[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

About 5 years ago my wife decided to bring home a new kitten - it was a little gray female like the one we lost. Stinker hated her from the minute she walked in the door. He would hiss at the site of her. After no time Stinker decided he had enough and moved out. He started living at my mom and dad's house about 300 yds away. For 3 years he lived there and the gray cat lived with us and Stinker's sis. One day we came home and couldn't find the gray cat. Looked high and low but no sign. So my wife and kids and I decided to spread out and walk through the woods beside the house. Not to far into it I spotted her laying there dead. She was very territorial and would chase away any cat that came around, so based on the evidence at the scene, this is what I think happened: Stinker came by and sat in the woods. The gray cat saw him and confronted him. Well there is no "confronting" a big bad @ss tomcat like Stinker without a problem. One good bite around the neck put her out. The evidence was all over the scene and under her rear claws (where she tried to kick free) - Stinker's long gray and white fur. The next day my mom called - she said something is wrong with Stinker. He was holed up underneath my dad's storage building and wouldn't come out. We took him to the vet and for 2 solid weeks he was on the verge of death - jaundiced extremely bad, on IV's, being fed and watered with an eye dropper. He pulled through it and made a full recovery. From then on he lived with us.

Next to a humans mouth, the mouth of a cat is the dirtiest in the animal kingdom. (bacteria wise) It's not unusual for both cats in a cat fight to die. One in the fight or shortly thereafter, the other several weeks later from infection received in the fight. Sounds like Stinker was a lucky cat to have you guys around to help him. All in all, sounds like you guys gave him a great home. I'm sure he knew how much he was loved.