Looks like our cat is on his death bed
Missus, four year old and four week old took cat to vet today as he is losing lots of weight and throwing up.
They have found a possible tumour but want to do futher tests and an x-ray on Friday.
The four year old wants to come on Friday 'To take Sammy to hospital'. We have decided if he is in a bad way we are going to get him put down. We have had him for seven years and I would rather let him go in little pain rather than draw it out and he suffers.
Both the missus and I have had cats when we were kids where our parents kept the cat drugged up with painkillers to extend their life. Sometimes you have to say goodbye before it gets too bad.
The four year knows about the fish in the tank sometimes die, not sure how she is going to handle it if Sammy has to go :(
They have found a possible tumour but want to do futher tests and an x-ray on Friday.
The four year old wants to come on Friday 'To take Sammy to hospital'. We have decided if he is in a bad way we are going to get him put down. We have had him for seven years and I would rather let him go in little pain rather than draw it out and he suffers.
Both the missus and I have had cats when we were kids where our parents kept the cat drugged up with painkillers to extend their life. Sometimes you have to say goodbye before it gets too bad.
The four year knows about the fish in the tank sometimes die, not sure how she is going to handle it if Sammy has to go :(
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One of my cats had a similar issue last year. In the end it was better to help him out than extend his pain (and mine, in a way).
the missus texted to tell me whilei was coming home from work, told me the eldest was devestated.
i got home and she was laughing and joking...not devestated at all, just said...wilburs not here...hes dead
I like rats.
I like pets generally really.
It's always sad when they die. :(
i remember when our first dog died, had it since i was born. my younger brother started screaming and crying and ran off to his room. tears were running down my dads face. i didn't cry, i don't know why cos i loved the dog, i just cuddled my dad.
i must have been about 11.
I really truly apologize for the above but damn...what a setup.
*bends over to have 'asshole' branded on him
i imagine thats much the same as marriage.
And that's the closest they ever got to a pussy...
(sorry about the cat... I'm a big fan of cats and hate it when they die).
Andrew
Burrrrrnnnn!
Anyway I'm sure your 4 year old will handle it well. Be upset a bit at first, but they're well able to survive happy in their own little world with their cartoons and toys and get on with things.
You did make it a bit easy for me :)
Andrew
I've got a funny story similar to that about my son's kitten...
It liked to climb under the covers and nestle about halfway down...
Well one day, I was in bed reading a book, and the cat had gone to sleep under my legs right near my arse....
Not thinking anything of it, I farted loudly...
After a noticeable pause (long enough for the smell to reach him) I felt that cat tense up. He then hissed loudly and bolted from under the covers like a bat out of hell... Needless to say, at this point I was pissing myself laughing... He wouldn't come near me for a day after that...
Andrew
i imagine that scenario would be similar if your wife found you in bed with her sister
Welll.. I can sort of understand that, but it's really not a good idea to get cats declawed. Don't think I'm having a "go" because it's possible you might not know about this, but the vet that did it should have... It's not actually declawing them - it's amputating the equivalent to half of their "fingers". There are much better ways to stop them scratching the furniture. And if they ever go outside, they are totally unable to defend themselves, or escape danger (cats will often go up trees, without claws they can't). Even if your cat's an 'indoor' cat, occasionally they do escape and then they are doomed - unable to hunt, unable to defend themselves.
This is why declawing is illegal in the UK, and most US states.
http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/declaw.html
Just so you don't get the next one declawed.
I've been told that by just about everyone...but I don't see it. The cat is an indoor cat (never goes out, never will), it wasn't in pain...or didn't appear to be...it was playing and running the next day.
Does just fine now and there are no negatives..it can do everything it used too and still acts like it has claws (scratches things etc and swats).
I have had many cats and I have zero faith in any of the other methods to stop scratching (they are not 100% and it only takes one scratch to fuckup a $3000 leather sofa).
Seriously don't see a problem...if the cat ever did get out..not having claws would be the least of its problems as it would be totally unfamiliar with everything...mainly 1/2 ton cars.
my advice, don't join the yakuza.
ha ha, seriously they prolly wouldn't let you in anyway.
we used to have a teacher missing part of his fingers, he used to joke about it, i don't think they got cut off cos he clawed someones balls. although that wouldn't have suprised me.
I was just gutted cos' I thought I'd get to see him again, since I hand reared him since he was 2 or 3 days old, with a little squirty bottle full of Cimicat (Now that stuff stinks). Nobody thought he would last a week, but he lived 10 years.
My ma reckoned he ended up with a tumor on his spine or in his brain, and he died before the vet got there to "put him to sleep".
I'm not having any more pets ever again, after my Iguana died I promised myself no more tropical, or weird pets, and since I've moved away from home I don't want any more full stop, it sucks too much when they die.
@Beanz: I've heard that even though cats adapt after being de-clawed, it's considered inhumane to do it. Cats have their claws as their pride, and it has been proven that they feel incomplete without it. If your cat isn't depressed, you're lucky. Speccy here used to scratch the couch, etc. How did we solve it? We bought a catnip scratcher and showed him the way. Everytime he tried to scratch something else he would be shot with my cold water gun. He learned the lesson quickly. He's been using catnip scratchers since 2003. They last for a long time too. :)
As for de-clawing not really a fan of it, on one hand i think dont have a cat then if youre gonna do that to them but on the other hand that cat could be just thrown out (if its not sold) and will eventually die as a stray. Catch 22.
My sister has two cats who are house cats (she used to have a flat and they wouldnt come back now if she let them out ever), theyre not de-clawed, took a few weeks of telling them off the second they tried to claw her leather sofa but cats are clever, they love their scratching post and scratch there all the time, her sofa is in great condition.
Got to drop him off at 9am and they will do some tests and call us.
We don't think he will be coming home :cry:
Aww I'm sorry mate :(
My sister in law had a cat that has a tumour, she was painfully thin and would not eat. They took her to the vets and removed the tumour that had been growing in her. She's fine now, fat, healthy and eating well.
How long since the operation? (in my case my cat survived an extra half a year after the operation but the tumour came back :-( )