Bobby Boucher
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I hope I don’t catch too much flak for this.. but I just felt like sharing what I’m going through right now on the off chance that somebody here benefits from my experience.
I.. really am wack-o for my cats. I’ve got a 20 year old tabby lookin barn cat along with her runty biological daughter.. The little bastards eat up 150 dollars of soft food every month between each other. They live a pampered life in a big house with a big yard along with plenty of neighborhood friends. One sleeps on my chest and the other between my legs, every night. We’re pals.
Momma is suffering from renal failure. Vet says it’s coming time to put her down.
I really do not want to take her the vet to have her euthanized. I’ve had to do it before and it was just.. awful. The poor cat was more terrified than I’d ever seen him. It really broke me to know our last moments together were so full of terror. It really did. It made me never want another animal. My gf had to beg me to let her adopt our current cats.
So.. Wanting to pamper my cat til the very end.. I started researching what might be the most humane way to help facilitate my dear Cammy’s departure.
From what I can gather, high velocity lead poisoning is actually the single quickest and most painless death that one can be afforded, but .. that’s not going to happen. Too scared of botching.
Next would be inert gas.. such as helium.
We went and got a tank to have, just in case she starts stroking out or something in the middle of the night or her suffering seems to overwhelm her, and I gotta say...I feel a lot better. Knowing that our last moments together will be without fear and without pain has taken a huge weight off of my heart.
Two weeks ago I would have said that I am done adopting. Knowing now that I can quietly and peacefully help my furry friends along while they slumber, seems to have all but eradicated the burden of attachment.
I.. really am wack-o for my cats. I’ve got a 20 year old tabby lookin barn cat along with her runty biological daughter.. The little bastards eat up 150 dollars of soft food every month between each other. They live a pampered life in a big house with a big yard along with plenty of neighborhood friends. One sleeps on my chest and the other between my legs, every night. We’re pals.
Momma is suffering from renal failure. Vet says it’s coming time to put her down.
I really do not want to take her the vet to have her euthanized. I’ve had to do it before and it was just.. awful. The poor cat was more terrified than I’d ever seen him. It really broke me to know our last moments together were so full of terror. It really did. It made me never want another animal. My gf had to beg me to let her adopt our current cats.
So.. Wanting to pamper my cat til the very end.. I started researching what might be the most humane way to help facilitate my dear Cammy’s departure.
From what I can gather, high velocity lead poisoning is actually the single quickest and most painless death that one can be afforded, but .. that’s not going to happen. Too scared of botching.
Next would be inert gas.. such as helium.
We went and got a tank to have, just in case she starts stroking out or something in the middle of the night or her suffering seems to overwhelm her, and I gotta say...I feel a lot better. Knowing that our last moments together will be without fear and without pain has taken a huge weight off of my heart.
Two weeks ago I would have said that I am done adopting. Knowing now that I can quietly and peacefully help my furry friends along while they slumber, seems to have all but eradicated the burden of attachment.