It seems that it gets more painful everytime this happens. I always grew up with cats. I had three cats which lived a long life up to 18 years old and when they passed away it was sudden.
Now since I got two cats in 2002 and the first one Tiger died of accident a week before Christmas and we had him for 4 years. I greave and cried. Well after the pain the holidays were not bad because I always had Socks which was a true family pet.
Well he lived a long life if you call 14 years long which I don't and for the past year he has been getting skinnier and his once black fur was turning brownish gray. I wanted to take him to the vet but everyone says he is okay and behaving fine. He was fine. Well like the other pets I had I know people who had a few weeks before his passing he caught 5 mice which before he did not bother when he got older. Then this week he visited everyone my uncle downstairs my mother and upstairs with me and my Grandmother.
I bought him upstarts the other day and he seemed weaker as he was not walking good. Well the next day he was walking worse. He was walking where his front legs were curved and the back legs were flat instead of upright. So we bought him to the emergency vet which was a ripoff. The vet said that he needed fluids and food feed to him though a tub. He had to stay in the vet hospital for about 3 to 5 days. I asked the vet is there anything wrong with his kidneys and the vet said we can't tell you unless you admit him for a x-ray and cat scan in the vet hospital and it would come out to over $5000 which we can't afford. We elected to take him home after saying he wanted to be euthanize but then he went back into his cage wanting to go home. We bought him home.
He again staid in the middle bed would not eat or drink. Also he was vomiting red type liquid. We were having regrets if we should let him die and home or euthanize him so we made a appointment with our own local vet. He told us if I can remember that his heart was only at about 150bpm and that one of his kidneys were gone and the other was at 14 where 25 is gone. If we were to have him admitted he would live only a week to about 2 months.
What made it hard was getting him euthanize even though we promised him to die at home. Doing research and our local vet unlike the hospital quake vet said he is and will be in pain. That kidney failure is painful to cats at the end. Also looking at how skinny with dust, odor of his usually clean body, constant sleeping, no eating or drinking and not walking we had him euthanize. The problem his we promised him to bring him home. We all said goodby and I picked him up and kissed him just like the same day I picked him out from the vet and said goodby forever. I tried not to cry but I could not help it.
I am still sad once again now our only pet dies a week before Christmas. Was it right to euthanize him or let him die and home and possibly suffer.?
He was the pet cat that acted more like a human and let anyone pet him even strangers. I will never find another cat like him.
Now since I got two cats in 2002 and the first one Tiger died of accident a week before Christmas and we had him for 4 years. I greave and cried. Well after the pain the holidays were not bad because I always had Socks which was a true family pet.
Well he lived a long life if you call 14 years long which I don't and for the past year he has been getting skinnier and his once black fur was turning brownish gray. I wanted to take him to the vet but everyone says he is okay and behaving fine. He was fine. Well like the other pets I had I know people who had a few weeks before his passing he caught 5 mice which before he did not bother when he got older. Then this week he visited everyone my uncle downstairs my mother and upstairs with me and my Grandmother.
I bought him upstarts the other day and he seemed weaker as he was not walking good. Well the next day he was walking worse. He was walking where his front legs were curved and the back legs were flat instead of upright. So we bought him to the emergency vet which was a ripoff. The vet said that he needed fluids and food feed to him though a tub. He had to stay in the vet hospital for about 3 to 5 days. I asked the vet is there anything wrong with his kidneys and the vet said we can't tell you unless you admit him for a x-ray and cat scan in the vet hospital and it would come out to over $5000 which we can't afford. We elected to take him home after saying he wanted to be euthanize but then he went back into his cage wanting to go home. We bought him home.
He again staid in the middle bed would not eat or drink. Also he was vomiting red type liquid. We were having regrets if we should let him die and home or euthanize him so we made a appointment with our own local vet. He told us if I can remember that his heart was only at about 150bpm and that one of his kidneys were gone and the other was at 14 where 25 is gone. If we were to have him admitted he would live only a week to about 2 months.
What made it hard was getting him euthanize even though we promised him to die at home. Doing research and our local vet unlike the hospital quake vet said he is and will be in pain. That kidney failure is painful to cats at the end. Also looking at how skinny with dust, odor of his usually clean body, constant sleeping, no eating or drinking and not walking we had him euthanize. The problem his we promised him to bring him home. We all said goodby and I picked him up and kissed him just like the same day I picked him out from the vet and said goodby forever. I tried not to cry but I could not help it.
I am still sad once again now our only pet dies a week before Christmas. Was it right to euthanize him or let him die and home and possibly suffer.?
He was the pet cat that acted more like a human and let anyone pet him even strangers. I will never find another cat like him.
