I came thisclose to putting her down. I still don't have any answer. She's old, she's senile, she pees on the rug. All over. My house smells. Of cat pee. God help me.
I don't know what to say. Lovely Rose is on her way out. She's old, she's arthritic, and she pees EVERYWHERE. She's ruined all my rugs and made my house smell like a catbox.
I came thisclose today. I called the compassionate home pet euthanasia place and made an appointment. Cried and tried to be cool about it. Called Mom and Dad and put them through the grieving process along with me and we were all gonna do it.
And in the end I just couldn't do it. I couldn't execute my old friend Rosebuddear because she pees all over the rug now. I called up the compassionate home pet euthanasia place and cancelled the appointment. My Mom's a little annoyed with me. My Dad is not.
But what the hell am I going to do? She will continue to pee everywhere. Should I lock her in the bathroom so she can't get at the carpet? She will definitely destroy my home the longer I allow this to go on.
But I just flat out couldn't do it. I could put down an animal if it was suffering. But not for my own convenience. But "convenience" doesn't begin to express it in this case.
Any Kossacks in the Mpls/St Paul area, if you have any ideas for me, (which I expect nobody will, because what can you do?) eh well anyways.
All the usual answers are useless. She doesn't have a UTI. She's not upset about other cats (only cat in an indoor cat household). She's not stressed, except for the fact that she's really old, cries in her sleep (which breaks my heart) and...I just don't know.
I love my Rosebuddear.