Hi there, I'm new to this forum and I suppose looking for answers where there may be none. Please don't read on if you don't wish to as I describe what happened. This may be offensive and upsetting to some. I apologise, again, I'm just trying to seek answers. It's just devastating. With heart break and disbelief, I write that our three year old healthy Bengal died suddenly a few days ago. I just can't stop crying. And I see and hear her everywhere. There were no symptoms or signs of behavioural change. She was still eating, toileting as usual, being her kooky self. Affectionate one minute almost mimicking our dog to being the aloof cat the next watching over the lay of the land. She did not choke on anything but look like she suffered terribly with her breathing. From the outside, the vet said, there were no obvious signs on her body. No fluids of any kinds around her. She was fed high quality holistic dry food and good quality wet food recommended by the breeder, up to date on all her treatments (advocate), injections and vetinary checks. She was a 100% indoor cat. Her coat was glossy and soft. The only things that come to mind are three weeks ago, she had a one off incident of diarohhea. Very small amount and not again. On three separate random occasions over the last couple of months, she went to vomit a couple of times and nothing came up. But in that time, she did vomit up her cat grass / cat nip mint as normal. She also seemed to be shedding a little more hair on one night when she got off my lap, I was covered. It's spring here and this seemed to happen year on year around this time. The cat really was my partner's shadow. He elected to not have an autopsy done at a cost of $1000 when the vet said it did not guarantee a result. I have to respect his wishes. He is handling this very differently to me. I've contacted the breeder but still waiting to hear. My partner is talking about going back to the same breeder when he is ready - probably in a year as it will take sometime to mourn our loss and be ready for another kitty in our lives. She was such a major part of or family. And I'm so happy he is able to talk like this as our sweet Bengal was so in tune with him. I'm concerned as she was a very expensive cat at $2.5k in going back to the breeder if there was a genetic issue. They do a lot of tests for diseases and illnesses but not hcm/dcm. I know this is controversial and we don't know what our beloved cat passed away from. Has anyone experienced this? Thank you
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