I put my cat to sleep today, thanks everyone for the advice given

a few days ago, I took him to Alameda East Vet clinic this morning and after the blood work was done it was determined that even with aggressive treatment he might not make it so I decided to let him go. He was old and had a good life....and I cried like a baby...Losing a pet hurts more than you'd think it would...thank god for caring veterinarians.

I know how much it hurts.

Gyre

I'm SO very sorry that you lost your pal :( With your vet's advice (yes thank the gods for vets) you did what was good for your pet.


:hug: may good memories keep your pet alive in your heart.


sincerely

auntAgonist.

I'm gettin teary again

Please allow me to share this with you ...

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Rainbow Bridge


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown..


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losing a pet is hard. Glad you had a good vet to take care of the cat and you.

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I know how much it hurts to lose a pet. So often, we consider them to be part of the family and usually much more fun to be around than most people we know.

i'm sorry it's so hard to lose a pet but when you make the decision to have them put down.....so very hard:hug:

Pets are part of the family, they stand by you through thick and thin and just love you. But if he'd had a good life, was ill, and might have suffered from treatment that wasn't even likely to work, you did the kind thing. Often people hang on so long not because their pet wants/needs it, but because the human can't say goodbye yet.

It's heartbreaking to have to let them go.
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it would be easier if they had made us mad or something but we love them so much. I feel for you.

you're right, it hurt a lot more than i knew.
you did the right thing.

We lost two in July. So sorry for you. :cry:

"With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity. and courage that cats have,how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?"

~Fernand Mery
French writer

Losing a pet is a hard event to endure because these are the only creatures who unconditionally love you regardless. I am glad your buddy got humane care until the end.

and I told you I had an old sick cat also. Well, she's been on medication for over a year and Saturday night we had a pouring rain. When she didn't come in from the rain, I had a gut feeling and, sure enough, when I went out Sunday morning to look for her, she had apparently curled up and died. The sweet thing didn't make me have to make that decision and I thank her for that. Because of the downpour she was an awful mess, but I wrapped her up and buried her in the flowerbed where she liked to sleep. It hurts to lose a pet, but they had good lives - mine was 17. My thoughts are with you.

It's so hard....

my sympathy to you too! To lose a pet is so hard, a part of you is missing and many don't understand that loss. May the happy memories keep your friend alive in your heart and mind.

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when a pet will die and hopefully we'll be strong when the time comes and remember the bonds we shared, I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm happy you had her favorite flower bed for her..

He was a lion among cats, lived a long, healthy, extremely kind and friendly life and at the age of 16 came down with feline leukemia. He is buried in my backyard with a slab of marble marking his grave, in which I have carved, "Here lies Tybalt, King of Cats".

rock I could find and put it on top of where my Teddy is buried. I had one of those little cats that hides your house key and put that on top of the rock. Somehow all of that made me feel a little better.

Sorry for your loss :hug:

taken too much out of an oldster to make it--sometimes the treatment is worse than the disease.

It'll be tough, but you'll get through it!

Have had to put pets to sleep, several through the years. I cried so hard every time that my body hurt for days. My husband always has to dig their graves in the back yard and he cries like a baby, too. I know the depth of your hurt and I am sorry. It's a very hard time. Don't feel silly that you feel bad and don't let anyone else tell you that you shouldn't be so sad.

me. But when during the examination the Vet spoke he would'nt react to her voice but when I spoke he would stir his head, that hurt

so deeply - it's like you can feel how deeply in your physical body that the pain and anguish comes from. It's kind of an awesome experience. Like you, I didn't know that depth of love and loss was in me.

I've been there, and cried my heart out too.

I've had to take two cats in to be euthanized, it is just an awful experience...you have my utmost sympathies....Few things are harder in life...

We lost two last summer, just a few weeks apart. One we had for 12 years and the other 17. My daughter did not know life without Scamp, the 17 yr old.

Still miss the old grumpus! We raised her from a tiny baby cat.

I know how you feel; and I feel for you.

It hurts like hell.

Mine was in labored breathing and wasn't going to make it, and I made the decision to go ahead and have him put down.

I grieved so hard for a long time for my little friend.

I know you're hurting.

Many prayers for you.

Know how you feel, Demonaut: we had to have one of our own beloved boys, Buster, put to sleep a couple of weeks ago. May he rest well.
Regards
The Skin

I know how hard it is and how much it hurts. I had to put my dog to sleep earlier this year due to cancer and it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. Hugs to you.


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the toughest to make even though we know it's the right thing to do.

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Yes, it's a horrible thing to have to do. Here's a :hug: from the kitties here and from me.

My favorite cat died in July and I actually miss him today. He would always sit patiently by his little food bowl awaiting his ration of turkey.

Funny little creatures.