Here comes trouble, what did I do now… “Scatterbrain“. My Truffle Buffle.
Well, he’s a fantastic cat. He loves water, loves attention, and is just awesome. He is a black tuxedo cat, the fluffiest tail I’ve ever seen, and a scared puss.
I don’t know when his birthday is, but we’ve settled on August 1st to give him his day. This year (2020), he turned 16. Sixteen!!! How time flies.
He’s even gotten his own microsite-site at trufflebuffle.com now. He’s earned it 😉<
LAST UPDATE – At approximately 11:45 AM MST Truffle was euthanized. His body was no longer supporting him. Digging through records with my vet, we were able to determine that he was born on or around 4/20/2004.
He couldn’t walk very well; he was peeing on the floor, had lost most of his hearing, and was just unable to stand without a strong wobble or just falling over.
It was his time. He is the only cat that I will ever own. I had promised him that a million times over, and as I told a wonderful friend earlier, it was a part of my last words with him.
He will always be special and take his place with his brothers, as he was my nexus kitty.
UPDATE #1 – I brought Truffle & Sho in for a routine checkups on 24 October 2008 and Truffled weighed in @ 12 lbs. See, he’s a big boy now.
UPDATE #2 – I was messing around with the scale today, weighed the boys, and found that Truffle weighs in at 12.2lbs as of 15 May 2011.
UPDATE #3 – Truffle was in for grooming again and weighed in at 15.12 lbs, which to me is fantastic. He seems so tiny compared to Monster and Sho.
UPDATE #4 – I weighed Truffle this morning, 13 January 2017, and he came in at 15.4lbs. That’s awesome since he hasn’t changed weight in the last couple of years.
UPDATE #5 – Somehow I missed this update, but on 14 November 2017 his weight was 14.8lbs. That was on the vet’s scale.
UPDATE #6 – I brought Truffle in to get his razor claws clipped, and his official weight was 13.5lbs. I’m happy his weight is decreasing, which means the dietary changes I’ve made are helping. That was 10 July 2018.
UPDATE #7 – On 19 January 2019, I had to take Truffle to an emergency clinic because he had problems with his hind legs. He was diagnosed with a sprain or similar. What’s interesting is he was 12.5lbs. He’s OK, just a bit sore from Taco being a kitten and being a dick.
UPDATE #8 – Truffle has lost a bit of weight over the last year and was not eating well enough. I brought him to my vet, Quail Crossing Animal Hospital, here in the Phoenix area.
We started Truffle on a liquid steroid to boost his appetite, and boy, did that ever work. He’s put a bit of good weight on and continues to keep the weight even though he is 16.
The only downside is I have to feed him, so there’s that. He’s a beautiful boy; I am incredibly enriched by having him in my life.
