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Anono1001 · 01/04/2024 13:31

I dont really know what else to add really, I'm very teary wondering how I make the decision?

Vets is conflicting, in December he was booked in to PTS on their advice. He bounced back (not fully) but to a point where on his next two vet visits they told me he wasn't yet ready but I will need to start thinking about his quality of life.

His just become abit distant. Wants to be with us bit not close enough for us to touch, though once he does let us he enjoys it and lets out a purr sort of noise. His mobility has been deteriorating for a whole with his back legs frequently going. It takes him a while now to get comfortable, he finds it hard to sit and when he lays down it takes him a long time and his back legs never fully go down. He has become very incontinent which I just accepted as part of his old age bit now he is pooing in his sleep and laying in it. He wants to sleep alot, most of the day but will be quite unsettled during the night.

I know I'm going to be told it's time and my heart is broken as there is still so many qualities that the vet said he will no longer want to do but still does.

How did you make the decision it was time? Please be kind, I'm heartbroken at the thought and scared there is still some time/happiness left in him

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Floralnomad · 06/04/2024 22:27

@Anono1001 don’t feel bad you’ve done the kindest thing 💐

Canthave2manycats · 06/04/2024 22:40

CurlewKate · 01/04/2024 14:14

In my opinion, as soon as a cat can't keep itself clean it's time. I'm sorry, @Anono1001

My vets and I don't agree with you.

Our old boy fought so hard to stay with us! I have never, ever seen a cat put up so much of a fight in 60 years of having cats! He was doubly incontinent which was hard to manage and no doubt he hated it as he had always been very fastidious. His mobility was compromised but he loved attention and still ate like a horse! He actually put weight on in the last weeks of his life.

He saw our wonderful vet two days before he died, and he agreed that it wasn't time yet. In the end, he passed away peacefully at home, with no intervention, but with those he loved and who loved him by his side.

CurlewKate · 07/04/2024 07:38

@Canthave2manycats I think you couldn't be more wrong. But this is not an appropriate discussion for this thread.

Anono1001 · 07/04/2024 10:44

@CurlewKate thank you😪

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CurlewKate · 07/04/2024 12:27

@Anono1001 You did exactly the right thing. I've had a lot of animals over a long life and the ones I still feel guilty about are the ones where I wasn't brave enough to do the right thing. You were brave and responsible and kind. In time you'll know that.

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