So maybe he has UTI? Instead of just killing him, why not take him to a doctor and find out whether or not he has crystals in his urine? I'm unsure why this would never have occurred to you? Most cats I've come into contact live quite comfortably until at least 12, barring any other circumstances....?
So long as that's the case. I'm just of the opinion that if we as people sign on to take care of an animal, we are under obligation to make absolutely sure that we have done everything possible for them before we decide that they are suffering enough to be put down.
His personality has completely changed. He's a shell of his former self. If it's not something medical that they can find and fix (without spending thousands of dollars on tests that, frankly, we can't afford), then perhaps his time is up.
He was always an abnormally large cat. Some people say he's the biggest housecat they've ever seen. Perhaps his organs just aren't up to the task. Maybe the diabetes has worn out those organs faster.
He's not happy and he's barely living. He just lays in the floor, completely uninvolved, and waits for the next feeding, which isn't the cat that I knew for 7 years.
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He was always an abnormally large cat. Some people say he's the biggest housecat they've ever seen. Perhaps his organs just aren't up to the task. Maybe the diabetes has worn out those organs faster.
He's not happy and he's barely living. He just lays in the floor, completely uninvolved, and waits for the next feeding, which isn't the cat that I knew for 7 years.
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