I could use some cheering up as I had to put my cat to sleep yesterday. I had been going back and forth over the last few days about whether to do it or not, but yesterday, I finally had to do it to put her out of her suffering.
I'm so sorry to hear that, Mel. It hurts enough to lose a pet, it's another thing entirely to have to make the decision for the suffering. I have four cats now, and dread having to make that decision for any of them... I had to make the decision for one a few years ago and it still chokes me up to think about it.
Theres an old saying about parents not burying their children. Un fortunetly I have wen't thru the same as you with one of my crew. It was the toughest thing I've ever done.
Some times doing the right thing ain't always easy but I know he is with his pals now , free from pain, which he deserved to be as he was to good a guy to suffer . I miss him ( all )a lot and hope 1 day to be re-united with them .
Hey Mel, Sorry to hear about your cat. My mom had to do that to her dog a few years ago. She was able to hold Trixie while the vet administered the drugs. Right before she went to sleep she lick my moms hand. Mom took that as Trixie saying it was OK, that made mom fell bettert. I know she's better off she was 14 and had cancer.
I had a 9 month old kitten named Joshua I had to put to sleep. I got him from a no-kill shelter, and he had been passed around to a few people. They kept bringing him back because he would always get a cold. They assured me he was all right when we adopted him, though. We finally found out that he had FIP (because we had the best vet in the world. I miss her.). We kept him as well as possible, but the last time he got sick, I took him into the vet, and she told me he had less than a month left. She gave us some stuff to hopefully help him out, but when we woke up the next morning, he could barely move. When I took him back into the vet that morning, she saw us sitting in the waiting room, and her face just fell. I held him as she gave him the shot, and he was purring. Then it was like he just went to sleep and finally seemed comfortable. It makes me tear up just thinking about it.
