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This is the hardest decision ever.
We discovered that Nala suffers from cognitive dysfunction and has been for quite some time. She has been wandering off again because the kids accidently let her out and she is aggressive towards the other cats now. I thought it was going better yesterday, but then she ATTACKED Scarlet this morning (Scarlet opened the door herself and wanted to greet Nala). She has never attacked any cats before. And she isn't using the litter box anymore even though I placed it so that it would be easy to find. The other cats are confused about her behavior and my children have been very sad and crying while Nala was gone. They were so happy when she came back. But it seems like all Nala wants right now is to run away and then they will be sad again. She sits and waits by the door all the time and we can't open any windows.
How to make the decision and say goodbye? It doesn't make it any easier that it is my 4 year old daughter's cat and I know she'll be crushed. And even though Nala is acting this way she still greets me and purrs when I talk to her. I've had her for 13 years. I don't want to have her put down.
But I don't think we can give her a good life anymore.
We discovered that Nala suffers from cognitive dysfunction and has been for quite some time. She has been wandering off again because the kids accidently let her out and she is aggressive towards the other cats now. I thought it was going better yesterday, but then she ATTACKED Scarlet this morning (Scarlet opened the door herself and wanted to greet Nala). She has never attacked any cats before. And she isn't using the litter box anymore even though I placed it so that it would be easy to find. The other cats are confused about her behavior and my children have been very sad and crying while Nala was gone. They were so happy when she came back. But it seems like all Nala wants right now is to run away and then they will be sad again. She sits and waits by the door all the time and we can't open any windows.
How to make the decision and say goodbye? It doesn't make it any easier that it is my 4 year old daughter's cat and I know she'll be crushed. And even though Nala is acting this way she still greets me and purrs when I talk to her. I've had her for 13 years. I don't want to have her put down.
But I don't think we can give her a good life anymore.