I brought my cat in to the vet because he started limping and thought he had pulled a muscle or something. I left the vet with a fibrosarcoma diagnosis, the treatment being amputate the hind leg. Talk about a shock.
I got him when he was 4 mo. old. He just turned 16, good health otherwise, starting to drink a little more water, his kidneys are getting old.
I stopped at another animal hospital to ask some questions regarding the treatment, the vet tech said to me that if it were her cat, at 16, she would not put the animal through surgery.
I don't know what to do, I know it's my decision alone, put him through the stress, pain of surgery if the cancer hasn't spread or let it run it's course and eventually euthanizing him when it becomes too bad. Complicating matters, I travel 13 days or so per month with work and I live alone.
I don't want to be selfish and put him through this ordeal just for my needs, so I can have him around for a few more years. I want the best for him, not me. Any advice? I know cats can live quite well with 3 legs but at his age, is it good for me or him or both of us.
I got him when he was 4 mo. old. He just turned 16, good health otherwise, starting to drink a little more water, his kidneys are getting old.
I stopped at another animal hospital to ask some questions regarding the treatment, the vet tech said to me that if it were her cat, at 16, she would not put the animal through surgery.
I don't know what to do, I know it's my decision alone, put him through the stress, pain of surgery if the cancer hasn't spread or let it run it's course and eventually euthanizing him when it becomes too bad. Complicating matters, I travel 13 days or so per month with work and I live alone.
I don't want to be selfish and put him through this ordeal just for my needs, so I can have him around for a few more years. I want the best for him, not me. Any advice? I know cats can live quite well with 3 legs but at his age, is it good for me or him or both of us.