Arriba
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« on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:24:56 » |
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just had to make the decision to have our cat put to sleep. she was 15 and had gone downhill in the last couple of months,her fur had become messy and she had lost alot of weight. she also had developed an absyss behind an eye and looked a right state.the vet said there could be so much wrong with her that it could put her through more pain and no guarantee of recovery. playing god like that with our pets life was an incredibilly difficult decision,and was heartbreaking for my mrs, my lad and myself. i'm now dreading picking up my daughter at 3pm and breaking the news to her  i thought it wouldn't effect me much, but i was blubbing like a baby at the vets.  |
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Bushey Boy
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:31:57 » |
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Arriba I am really sorry to hear this news, cats are great company and very random creatures to have around the house.
The only positive thing you can take from this is she is not in pain any longer
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Fred Elliot
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:32:46 » |
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sorry to hear that fella.
Faced a similar situation about 5 years ago and its fucking tough. Just think she will not suffer any more
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tans
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:36:36 » |
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sorry to hear that arriba, we had the same problem with our dog a few years ago, but she decided to go off on her own and we found her in a ditch nearby. |
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:44:43 » |
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must be difficult. Are you planning on getting a new one to enjoy from a young'un again?
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janaage
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 12:59:06 » |
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Oh man that's sad! Sorry to hear such news.
Must be hard being a parent in situations like that cos I assume you have to be strong for your kids.
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Jamiesfuturewife
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:03:17 » |
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Oh Thats so sad - especially if your kids have grown up with her- If anything happened to my cat I just dont know what I would do - shes like my child.
Im getting tearful just reading this actually
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Iffy's Onion Bhaji
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:28:41 » |
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sorry to hear that Arriba
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:30:21 » |
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Bloody good innings though Arriba. Long happy life.
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jim
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:40:32 » |
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Arriba
I know how you feel
My Cairn Terrier, Sue, went through a period a couple of years ago where she was clearly in real pain. Took her to the vets who x-rayed her and said that there was a shadow on her pancreas. Opened her up and said that he found panreatic cancer, very aggressive and said that she would be gone in 2-3 weeks. I picked up my wife and kids and my eldest came back from Uni so that we were all there. Concluded that we would 'let her go' if she was still asleep when we got there. She was sittting up groggy but awake when we arrived, so we took her home still fearing the worst.
She's still here!
Turns out that Cairns have an allergy to sweet corn! We always let her munch on the cobs when be have a BBQ - looks lile the poor litttle bugger just had a sore belly, but what a relief.
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:52:47 » |
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Know exatly how you feel we had to take a decision a few months ago on one of our cats who had got Cancer and was getting worse after having Chemo (sp) unfortunelty he was put too sleep as it was kinder but it did not make it any easier on us as you question yourself if you done the right thing.
His ashes are in a little coffin which we keep in the house, it is weird as at times we seem to hear tapping on the wooden floor like cat's nails when the other cat is out it's as if he is still walking round the house.
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Arriba
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 13:54:40 » |
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i'll never know if we've made the right decision really,cause she may have recovered? she may have suffered more?thats all i can think about at the moment. i never thought our pet cat could have such an impact on us.its knocked us for six she had always been in good health and virtually trouble free until recently. i cannot see us getting another one.not for the forseeable future anyway.thanks for your kind comments all |
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 14:18:56 » |
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Sorry to hear that arriba. I had to make the decision to have my dog put to sleep about 2 years ago. Both her back legs were gone. She couldn't walk. She was 18 years old as well. Its a very hard to decision to make cos pets are like a member of the family.
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 14:33:21 » |
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i'm sorry to hear about it arriba, i dread the day i lose my cat...
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Miss Angry
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, October 29, 2007, 15:02:20 » |
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Thats really sad, My mum had hers put down a few months back, its a horrible decision to make as others have said ,but you can only hope that at least she is no longer in pain...
My 8 year old told his nanna it was all ok cos cat heaven is a wonderful place full of balls of wool and cat treats, which is a comfortable thought maybe?
I've only had my kitten for a month or so and she's already a fully fledged family member, looked after as i child would be!
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