Our oldest cat is very nearly 17 and has been diagnosed with an overactive thyroid. She has to have a tablet every night and it's become a real battle, even with a pill popper. I hate forcing her and she spits and scratches, and I hate the thought that we're making her so stressed and I don't want her to hate us.
I keep hoping she'll just go in her sleep like her sister did, is that really bad of me? She weed on my bed tonight during the tablet taking which isn't great for either of us. She fights DH too although he generally gets the tablet down her first go but she's an absolute bugger for me. I don't want to do this for months on end. I don't know what anyone can do to help, but I needed to 'say' out loud that I just wish it was all over. She's had a wonderful life, I feel awful putting her through this, ridiculous really, it's only one tablet. She's deaf too which doesn't help, and she hates being picked up or cuddled. I'm worried we're going to turn her into a spiteful madam who distrusts us when I just want for her to be her normal deaf as a post self.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'll be so upset when she does die, but I just hope this doesn't go on for too long.