Claudia spent most of last night cuddled up to me in bed. She managed, amazingly, to get onto the bed, and stayed with me till she woke up enough in the morning to want to drink a little. The rest of time she's mainly been borrowed into her bed.

That's how it was for her: still enjoying the garden at the weekend, up on the railing with the cubs, coming to sit on our laps, and greeting visitors. It's been a sudden deterioration, but not an unexpected one.