Hello - this is my first time posting in the litter tray.
My beautiful, wonderful, loyal girl is poorly.
She is 17/18 years old and on Monday she lost the use of her back legs and hasn't eaten anything much since Sunday morning. She is quite skinny anyway which I put down to her age.
We took her to the vet yesterday and he said that she has damaged her spine and he would recommend she is put to sleep. He touch her spine and she cried. There is no movement in her tail.
We took her home and she has been laying in her favourite spot. She can't move around but seems very happy and is always purring and enjoying strokes. She has been drinking a little water and today had a small amount of food (maybe a tea spoon).
I don't know what to do. The vet said he thinks if we don't have her put to sleep she only has days left. But to me she seems happy and relaxed and not showing any sign of pain. But I don't want to cause her unnecessary distress or her starving to death but she seems so happy and content.
I am devastated and I just don't know what the best thing to do for her is. Any advice would be so greatly appreciated.