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Topic	Possibly losing my cat soon, and i feel like a failure
PepsiWithCoke 11/09/21 12:52:15 AM #8:	MabusIncarnate posted... That's a good life for a cat, and at his age, it would be perfectly reasonable and understandable to put him down. You made a valid enough point in your paragraph about the feeding tube and whatnot. Your cat wouldn't know or understand what was going on and would be terrified and miserable, which in itself is a terrible experience. I lost a cat to cancer, he was closer to 11, and we made the decision to put him down. It was one of the hardest things i've had to do as a pet owner, but looking back, i'm glad he went peacefully and I was able to be with him when it happened. I hope this helps, i've been a cat owner my entire life, and I understand and feel for your position. I'm around if you want to talk or grieve, depending on how you move ahead here. I'm sorry you and your cat have to go through this. The main issue that i'm having is that this is the first time i've ever actually had the money to do the expensive, invasive option before putting a pet down. Just 2 years ago i lost my dog because she had a lump in her stomach, it was essentially "I'm 70% sure it's cancer, and it would be another $700 in tests to find out for sure", so we made the decision to put her down. Before that our other dog had a freak injury and slipped multiple discs, making him unable to use his back legs, the ER vet said "It'll be a $3000 surgery and months of rehab, or we can just put him down", so we put him down. But now instead of the monetary question, i'm stuck with the ethical one. --- https://imgur.com/fEKRafh https://imgur.com/hgwNfD8 https://imgur.com/cgQKJhR https://imgur.com/0CU0ivF <cite>PepsiWithCoke posted [p:959827664] in Possibly l... [t:79750550]...</cite> <quote>MabusIncarnate posted... </cite> <quote>That's a good life for a cat, and at his age, it would be perfectly reasonable and understandable to put him down. You made a valid enough point in your paragraph about the feeding tube and whatnot. Your cat wouldn't know or understand what was going on and would be terrified and miserable, which in itself is a terrible experience. I lost a cat to cancer, he was closer to 11, and we made the decision to put him down. It was one of the hardest things i've had to do as a pet owner, but looking back, i'm glad he went peacefully and I was able to be with him when it happened. I hope this helps, i've been a cat owner my entire life, and I understand and feel for your position. I'm around if you want to talk or grieve, depending on how you move ahead here. I'm sorry you and your cat have to go through this.</quote>The main issue that i'm having is that this is the first time i've ever actually had the money to do the expensive, invasive option before putting a pet down. Just 2 years ago i lost my dog because she had a lump in her stomach, it was essentially "I'm 70% sure it's cancer, and it would be another $700 in tests to find out for sure", so we made the decision to put her down. Before that our other dog had a freak injury and slipped multiple discs, making him unable to use his back legs, the ER vet said "It'll be a $3000 surgery and months of rehab, or we can just put him down", so we put him down. But now instead of the monetary question, i'm stuck with the ethical one. --- https://imgur.com/fEKRafh https://imgur.com/hgwNfD8 https://imgur.com/cgQKJhR https://imgur.com/0CU0ivF</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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