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This is a depressing sad question, I am sure it has been asked before.. I have a 17+ year old cat that has gone into congestive heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, kidney failure. She has had hyper thyroid and other issues for some time. There is no cure for anything and the medication for one makes the other worse. I pilled her twice with lasix it didn't help and she hid from me for hours. I haven't given her any today, I do not want her terrified of me in her last days.
It has come to the point she needs help to stop her suffering. She is choking on the fluid in her lungs, the vet said it was the last option. I called this morning and they can't get her in until 3:00 tomorrow.
I want to give her something at home so she is asleep or drowsy before I take her. My himi, Munchkin, yowled and bit me when they gave him the shot to "relax" him when he was put to sleep. I live with that horrible image. With my cat Faun, who would happily eat a vet, they let me give her part of a tranquilizer so she would be drowsy and calm when the time came.
I asked the vet today, different vet, same office, and she said there isn't any tranqualizers for cats and they would give her a shot when we come in. They missed the point, I don't want her to know it be scared,
Has anyone here done that, given something so the cat is relaxed before hand? I can't handle it if it goes badly, I just had to euthanize my beautiful 5 year old Saint Bernard Sept. 5th from unexpectedly septic abdomen. I am barely on two feet from that.
This vet gives then a two shots, one to relax them and then another to stop the heart. I have been way to upset to see where they put the second shot, but the first one must sting. Is this normal?
I wish there was some magic fairy dust I could sprinkle over her when she was asleep and just let her go in her sleep at home. I was debating in home euthanasia but I did that once and it was horrible, they held Cassie down and gassed her first to "relax" her. I was horrified, her last minutes looking at me struggling to get away from them. I had never had a vet do that and have not seen one since.
I am rambling on because I don't want to lose her, she was brought to me as a kitten and the pads of her feet were all burned. She has been with me ever since. Please help if you know anything, I have xanax, diazapam, acepromazine, phenobarbital, and ambien. The ambien is the only people medicine, the rest were given to my various pets. So many loves and losses over the years.
Thank you all in advance.
It has come to the point she needs help to stop her suffering. She is choking on the fluid in her lungs, the vet said it was the last option. I called this morning and they can't get her in until 3:00 tomorrow.
I want to give her something at home so she is asleep or drowsy before I take her. My himi, Munchkin, yowled and bit me when they gave him the shot to "relax" him when he was put to sleep. I live with that horrible image. With my cat Faun, who would happily eat a vet, they let me give her part of a tranquilizer so she would be drowsy and calm when the time came.
I asked the vet today, different vet, same office, and she said there isn't any tranqualizers for cats and they would give her a shot when we come in. They missed the point, I don't want her to know it be scared,
Has anyone here done that, given something so the cat is relaxed before hand? I can't handle it if it goes badly, I just had to euthanize my beautiful 5 year old Saint Bernard Sept. 5th from unexpectedly septic abdomen. I am barely on two feet from that.
This vet gives then a two shots, one to relax them and then another to stop the heart. I have been way to upset to see where they put the second shot, but the first one must sting. Is this normal?
I wish there was some magic fairy dust I could sprinkle over her when she was asleep and just let her go in her sleep at home. I was debating in home euthanasia but I did that once and it was horrible, they held Cassie down and gassed her first to "relax" her. I was horrified, her last minutes looking at me struggling to get away from them. I had never had a vet do that and have not seen one since.
I am rambling on because I don't want to lose her, she was brought to me as a kitten and the pads of her feet were all burned. She has been with me ever since. Please help if you know anything, I have xanax, diazapam, acepromazine, phenobarbital, and ambien. The ambien is the only people medicine, the rest were given to my various pets. So many loves and losses over the years.
Thank you all in advance.