On Apr 2, 4:03*am, Brian wrote:
The vet thinks he should be put down as he has three things wrong with
him. Ear cancer, kidney trouble and sugar diabetes so she is not
treating him for sugar diabetes.


Best advice I can give is the same as other people here- get a new
vet. Diabetic cats can live happy good quality lives with treatment
and it could be the diabetes is aggravating/causing kidney trouble
(Human diabetics do sometimes develop kidney problems especially if
their diabetic control isn't good-it was what killed one of my
favourite authors) and cats with CRF also can live happy good quality
lives. Your vet either doesn't know how to treat the problem and is
too proud or stupid to admit to it and send you to a vet who knows
what they are doing or is just making a value judgement that is not
hers to make. Does she think you won't be able to maintain the
regimen for the cat or something? True some people don't manage very
well but Liz on RPCA recently took in an older cat that was about to
be PTS for poorly controlled diabetes, she's handled diabetic cats
before and in less than a fortnight the cat was a picture of health
again.

I seem to recall your cat has recently handled 2 surgeries for the ear
cancer - if he can come through 2 anaesthesias in a relatively short
space of time he must be doing well.

By refusing to treat your cat, your vet is condemming him to a
lingering death- for your cat's sake get a second opinion!

And that recommendation is endorsed by Phil P and there is no higher
authority than that!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs