He was slowly starving to death. So getting enough food wasn't the problem. We knew it had to be something else. Although we couldn't see them, we believed that Howzit had tumors inside him. Scientists call these internal tumors.
Internal tumors can block eating and digestion.
We think that is what happened to Howzit. His eyes now had tumors in them. The tumor on his left eye pushed his eyeball forward. It hurt us to see Howzit like this. He was also weak and spent most of his time sleeping.