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So, today I've done some reading and I found a vet online that describes the process of putting an animal to sleep. She states that after the first shot of sedative, the animal is not full unconscious. It becomes fully unconscious after the second shot.
This means that the pain of my beloved friend was real, and when she was connecting the cannula, he was feeling it. I don't know what it felt like to him, but I know that the deep breaths he took were breaths of pain. I can't know what the experience was for my cat, if the pain was physical or psychological, but it was there and it was a reaction to the vet trying to connect the cannula.
Are you guys sure that he can not feel anything after the first shot? I know you told me not to dwell on his passing, and that no death is perfect, but I am trying to understand the truth.
I've had one thought in mind for the past 2 years: "The best you can give an old animal is a peaceful death." I feel like I was not able to give him that. Unsettling and upsetting. I don't know what to do.
This means that the pain of my beloved friend was real, and when she was connecting the cannula, he was feeling it. I don't know what it felt like to him, but I know that the deep breaths he took were breaths of pain. I can't know what the experience was for my cat, if the pain was physical or psychological, but it was there and it was a reaction to the vet trying to connect the cannula.
Are you guys sure that he can not feel anything after the first shot? I know you told me not to dwell on his passing, and that no death is perfect, but I am trying to understand the truth.
I've had one thought in mind for the past 2 years: "The best you can give an old animal is a peaceful death." I feel like I was not able to give him that. Unsettling and upsetting. I don't know what to do.