I had Bullseye put to sleep on Monday. It's taken me a few days to come to terms with it.
He was diagnosed with squamous cell carninoma the first part of November. I asked him to make it through the holidays for me, and being the trooper he was, he gave me that.
My best guestimate is that he was 13 years old. He orginally belonged to a neighbor who moved and left him behind. He's been ours for the last 11 years or so. The neighbor kids came back looking for him a few years after they'd moved, but DH hid him and said he was long gone.
Animal control had picked up their dogs. The rest of their cats, all FELV+, with the exception of Bullseye, fell to me to deal with. I've never regretted not giving him back.
Bullseye was a true gentleman. He got along well with everyone, people or animal. He loved to have his belly rubbed.
It was a hard call to make because he was still eating, as long as the food was liquified, and he still was eager for a lap to sit on. I had him on the very highest daily dose of Metacam the vet would allow and even that wasn't always enough. I think it's likely his kidneys were affected, which was to be expected, because I was starting to see more urine in the box. The constant drool had become mostly blood. I decided to let him go maybe a few days early. I didn't want to see him suffer. We all miss him.
He was diagnosed with squamous cell carninoma the first part of November. I asked him to make it through the holidays for me, and being the trooper he was, he gave me that.
My best guestimate is that he was 13 years old. He orginally belonged to a neighbor who moved and left him behind. He's been ours for the last 11 years or so. The neighbor kids came back looking for him a few years after they'd moved, but DH hid him and said he was long gone.
Bullseye was a true gentleman. He got along well with everyone, people or animal. He loved to have his belly rubbed.
It was a hard call to make because he was still eating, as long as the food was liquified, and he still was eager for a lap to sit on. I had him on the very highest daily dose of Metacam the vet would allow and even that wasn't always enough. I think it's likely his kidneys were affected, which was to be expected, because I was starting to see more urine in the box. The constant drool had become mostly blood. I decided to let him go maybe a few days early. I didn't want to see him suffer. We all miss him.
