So upset, my sassy, beautiful three year old cat had to be PTS late last night. She was a rescue and I had had her for two years.
She ate her dinner as usual, was a bit quiet around the time I went to bed but nothing alarming. My DH came to tell me a bit later that he had just seen her drag herself down to the basement. Went to find her and she looked awful, unable to move her hind legs, breathing really rapidly and seemingly in pain. Took her straight to out of hours vet hospital. She was rushed to the back room as soon as the vet nurse saw her but it was too late. She had arterial thromboembolism (blood clot) and her back legs were already completely paralysed, no pulse, no sensation. She was put on strong painkillers but you could tell her she was in immense pain panting and with her mouth frothing.
The vet said there was nothing they could do. I could see she was suffering and had to make a quick decision to have her PTS.
I'm in bits today going over everything that happened over and over again. Did I miss something, could I have noticed something sooner, did I rush the decision to put her down (don't think I did, the vet said there was nothing they could do)..
Apparently this is fairly common in cats but I had never heard of it before. Just can't believe my beautiful girl is gone so unexpectedly and so young.
Our other cat seems very confused and needy today. She's always lived with other cats and doesn't like being alone at all so we may have to consider getting a new cat for her sake sooner rather than later.
Not really after any advice, just can't believed this has happened and keep thinking how she was completely normal all day yesterday.