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I know what the right answer must be, but it still hurts me.
My 16 year old cat has had hyperthyroid and borderline chronic kidney disease for well over half a year. He started gaining weight once we got him on thyroid medication and a renal diet, so I thought he started improving. But recently he started eating less and less, and began losing weight again. He had gradually gone from his normal weight to 7lbs, gained to 8lbs, then dropped to 6 again.
He also began having bouts of vomiting and either diarrhea or constipation and would poop all over the house. He would also pee outside the litterbox sometimes as well. I never thought too much of it since he’s getting old. But on Sunday it got so bad he became dehydrated, had blood in his stool, and he started panting. He was constipated so much that he couldn’t poop in his litter box, as he was visibly straining to go and there was no poop in it. But he also was having diarrhea coming out around it. He was also peeing less. He started to refuse eating or drinking the day prior. The week before that he was still well enough to cuddle with my by climbing up our leather chair (albeit with me putting the footrest down) and getting on the bed with the help of some boxes. But he was also tired and would sleep all day until dinner.
We took him to the vet for an x-ray, and it seems he had a colonic mass, in other words it seems his intestines were being blocked by a tumour and that was causing his constipation. It also revealed that his right kidney was atrophied and his left one had cysts over all but 25% of it. So it would seem that his kidneys have also begun failing him. We got him a shot of opioids and some fluids and brought him back home.
I know the right answer would be to put him to sleep. I don’t want him to suffer any further as his kidney disease worsens. I don’t know how he would handle or even survive surgery to remove the tumour and clear his bowels. But I still feel terrible about it because he still seemed somewhat okay before this all happened. He was still peeing in his litter box and was still happy to be with me and cuddle on my lap. Albeit he was a little bit slower…
Is it time for him to go? Please advise me, for there is already a euthanasia appointment booked for him this evening.
My 16 year old cat has had hyperthyroid and borderline chronic kidney disease for well over half a year. He started gaining weight once we got him on thyroid medication and a renal diet, so I thought he started improving. But recently he started eating less and less, and began losing weight again. He had gradually gone from his normal weight to 7lbs, gained to 8lbs, then dropped to 6 again.
He also began having bouts of vomiting and either diarrhea or constipation and would poop all over the house. He would also pee outside the litterbox sometimes as well. I never thought too much of it since he’s getting old. But on Sunday it got so bad he became dehydrated, had blood in his stool, and he started panting. He was constipated so much that he couldn’t poop in his litter box, as he was visibly straining to go and there was no poop in it. But he also was having diarrhea coming out around it. He was also peeing less. He started to refuse eating or drinking the day prior. The week before that he was still well enough to cuddle with my by climbing up our leather chair (albeit with me putting the footrest down) and getting on the bed with the help of some boxes. But he was also tired and would sleep all day until dinner.
We took him to the vet for an x-ray, and it seems he had a colonic mass, in other words it seems his intestines were being blocked by a tumour and that was causing his constipation. It also revealed that his right kidney was atrophied and his left one had cysts over all but 25% of it. So it would seem that his kidneys have also begun failing him. We got him a shot of opioids and some fluids and brought him back home.
I know the right answer would be to put him to sleep. I don’t want him to suffer any further as his kidney disease worsens. I don’t know how he would handle or even survive surgery to remove the tumour and clear his bowels. But I still feel terrible about it because he still seemed somewhat okay before this all happened. He was still peeing in his litter box and was still happy to be with me and cuddle on my lap. Albeit he was a little bit slower…
Is it time for him to go? Please advise me, for there is already a euthanasia appointment booked for him this evening.
