I wound up putting him to sleep. He was young in my eyes at 12 years old. He had asthma he wasn't recovering from and was struggling to breathe (even when he was knocked out as they sedated him before putting him down.) He also had an inflamed pancreas.
After watching an older cat suffer a year past when I would have put her to sleep I may have called it early. However the vet agreed with me once I stressed I wanted him to be comfortable. Everything inside me told me it was time but still down to the last minute I was wishing I was wrong. Here is my baby a week ago..... even sick he was mothering the kittens:
After watching an older cat suffer a year past when I would have put her to sleep I may have called it early. However the vet agreed with me once I stressed I wanted him to be comfortable. Everything inside me told me it was time but still down to the last minute I was wishing I was wrong. Here is my baby a week ago..... even sick he was mothering the kittens: