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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:20:29 GMT, Yvonne posted:
My vet offers help even if you don't have any money. A good vet should let you pay in instalments. Please take her to the vet, it may be her time, but that doesn't mean she should suffer needlessly. Thanks, but she' not apparently suffering. I'll look for a vet that will look at her but the trip to the office will be very traumatic for her as she has always been a poor traveller. On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:06:04 GMT, "Moosh:]" wrote: I have a seventeen year old cat who has been fine until the last few days. She has gone off her food, seems weak and feeble, and rather emaciated (although she has been getting scrawnier for a while now -- we just put it down to old age). She just likes to sleep in the Sun in the day, and on the lounge at night. She even refuses her favourite food, raw beaten egg. She has a black discharge in the corners of her eyes, and when you pick her up, you can feel the bottom of her rib cage seeming to curl outwards, so you feel a protruding ridge. Does this ring any bells for anyone? |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:20:29 GMT, Yvonne posted:
My vet offers help even if you don't have any money. A good vet should let you pay in instalments. Please take her to the vet, it may be her time, but that doesn't mean she should suffer needlessly. Thanks, but she' not apparently suffering. I'll look for a vet that will look at her but the trip to the office will be very traumatic for her as she has always been a poor traveller. On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:06:04 GMT, "Moosh:]" wrote: I have a seventeen year old cat who has been fine until the last few days. She has gone off her food, seems weak and feeble, and rather emaciated (although she has been getting scrawnier for a while now -- we just put it down to old age). She just likes to sleep in the Sun in the day, and on the lounge at night. She even refuses her favourite food, raw beaten egg. She has a black discharge in the corners of her eyes, and when you pick her up, you can feel the bottom of her rib cage seeming to curl outwards, so you feel a protruding ridge. Does this ring any bells for anyone? |
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You know, none of us want to face the inevitable outcome of life, and
everyone on here (presumably) is a cat lover. So I guess I understand the hostile responses. But when it all comes down to the "bottom line", having had a good, happy and contented life is *all* you can ask for, you know? A cat who has had such a life already has had the best thing people can give her. Things have changed for people and their pets, I know. But not all change is good change. People used to die at home surrounded by family, now we do heroic things to save them and they die frightened and alone or surrounded by strangers who, while doing their professional duty, are personally indifferent to their existence. Is this *really* an improvement? Trips to the vet are frightening and very upsetting for many cats and for one who is 17 it seems an unnecessary cruelty if the animal is not in a lot of pain. If it were me, I might see if I could get a paraprofessional to make a home visit and/or look up stuff on the web to see if there would be something I could do to make her more comfortable, but at that age it would seem a shame to spend the last moments of a full life, frightened and traumatized in the hands of a stranger. But that's just my two cents worth. ------- www.roadsideartist.com |
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You know, none of us want to face the inevitable outcome of life, and
everyone on here (presumably) is a cat lover. So I guess I understand the hostile responses. But when it all comes down to the "bottom line", having had a good, happy and contented life is *all* you can ask for, you know? A cat who has had such a life already has had the best thing people can give her. Things have changed for people and their pets, I know. But not all change is good change. People used to die at home surrounded by family, now we do heroic things to save them and they die frightened and alone or surrounded by strangers who, while doing their professional duty, are personally indifferent to their existence. Is this *really* an improvement? Trips to the vet are frightening and very upsetting for many cats and for one who is 17 it seems an unnecessary cruelty if the animal is not in a lot of pain. If it were me, I might see if I could get a paraprofessional to make a home visit and/or look up stuff on the web to see if there would be something I could do to make her more comfortable, but at that age it would seem a shame to spend the last moments of a full life, frightened and traumatized in the hands of a stranger. But that's just my two cents worth. ------- www.roadsideartist.com |
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No vets nearby, no transport, and no money, I'm afraid. She seems
quite comfortable just sleeping. Maybe her time has come. Taking her to the vet would panic her considerably, as she never was a good traveller. Nearly 18 is a reasonable innings for a cat isn't it? It's a good age but your poor cat might have something very treatable. I have a 17 yr. old cat with mild chronic renal failure and hyperthyroidism and he is usually fine. Lately, he is periodically getting urinary tract infections so he is on antibiotics but he is acting and looking the same way he did when he was 5. It may not be your cat's time to go but if she doesn't eat, she will go anyway. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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No vets nearby, no transport, and no money, I'm afraid. She seems
quite comfortable just sleeping. Maybe her time has come. Taking her to the vet would panic her considerably, as she never was a good traveller. Nearly 18 is a reasonable innings for a cat isn't it? It's a good age but your poor cat might have something very treatable. I have a 17 yr. old cat with mild chronic renal failure and hyperthyroidism and he is usually fine. Lately, he is periodically getting urinary tract infections so he is on antibiotics but he is acting and looking the same way he did when he was 5. It may not be your cat's time to go but if she doesn't eat, she will go anyway. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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It *might* have been
something that could be fixed. Like what? Well, like hyperthyroidism, very easily and cheaply treated. Chronic renal failure, treatable altho not curable if it hasn't gone too far. A very minor infection treated and cured by an inexpensive dose of antibiotics. All of these things my 17 year old cat has and he hasn't lost weight, eats like a horse, and feels fine. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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It *might* have been
something that could be fixed. Like what? Well, like hyperthyroidism, very easily and cheaply treated. Chronic renal failure, treatable altho not curable if it hasn't gone too far. A very minor infection treated and cured by an inexpensive dose of antibiotics. All of these things my 17 year old cat has and he hasn't lost weight, eats like a horse, and feels fine. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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