The decision to provide euthanasia is often a difficult one. I don’t want to euthanize her just because she is no longer a charming little kitten or because she has health problems – she has definitely earned her retirement, but I also don’t want her to suffer through a terrible existence because we haven’t got the guts to make a decision. How do we know when it’s time? We keep taking her back to the vet every 3 months for an assessment to see if she’s in much pain and they Mealtimes get her excited but that’s it the rest of the time she spends asleep. Zoe’s quality of life seems to me to be poor – she will accept petting but is not the affectionate lapcat she used to be she has always lived in a multicat household but now HATES the other cats and she’s occasionally incontinent. We know she has some arthritis (she gets chondroitin) the vet thinks she may have a tumor of some sort, possibly even/as well as a brain tumor. Even when her diabetes is stabilized, she’s so skinny! She has gone from a big 12 pound Maine Coon to a weeny 5 pound Maine Coon.
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