Asking on behalf of a friend today.
A month ago she took her cat to the vet for his annual checkup. Everything checked out fine, cat was completely healthy. Over the past month, her cat's eating has decreased and he's lost two pounds. She took him to the vet earlier this week and they have concluded he has FIV. They have told her it is best to put him down to keep him from suffering.
Until this diagnosis, her cat has seemed healthy and without issues. The first night she brought him home from the vet, he was weak and not himself. However, last night he showed significant improvement--ate, ran around, jumped up on the furniture, basically almost his "old" self.
This friend has been Googling FIV and is struggling with making the decision to put him down right now. Since it's such a new diagnosis, she's wondering how you tell when a cat with FIV is truly in its FINAL stage and that it's time to put them down. Has anyone been through this that can shed any light or offer an opinion/share an experience? She said what she's reading about the final stages of FIV don't seem to reflect her cat's current state, but her vet has indicated the cat should be put down very soon. With a cat with FIV, how do you know when it's in the "final" stage and is truly suffering with no end?
A month ago she took her cat to the vet for his annual checkup. Everything checked out fine, cat was completely healthy. Over the past month, her cat's eating has decreased and he's lost two pounds. She took him to the vet earlier this week and they have concluded he has FIV. They have told her it is best to put him down to keep him from suffering.
Until this diagnosis, her cat has seemed healthy and without issues. The first night she brought him home from the vet, he was weak and not himself. However, last night he showed significant improvement--ate, ran around, jumped up on the furniture, basically almost his "old" self.
This friend has been Googling FIV and is struggling with making the decision to put him down right now. Since it's such a new diagnosis, she's wondering how you tell when a cat with FIV is truly in its FINAL stage and that it's time to put them down. Has anyone been through this that can shed any light or offer an opinion/share an experience? She said what she's reading about the final stages of FIV don't seem to reflect her cat's current state, but her vet has indicated the cat should be put down very soon. With a cat with FIV, how do you know when it's in the "final" stage and is truly suffering with no end?