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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2004Euthanasia, is it right
Hello all I had to have my black and white 14yr old female euthansed, is it the best option to do when nothing else works She had a growth in her throat and nothing else worked it was stopping her from eating and drinking >I had to have my black and white 14yr old female euthansed, is it the best >option to do when nothing else works I believe that helping your beloved pet go to sleep painlessly in a caring environment is a loving, merciful thing to do. I wish it were legal for humans. I know I'd love to go to sleep painlessly if I had no future or quality of life. >Hello all > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >She had a growth in her throat and nothing else worked it was stopping her >from eating and drinking Yes, in cases like your poor kitty, it is the right thing and the humane thing to do. Everything and everybody should have the right to die with dignity and without suffering. IMO. Sherry >Everything and everybody should have the right to die with dignity and >without suffering. IMO. Agreed. We all need to work on our legislators to make it legal for humans to humanely end their own lives. It says something about human beings when they can be humane to other living beings, but not themselves. DES Save 1 life and you're a hero. Save 230 million and you're a Starfleet officer. remove "nospam" from my addy to reply. > >Everything and everybody should have the right to die with dignity and > >without suffering. IMO. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > DES Yes, it needs to be legal. I'd hate to kill myself and then get arrested for it to spend the rest of eternity in jail. What a bummer! --Adonis Was that a pathetic question to ask? > Hello all > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > She had a growth in her throat and nothing else worked it was stopping her > from eating and drinking Thanks for nothing > Was that a pathetic question to ask? > > Hello all [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > She had a growth in her throat and nothing else worked it was stopping her > > from eating and drinking I was hoping for an answer to a question, who said it was pathetic it's still a question even if it does sound pathetic > Thanks for nothing > > Was that a pathetic question to ask? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > her > > > from eating and drinking >From: "kerryann findlay" >I had to have my black and white 14yr old female euthansed, is it the best >option to do when nothing else works Kerryann, When nothing else works you have 2 options. Let them suffer until they draw their last breath, or let them go mercifully. You chose the best option. >>From: "kerryann findlay" > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > When nothing else works you have 2 options. Let them suffer until they draw > their last breath, or let them go mercifully. You chose the best option. How do vets "know" when it's time for cat to be put out? I was about to take my old female coon cat to vet after going thru some seizures. She still has a good appetite. While old, she still yawns, grooms, begs for food. Sometimes I wonder if vets don't look at a cat from experience and maybe just reccommend it be put to sleep too soon. I suppose they do blood tests and also draw from experience. It's that "draw from experience" part that sometimes makes me wonder. > >>From: "kerryann findlay" > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > How do vets "know" when it's time for cat to be put out? A rather odd sort of a question. If being put to sleep results in no suffering to the cat, what's the issue ? You get another cat and cherish the memories of your last one. It's not murder because it's done out of mercy - so the moral considerations are vanishingly trivial. > I was about to take my old female coon cat to vet after > going thru some seizures. She still has a good appetite. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It's that "draw from experience" part that sometimes makes me > wonder. > >>From: "kerryann findlay" > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > It's that "draw from experience" part that sometimes makes me > wonder. Euthanasia is the number one [preventable] cause of death in household cats and dogs. I put *preventable* in brackets because there is no mandate for a pet owner to do it. Most of us keep our terminally ill pets and enjoy their society until we deem their discomfort level to be severe--it goes to their *quality of life*. A sensible owner can tell when that time comes as easily as can the vet. Over the years, I have lost more than a half dozen cats through euthanasia because of their terminal illnesses. As with the veterinarians, I learned from experience and knew when their time had come. A vet will witness it many more times than will a single pet owner and become infinitely more adept at discerning when it's time. --Adonis |
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