This is a sad topic. We often discuss about babies, habits, adults but what about seriously ill cats who are elderly - or even not so elderly but seriously ill?

What sort of things would tell you when the time has come to make that last trip to the vet?

Obviously, each cat speaks to their own human in a unique way. Quality of life and the amount of suffering obviously come into the equation. This is never going to be a cut and dried, easy formula.

When the time came to say goodbye to my Booboo, he was in his 17th year. He could not get about. He would not eat or drink and he could not even meow - he had this low constant purr and could not get comfortable in whatever position he lay and was as thin as a stick. That was over ten years ago but I remember it as if it were yesterday.

Anyone else had a similarly difficult decision to make? Do you just hope that your fur-kid will pass in their sleep rather than have to go to the vet? Do you put it off day after day as I did with Booboo?

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best purrs

Ra

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