It breaks your heart. And yet we know that the cat will suffer the torments of hell later than in 12 hours, leading the slow drying out of the body with it.
The decision is pending: Will you let the animal die or begin the euthanasia (euthanasia) That can take the pain last?
Each case is different
In the case of the above-described cat (her name was Sheila and she was 21 years old), the decision is clear. You can end is in sight and lies in front of her nothing but grief that still dragging on well for 2-3 days. The appointment with the vet is therefore inevitable.
In other cases, however, it looks different. What about cats who are blind or incontinent? What about cats with cancer and those who have CRF?
decide in each case, the owner himself - because he knows his cat best - which route is chosen.
If the cat that is not acute pain, as in some cancer is, or will they get used to the circumstances, as do many cats going blind, there is no reason the cat "save" to do.
animals, however, which would make it in character too much to deal with new circumstances, to learn, are different. They may torment too much, for example, never again to have it out and therefore no significant quality of life more. Euthanasia, in cases like these very well be a deliverance from an unhappy life.
please thee to heart that your cat is an animal - that is not a small man. Sentences like "You will die but not yet" are not appropriate when one sees how much the cat fighting with itself. As inappropriate as to miss the cat, the syringe, simply because they become incontinent, and possibly means more work.
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calls with your veterinarian to arrange a home appointment with him. The majority of veterinarians offering such a service - but sometimes for a small fee. The often negatively perceived clinically pure practice is not the best place for the last minutes of a pussy.
Can not the vet come to your house, try to get an appointment outside of office hours, so you and your cat are undisturbed.
experiments, for your cat to be strong - because they can sense your fear and sadness well.
Let them live the last hours of the way they are used and adopted is psyched about her. Hours of strokes are comforting for you and not for your feline friend.
If the vet comes, you should put your cat in a blanket and sign the form as a veterinary surgeon on him you certify that you really want to let your cat sleep.
Whether you stay for the next step in your cat is completely your decision alone. In general, it soothes the cat but immensely if her beloved opener is with her.
The vet is now more agitated Animals initially injected with a sedative. Quiet animals get the syringe with the barbiturate directly into the veins on the front legs. A barbiturate is an anesthetic, which is given as a dose of the cat.
The cat falls asleep now, heartbeat and respiration to break down. She shrugs may still be short, these are the last contractions of the muscles and completely normal - like the twitching, which some people have just before they fall asleep at night. The twitching indicates that the last tension are gone - including the sphincter muscles, catfish why it may be that after death the cat feces and urine discharges. Again this is perfectly normal.
The vet is now the pulse of the cat, to assure himself that she is really dead.
is then clarified the question of whether the veterinarian is to take the cat or if you want to keep it to yourself to give her a funeral. should prepare to
The cost of euthanasia
The cat has a dignified death really be a question of cost. Normally it costs today from 40 € - in many cases, however, more.
It depends on the current prices, which takes your veterinarian and often also on the question of whether you funeral your cat, your veterinarian or drags the corpse.
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