Safe travels, beautiful girl – November 2020
Nyssa
~ The lives of animals are woven into our very being – closer than our own breathing – and our soul suffers when they are gone. ~
We have suffered another devastating loss two weeks ago. Our precious Nyssa is gone. 😢
Caryn our Senior Keeper found her unresponsive on her deck just before feeding. She started having seizures and while we were gathering up medication she took her last breath. We were shocked and stunned as Nyssa was a young cat and always healthy.
Through our tears, we loaded her up immediately and took her to Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Corvallis for a necropsy so we could find some answers or any answer to what happened. But despite having a complete examination done, they didn’t find anything concrete.
No toxins, no infection they could find, no vascular disease, and nothing in the brain that showed anything that would have triggered seizures. 😔
Losing her was devastating enough but not knowing exactly what happened will always haunt me …
Nyssa came to WCR in 2007 as a young cub. She had been purchased as a pet and her original owners realized very quickly what a mistake they made. They were thrilled that we agreed to take her. She was tough, fearless, bold and we fell madly in love. ❤️
She grew into a stunningly beautiful, confident cougar who would purr as soon as she saw us. But make no mistake, she was a force to be reckoned with and could go from purring to growling and spitting in an instant! Nyssa epitomized everything wild, wonderful, and incredible that a cougar is. Losing her this way has taken a toll on everyone here, she was such a huge part of the Sanctuary and we miss her more than we can say. Our time with her was far too short, but now she is free from any pain and the world that held her captive.
Safe travels, beautiful girl. 😢
