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Ever had to make a decision that you knew you would regret no matter how you made it?
I have a cat named Freckles. She's adorable, and she is the mother to the other 2 cats I have left from a once much larger collection. She plays fetch, gives kisses, and can be very affectionate.
So whats the problem? She was affected by some of that bad cat food a year or so ago. Since then, she throws up consistently between 2 and 8 times a day, varying quantities, and always runs right back to the food bowl after she does it. The vet wants several hundred USD to check her stats and come up with a way to "slow her down".
I'm seriously getting to the point where I can't deal with coming home and spending an hour cleaning up messes, loading the steam cleaner, cleaning the floors, making a mop solution, mopping the tile floors, etc..
So I'm torn between options, none of which I can manage.
1) Treat her, spend a bunch of money, and MAYBE she will only throw up 1-2 times a day.
2) Take her to a shelter and just explain I can't keep her anymore. KNOWING that they will put her under as soon as they realize she is sick.
3) Take her to the vet and explain I can't manage it and maybe the best is to put her under.
So why does this bother me? I'm still haunted by my eldest cat Sebastian dying last year. I took him in, did all the tests, they told me he probably wouldn't make it long, and I had him put down. Right thing to do, probably. But I keep thinking karma is going to return that favor. I'm going to get sick as I get older, and no one will want to put up with me either. They'll drop my ass at a "center for the elderly" and race off never to be seen again. My dying days will be spent muttering to myself and trying not to drool.
I hate myself for letting it get to this point, and I hate myself even more for being so damned indecisive about things that affect me emotionally.
So I'm open to suggestions. What would you do in the same circumstances?
I have a cat named Freckles. She's adorable, and she is the mother to the other 2 cats I have left from a once much larger collection. She plays fetch, gives kisses, and can be very affectionate.
So whats the problem? She was affected by some of that bad cat food a year or so ago. Since then, she throws up consistently between 2 and 8 times a day, varying quantities, and always runs right back to the food bowl after she does it. The vet wants several hundred USD to check her stats and come up with a way to "slow her down".
I'm seriously getting to the point where I can't deal with coming home and spending an hour cleaning up messes, loading the steam cleaner, cleaning the floors, making a mop solution, mopping the tile floors, etc..
So I'm torn between options, none of which I can manage.
1) Treat her, spend a bunch of money, and MAYBE she will only throw up 1-2 times a day.
2) Take her to a shelter and just explain I can't keep her anymore. KNOWING that they will put her under as soon as they realize she is sick.
3) Take her to the vet and explain I can't manage it and maybe the best is to put her under.
So why does this bother me? I'm still haunted by my eldest cat Sebastian dying last year. I took him in, did all the tests, they told me he probably wouldn't make it long, and I had him put down. Right thing to do, probably. But I keep thinking karma is going to return that favor. I'm going to get sick as I get older, and no one will want to put up with me either. They'll drop my ass at a "center for the elderly" and race off never to be seen again. My dying days will be spent muttering to myself and trying not to drool.
I hate myself for letting it get to this point, and I hate myself even more for being so damned indecisive about things that affect me emotionally.
So I'm open to suggestions. What would you do in the same circumstances?