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My cat Finn is about 10 years old - he is a snuggly ball of sunshine.
Over the last year Finn started to pee on everything - couches, outside the litterbox, beds, doorframes - etc. We did some heavy cleaning bought more boxes and had him evaluated and he came back as diabetic - (making all of the drinking and peeing make sense). We had a baby last year, and couldnt have pee everywhere - so we moved him into what was our nursery for our daughter, emptied it of furntiture except cat trees, cat beds, and litter boxes and installed screen door for ventilation and socialization while we tried to get the diabetes under control.
Now months later, Finn is on insulin (up to 7 units) and shows no signs of his blood sugar coming down. It's maxed out on the wearable devices, and hes been on glucose support food and water, with no treats, and 2 doses of insulin a day with no end in sight to the pee and distress.
Emotionally he's as lovey as ever and adores us and the baby when we visit- but physically he's lost weight, is super sick with high blood sugar, and ever thirsty.
I'm frustrated as we have tried 2 vets now, and the outlook doesnt seem realistic or good (they think it might be a pituitary issue which would mean BRAIN SURGERY??!!), but putting him down seems cruel as he's still a happy snuggly boy.
Then again -I know he IS deterorating, AND living everyday somewhat isolated from the family and mostly in pee (despite me cleaning constantly the pee is never ending with 3 litterboxes and pee pads all over the room).
What should we do? I dont want to put him down, but I dont see any way this will improve, and cant let him out in the house with pee and the baby, but also dont want to see him suffer and spend his last days trapped in pee.
I would almost opt to have him be outdoors, but my neighborhood DOES have predators (foxes,hawks, owls) and while he's a big cat, I feel like that would be a hugely stressful change.
To make matters harder - he's also a bonded pair with his littermate, who he cant spend time with. The two sit on either side of Finn's screened door - but when I let his brother in to be with him, its just stressful for them both to be in pee.
Thoughts? Comments? Hope?
Over the last year Finn started to pee on everything - couches, outside the litterbox, beds, doorframes - etc. We did some heavy cleaning bought more boxes and had him evaluated and he came back as diabetic - (making all of the drinking and peeing make sense). We had a baby last year, and couldnt have pee everywhere - so we moved him into what was our nursery for our daughter, emptied it of furntiture except cat trees, cat beds, and litter boxes and installed screen door for ventilation and socialization while we tried to get the diabetes under control.
Now months later, Finn is on insulin (up to 7 units) and shows no signs of his blood sugar coming down. It's maxed out on the wearable devices, and hes been on glucose support food and water, with no treats, and 2 doses of insulin a day with no end in sight to the pee and distress.
Emotionally he's as lovey as ever and adores us and the baby when we visit- but physically he's lost weight, is super sick with high blood sugar, and ever thirsty.
I'm frustrated as we have tried 2 vets now, and the outlook doesnt seem realistic or good (they think it might be a pituitary issue which would mean BRAIN SURGERY??!!), but putting him down seems cruel as he's still a happy snuggly boy.
Then again -I know he IS deterorating, AND living everyday somewhat isolated from the family and mostly in pee (despite me cleaning constantly the pee is never ending with 3 litterboxes and pee pads all over the room).
What should we do? I dont want to put him down, but I dont see any way this will improve, and cant let him out in the house with pee and the baby, but also dont want to see him suffer and spend his last days trapped in pee.
I would almost opt to have him be outdoors, but my neighborhood DOES have predators (foxes,hawks, owls) and while he's a big cat, I feel like that would be a hugely stressful change.
To make matters harder - he's also a bonded pair with his littermate, who he cant spend time with. The two sit on either side of Finn's screened door - but when I let his brother in to be with him, its just stressful for them both to be in pee.
Thoughts? Comments? Hope?