten any houseplant or
anything strange.  If she had, I didn't know it.  Anyway shortly
thereafter the vet came in and said she had died.  Didn't know what had
caused it.   Maybe she had gotten into something which poisoned her.
So now only Dora.   I thought it strange how she had the seizure and
died so suddenly as she had been perfectly normal the day before.  In
the afternoon I was reading in the recliner and she was in my lap and
then lying by my legs on the bottom part of the recliner.  She does
that sometimes when I am reading.   Also that evening ate as usual and
other things until I went to bed.

I  tried to send the above message earlier, but it didn't appear as I
think I may have gotten the address wrong.

Now I have a new cat, Tux, who is a shorthair black and white cat.   I
saw in the paper where a local animal shelter was having a pet adoption
day and that one could see the pets on the internet.  I went on and
found that the shelter people in my county had some cats for adoption.
I  tried to get a couple of older cats on the list but they had been
adopted just that day.  I did find a young black and white cat that was
adoptable.  It is named Tux for tuxedo.   He is neutered.  He is a very
affectionate cat and loves to lie in ones lap.  Also  likes to sleep on
the bed with  me.   Dora, my other cat and he don't fight.  May not be
pals but at least can be in the same room without fighting.

If you go to www.catster.com   and look to view them, I think you can
see pictures that I posted today.  I live in Tennessee which might help
to find them.
Robert