a kitty murder mystery

[The Ocho]

just got off the phone with mom. told me that she woke up this morning and Felix was dead.

The facts as I could get them:

-Felix was an extremely intelligent and resourceful cat.

-Felix was old and sick. liver was starting to fail so he had probably had a month or two left

-Felix was thrown outside at 230 AM last night.

-Felix never has been seen near mom's pool, not even to drink from it.

-Air conditioner was on, so mom said she probably wouldn't hear much outside even though her room overlooks the pool.

-Felix was found dead in pool at 730 AM.

Was this a murder? Suicide? Accident?

two most likely theories for me:

1) felix was drinking from pool, and being physically weak from sickness lost his balance, fell in and drowned. however, this theory is inconsistant with known fatcs about felix.

2) felix was much sicker than vet suggested, knew his time was very close, and jumped in pool to kill himself. this seems plausible, but why didnt felix just run away to die like most cats? has anybody ever heard of a violent cat suicide like this?

...off to casino for a few hours- will return to answer any questions, fill in deatils, etc.

[JasonK]

Professor Plum, in the study, with the candlestick?

[guids]

Hey, Magnum, could have been a dog/cat/possum too.

[miajag]

Yeah, perhaps a dog or something scared him and he panicked and ran into the pool and coudn't get out.

[Lazy Meatball]

Something spooked the kitty, kitty bolted, fell in the pool.

[THAY3R]

An old kitty? Quite the paradox, hmmmmmm.

[neuroman]

Felix was a middle man in the catnip trade and fell behind on payments. Now he sleeps with the fishes.

[z28dreams]

Actually, I think I have your answer.

When our cat was getting old, it had diabetes, as most animals do in their later years.

My mom noticed that the cat was drinking an unusual amount of water, in addition to licking dripping sinks, etc.

She mentioned this to the vet, and apparently as a part of diabetes the animals feel dehydrated and drink excessively.

Our cousin's cat had the same symptoms, and ended up drowning in a sump-pump type setup in their home.

Overall, I'd say it's something related to that. Sorry for your loss.

[ItalianFX]

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-Felix was thrown outside at 230 AM last night.

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Thrown outside, got hurt, rolled into pool, got tired from trying to tread water, drowned?

So the question is, who threw Felix outside? And why would someone throw a house pet outside at 230AM?

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-Air conditioner was on, so mom said she probably wouldn't hear much outside even though her room overlooks the pool.

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Mom turned up the air conditioner so that she wouldn't have to hear the meow'ing of Felix while he was treading water since the window is right above the pool.

Looks like we have a suspect!

Along with Felix being sick, Mom was tired of taking the cat to the vet. After many attempts of Felix wanting some attention while your mom was trying to sleep, she takes the cat and throws it outside. The cat is weak and can't catch itself on its feet, where it then slides/rolls to the pool and drops in. The cat is stunned and hurt and treads water. Mom goes back inside and turns up the air conditioner so that it mutes the sound of the splashing water and crying cat. Mom wakes up early in the morning and goes directly to the door and looks out and sees the cat in the pool.

Why does Mom go directly to that door? Was there something she wanted to see? How does Mom feel? Her feelings may reflect her intentions.