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Hello fellow Covers,
I have a cat who is 15 years old and is near death. We've watch him deteriorate over the last 10 months. We've taken him to the vet 3 times in that period of time and they can't find anything wrong with him and they say he is just getting old.
In the past, We've had several pets who we had to have put down because of an ailment, kidney failure, cancer, etc... In all of our years together (family with kids in their 20's now) this is the 1st pet who has not had an ailment other than old age and time to expire.
Crash, the pet I'm talking about, is a Maine Coon. He was a huge cat at one point weighing 18 pounds. Now, he is frail, maybe 8 pounds, skin and bones. Over the last month or two he has deteriorated rapidly. He eats sometimes, he is still functioning in bowel movements.
Yesterday, and last night, we've been on a death watch. He always hated going to the vet, throwing a fit everytime. You don't want him to suffer but there is no way to tell cause he can't tell you. Last vet visit, they said he has a very strong heart but is just getting old. He can barely move now, has that far away look in his eye, not sleeping just staring. We've moistened his mouth and made him as comfortable as possible.
The vet said it is hard to tell when a cat is suffering. They hide it. They'll purr when they have a broken leg or something worse. I just can't stand the thought of him suffering and we've let him stay home in familiar surroundings and let nature do its thing.
I have 10 more pets that I may go through this with... yes... we are extreme animal lovers and all of them are strays or rescued pets.
What do you do, what have you done, what would you do?
It's so damn heartbreaking....
I have a cat who is 15 years old and is near death. We've watch him deteriorate over the last 10 months. We've taken him to the vet 3 times in that period of time and they can't find anything wrong with him and they say he is just getting old.
In the past, We've had several pets who we had to have put down because of an ailment, kidney failure, cancer, etc... In all of our years together (family with kids in their 20's now) this is the 1st pet who has not had an ailment other than old age and time to expire.
Crash, the pet I'm talking about, is a Maine Coon. He was a huge cat at one point weighing 18 pounds. Now, he is frail, maybe 8 pounds, skin and bones. Over the last month or two he has deteriorated rapidly. He eats sometimes, he is still functioning in bowel movements.
Yesterday, and last night, we've been on a death watch. He always hated going to the vet, throwing a fit everytime. You don't want him to suffer but there is no way to tell cause he can't tell you. Last vet visit, they said he has a very strong heart but is just getting old. He can barely move now, has that far away look in his eye, not sleeping just staring. We've moistened his mouth and made him as comfortable as possible.
The vet said it is hard to tell when a cat is suffering. They hide it. They'll purr when they have a broken leg or something worse. I just can't stand the thought of him suffering and we've let him stay home in familiar surroundings and let nature do its thing.
I have 10 more pets that I may go through this with... yes... we are extreme animal lovers and all of them are strays or rescued pets.
What do you do, what have you done, what would you do?
It's so damn heartbreaking....