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I wasn't going to post about this til it happened but it's been in my head since last night and has been a long time coming so...here goes I guess.
Beau has been acting off since last spring. At first it was just him doing what we thought was an asshole thing of shitting in my room and on my stuff. He doesn't have anything health related going on, but he's twelve and has lost some weight the last few years, and some cataracts and other things going on. He ran away for a while over the summer and while we looked for him every day, we were pretty sure he'd slunk away to die. Somehow, he hung in there and was okay, but not thriving and still doing the shitting thing and at this point...
it's gotten to the point of constantly doing this, hiding, not grooming himself too well, doesn't really want to be touched, etc. He's lost some teeth and is having a hard time in general. Tomorrow he's going to a vet out here so that we can get an opinion on whether or not he can be helped or let go. I'm not thinking it'll go too well, and well, I'd rather be a month or two early in letting him go than in keeping him around until he's severely suffering.
So that's that. I've been dealing with this in degrees for a while now, so I'm actually at peace with it, knowing that I can do it if I need to, and if not, awesome. We'll see, at least.
Beau has been acting off since last spring. At first it was just him doing what we thought was an asshole thing of shitting in my room and on my stuff. He doesn't have anything health related going on, but he's twelve and has lost some weight the last few years, and some cataracts and other things going on. He ran away for a while over the summer and while we looked for him every day, we were pretty sure he'd slunk away to die. Somehow, he hung in there and was okay, but not thriving and still doing the shitting thing and at this point...
it's gotten to the point of constantly doing this, hiding, not grooming himself too well, doesn't really want to be touched, etc. He's lost some teeth and is having a hard time in general. Tomorrow he's going to a vet out here so that we can get an opinion on whether or not he can be helped or let go. I'm not thinking it'll go too well, and well, I'd rather be a month or two early in letting him go than in keeping him around until he's severely suffering.
So that's that. I've been dealing with this in degrees for a while now, so I'm actually at peace with it, knowing that I can do it if I need to, and if not, awesome. We'll see, at least.