Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone can give me advice on what to do. My cat is 15 years old and for the past year or so has only had diarrhea. He has lost a lot of weight and is very thin. He now poops outside of the litter box onto the carpet. He also drops diarrhea all around the house because his poop is just liquid. We took him to the vet and $2000 later, the vets suspect chronic pancreatitis. We have tried different medications and foods and nothing has changed. We can only try to manage his condition but so far no luck. Although he has lost weight and has diarrhea, he doesn't act sick at all. He is still active, very social and seems to always want to eat. This has made it tough to consider the idea of putting him to sleep. It must be painful for him to have diarrhea but he seems to be doing fine otherwise. It has been very difficult to take care of him since he is ruining the house and after spending money we don't have on a vet for medications and food that doesn't work, we are running out of ideas. We have even told by the vet that he will be that way forever and can't be cured. Based on his behaviour is it inhumane to put him down or does it seem like it is time? Does anyone have any advice? The best scenario for us would be to find an easier way to manage him because after all we've done nothing has changed. Thanks everyone for your help!
I'm hoping someone can give me advice on what to do. My cat is 15 years old and for the past year or so has only had diarrhea. He has lost a lot of weight and is very thin. He now poops outside of the litter box onto the carpet. He also drops diarrhea all around the house because his poop is just liquid. We took him to the vet and $2000 later, the vets suspect chronic pancreatitis. We have tried different medications and foods and nothing has changed. We can only try to manage his condition but so far no luck. Although he has lost weight and has diarrhea, he doesn't act sick at all. He is still active, very social and seems to always want to eat. This has made it tough to consider the idea of putting him to sleep. It must be painful for him to have diarrhea but he seems to be doing fine otherwise. It has been very difficult to take care of him since he is ruining the house and after spending money we don't have on a vet for medications and food that doesn't work, we are running out of ideas. We have even told by the vet that he will be that way forever and can't be cured. Based on his behaviour is it inhumane to put him down or does it seem like it is time? Does anyone have any advice? The best scenario for us would be to find an easier way to manage him because after all we've done nothing has changed. Thanks everyone for your help!