Yes I have noticed it too. In fact looking at Shelters now you need to have an appointment to even go in. That seems like nothing more than passive aggressive crap that is set to make the pets pay and not get adopted. Even the "application" process is a pain and not something that I think...
Thank you. Yes. My mind is running wild. It was for sure he was chronic sick, but did I have 4 years left with him? Would the next vet visit have cured the issue?
I did find a video from Lap of Love which did ease some of the pain. It did talk about the symptoms and signs your pet is in pain -...
I have been cleaning out my house and this has been helpful. I had SOOO MUCH for my cat. There can be no doubt I tried everything I could. I donated just some of the food... it filled up the entire "shed" at my local shelter. And I still have food left. Today I cleaned out medications and...
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I still feel a lot of anger with the vet. Going though the house... While I clean the hardwoods... there is hair on it.. I think due to the throwing up. This leads me to believe he could have thrown up more than I knew.
Thinking back my cat was clearly sick...
- he had lost 3 lbs in one...
Thank you all... the words do help. I ended up having a difficult night sleep and I tend to have phantom "hearing" -- thinking I hear him walking around (on the hardwoods) or coming down the stairs after waking up looking for him and realizing I am not going to see him.
Right now it is...
While cleaning my house later I did ponder about how ... looking back, I was living in denial. My couches have tape on them so he wouldn't scratch on them, but he hasn't done that in a long while. In fact his scratching post is untouched. Truely today I probably didn't notice he wasn't here...
Well, my cat is gone. My cat was born in May of 2006 and I got him in August. He was the last kitten left and he meowed at me so much in the room that I couldn't concentrate on anyone else. I took him out to the little room and he ran around like a crazy cat. He was very talkative and I thought...
10 minutes until the vet shows to put mine down. This is making me feel better.
The blood tests and urine didn't raise any red flags either. Though my doctor told me that different diseases can mask renal failure on lab tests. So we looked for those and that was inconclusive as well. Meanwhile...
30 minutes until the at home vet comes for my cat. Worse for me, I don't have a cancer diagnosis. But the tests I have received "suggest it" and he has been throwing up for 1 year / much worse for 9 months.
My gut is screaming at me that something is wrong, something serious, and do I want to...
I have about 1 more hour before the vet comes to put my 16 year old down. These stories are helping me keep my resolve to do it.
My cat has been suffering for at least a year with "issues" but I have taken him to the vet and gotten tests and they were inconclusive. So the vet can't really say...
I am currently waiting on an "at home" person to come and put my cat down (scheduled for 2 hours for now) reading your story is helping keeping my back bone up.
Maybe we should start a section about the vets that no longer care about animals. I feel the same way.
My cat is being put down...
Yes a few years back I had two cats in my house. They weren't buddies but they tolerated each other. One died on a bed and the other would walk around smelling in that bedroom for weeks.. meowing... like she was trying to speak to the cat that died.