Quick help please! - Euthanizing our cat (page 3)

BrendaCloutier

I just read what you decided to do - Purrrfect!

Yes, this is what happens when we get older; our fur companions age at a much faster rate than we do, and they leave us. (By the time he died, Johnny had lost most of his fur).

FreedomFrog

So AA caught you up on what's happening. (He's a good man)

I'm not sure if I want to go. As you all know, I just lost my Cheeko this past Jan and I'm STILL having trouble with it. We've had Kitty ever since she was about 3 weeks old. I want to go and be with her, but I don't know if I can take the emotional aspect of it. I'm thinking it may be too hard for me but then I'm afraid that I'll regret not going later. I was the one to take her to the Vet today and I did say bye when I left her there. One of us WILL be there with her, it's just who. I have until 5pm to decide. YUCK! I may be ok with Dave going alone because at least she'll have someone there that she knows. He spent more time with her than I did. <sigh> This is hard for me to decide. Well, it's not 5pm yet.

clementine

my cat died around five or six years ago. in fact, we had to euthanize her because she had been hurt by a car and it was the only solution. i didn't tell her goodbye, as everything happened so fast while i wasn't at home. it was difficult of course, but with the time... i've passed through! sorry for yours... i think you took the right decision!

Special K

AA said

Ok, we decided not to bring her home. We offered Zach the option of going to the vet, or just telling us something to say to the cat for him. He decided he didn't want to go, and gave us a message to tell her.

I agree with the way this all was done. You gave your six year old a choice and he made it. I think he made a good decision considering his young age.

Sometimes, I have had my kids write a short note to a dearly departed when they weren't able to see them before they died. When they were little they'd tell me what they'd like to write and I wrote it for them and had it placed in the casket of a pet that died suddenly. It was a great way to help my kids have some type of closure to their losses. We had quite a family funeral for one of our guinea pigs as I can remember.

Sorry about your dear Cat

Special K

NewLight2

Oh! I'm sooo sorry that this is happening to your family so close to the time that the family lost the beloved bird! I'm trying hard not to cry as I type this. I've lost way too many cats, too. It still hurts, even years later! I'm so glad that Zach got to make his own choice. That will help in his healing. I think that the sooner the cat is replaced with a new little 'ball of fur' the better. It will give Zach a new focus. Oh, and about the older dog, maybe a new puppy BEFORE that time comes would help with that loss too.

NewLight2

AlmostAtheist

Thanks all for your help, advice, and condolences.

The cat is now gone. I scritched her for awhile, then held her while they injected her. She just looked at me as it hit her, and she was gone. I cried quite a bit, but it really was the right decision.

I'm going to miss my cat. :-(

Dave

Satanus

((AA)) That was really cool that you stayed w her until the end

S

Had Enough

Hello Dave:

I'm so sorry you and your family have to go through this. A loved pet truly comes to be a member of the family and I know how hard it is to say goodbye to them. I sincerely think you handled this sad time in the best way possible for your son.

He decided he didn't want to go, and gave us a message to tell her.

This surely will help to give him closure and healing, and will be such a positive memory for him.

Staying with kitty right to the end must really have been hard to do but I'm glad for kitty's sake that she had a family member there with her. I don't know how much a kitty really "understands" but I'm sure her fear was lessened by your being there with her.

Regards, Had Enough

jgnat

AA, you did the right thing to involve your family in the decision. I had the worst temper tantrum of my LIFE when I lost my kitty when I was six. The parents snuck her off to the vet to be put down without telling me. I was happily playing all afternoon while my kitty breathed her last. I felt GUILTY for not being sad when she went.

So this one hit a nerve.

AA, you handled this very well. I really like scully's suggestions of a memento so the children know their pet is not forgotten.

carefully faded

The cat is now gone. I scritched her for awhile, then held her while they injected her. She just looked at me as it hit her, and she was gone. I cried quite a bit, but it really was the right decision.

(((AA and FreedomFrog)))

I'm so sorry for your loss! I am so glad that you were with her AA. You gave her the gift of releasing her from her suffering and letting her go while being held by someone she loves. FreedomFrog, don't feel bad for not being there - I just couldn't do it when my 19 year old cat was put down. My Dad was with him - and I truly believe that my cat understood why I couldn't be there.

You two made the right decision. I'll be thinking about you.

- CF

Quick help please! - Euthanizing our cat

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