What would uou do?

Mp4

Mp4

Mp4

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Hi all,

Well ive had my cat for 19 years now, this past year he’s developed Hyperthyroidism (more info here: http://www.petplace.com/cats/hyperthyroidism/page1.aspx)

He’s lost a lot of weight and always hunting for more food after you feed him, Also he eats then throws it back up again! This past week it’s gotten worse ive come home from work and I find sick and stools mainly in the hallway and dining room. It’s coming to the point where it’s staining the carpets and making the house smell awful. He has been on tablets the past year as stated by our vet but when he has his checkups its either keep going with the tablets or get an operation done to prolong his life by 8-9months if that. As im attached to my cat quite a lot as he was my first pet cat ever. Its come to the stage where either he keeps as he is now or get him put to sleep. As it stands now its time for him to sleep

Anyone have any advice or new things to try that might help him?
 
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has his quality of life decreased? If so would be a reason I would put it to sleep.

Only you can decide what to do but its not something which is nice to do.

KaHn
 
It sounds like it might be better for the animal to have it destroyed. If it is in pain and has trouble getting around, you're doing it no favours by keeping it alive. It's probably touchg on selfish to keep it alive. If it's his time to go, let him go.
 
The poor thing sounds like it has a horrible life at the moment. If I was it's owner the best thing I could do for it is put it to sleep. It's horrible, I know, but the life it has at the moment is poor, and from the sounds of it, won't get better.
 
19 years is a long time maybe its best to let the little guy go it cant be good if he cant keep his food down im sure your make the right decision Mp4.
 
ouch thats a big decision to make :/

guess we where lucky with our cat

our vet decided our 16yr old cat had a thyroid problem and it needed treating ,she gave us some terrible options (only took him in with a bloomin cut paw)

400 quid operation that would probably kill him because of his age :rolleyes:
expensive tablets that would work for a few months then hed die :/
get him put to sleep :eek:
do a runner from the vets and let him live his life ....

anyway we never did return to that vets :/ and hes still with us about to hit the grand age of 20 :eek:

bit on the skinny side but what can you expect for an almost 20 year old cat :eek: still purrs allot and seems to be happy when the kitten isnt teasing him

hes been with me since i was born (bought for my brother just before i was born to keep him happy iirc) so i can guess how you must be feeling :-(

if he seems very unhappy seems in pain etc then maybe it would be best to end the pain, its not a decision i would like to make either :(
 
Mp4,

That's exactly how my cat was before we, very sadly, had to have him put to sleep last December 30th. I'd also had Parker for 19 years too, and in the end the vet said the only humane thing was to end it because he would only go downhill. Parker's problem was his kidneys, they just decided to stop functioning through old age and there was nothing that could be realistically done for him.

Now I know it's not what you wanted to hear, I'm still missing my little bundle of joy now and I still open the back door to look for him on occasion when I see he's not asleep in his basket, but if he is in fact suffering then it's got to be done.
 
ask for the vets advice if the cat is very ill and it put the cat out of pain then go for it if the vet says it will live for a longer time on medication then
go for that option

but 19 years old for any animal is a great time
hope you got lots of treasured memory's and also take a few pics whilst you still got a chance
:D
 
Thanks for your very kind posts all, Ive put an image up of the moggie:D all the vet has said is keep the cat on the tablets and if we wanted to spend ££ getting an operation done that will only prolong his life for X amount of months seems harsh but its not worth it when he could pass any day etc. I think it would be best also if he was asleep sooner rather than later. He seems fine all purring away. His choice of food has been horrendous we have tried everything but he goes off it within a week or so and doesn’t eat and it carries on like that.

Infact he's 20 - December

 
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