Hi,
My 11 year old cat has aggressive lymphoma in her intestines. Ultrasound showed multiple tumours. The vet told us that they could operate, but they would have to remove a large section of her bowel and even then she'd need chemo and the cancer would likely return, so we have made the decision not to put her through this. She is on palliative care (steroids.)
She has always been perfectly toilet trained, but in the last couple of weeks she has started pooping on the floor all over the house. Weirdly she's also sometimes still going in the tray, so she knows where it is etc. The tray is definitely clean and nothing has changed - it's in the same position it's always been in, same litter as always, etc.
Does anyone have any advice on what we could do? It's unsanitary, the house stinks, and I'm worried that she is in distress of some kind. The thing is, I don't feel the time is quite right for euthanasia - she's still enthusiastic about food, comes for cuddles with lots of purring etc - and I don't want to have her put to sleep out of a sense of convenience to us. But what if she's more distressed than I realise? She doesn't groom herself anymore, doesn't play, doesn't want to go outside, and she's so so skinny now. I love her so much and just want to do what's right for her.
I will phone the vet for advice tomorrow but as she's already on palliative care, I don't think there is much else they can do to help her.
Does anyone have any experience of this, or any advice? Thank you