Hey all, I'm new to the site. As the title says, I'm wondering if I should bring my cat in to be euthanized.
I'll give a rundown of the issues and symptoms.
So he was born in 2003. He's old. He's lived a full life. I'm pretty sure he's got bad arthritis and is in a lot of pain. No, I haven't confirmed this with a vet yet. However, he walks slowly now, almost kind of like he's limping.
He also used to sleep on our bed every night. That stopped about six months ago. I'm pretty sure it's because jumping up and down are painful.
He's also overweight which exacerbates this. We used to have him on a diet but stopped because we feel he is getting close to the end of his life and just wanted to let him enjoy it. He isn't just overweight though, he is a very large framed cat as you can see in this picture.
He's always had issues with bladder crystals so we've always had to feed him special cat food. He's associated the litter box with pain so he only uses it about 75% of the time. That's always been an issue though and doesn't really have any bearing on euthanasia.
We haven't taken him to the vet for this yet. I'm just curious if these symptoms show/mean his quality of life is poor or if I'm just overthinking this...
I'll give a rundown of the issues and symptoms.
So he was born in 2003. He's old. He's lived a full life. I'm pretty sure he's got bad arthritis and is in a lot of pain. No, I haven't confirmed this with a vet yet. However, he walks slowly now, almost kind of like he's limping.
He also used to sleep on our bed every night. That stopped about six months ago. I'm pretty sure it's because jumping up and down are painful.
He's also overweight which exacerbates this. We used to have him on a diet but stopped because we feel he is getting close to the end of his life and just wanted to let him enjoy it. He isn't just overweight though, he is a very large framed cat as you can see in this picture.
He's always had issues with bladder crystals so we've always had to feed him special cat food. He's associated the litter box with pain so he only uses it about 75% of the time. That's always been an issue though and doesn't really have any bearing on euthanasia.
We haven't taken him to the vet for this yet. I'm just curious if these symptoms show/mean his quality of life is poor or if I'm just overthinking this...