I think the criteria for putting a pet down is when their quality of life has deteriorated to the point that its more humane to put them down then to keep them alive.
If you can honestly believe that Mort's quality of life has deteriorated to that extent (and at 16 it might well be, especially dropping 10 pounds), then do it keeping his comfort uppermost in your mind. You don't take a life for your convenience. You do it out of love and compassion. -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Who [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:44 PM To: cf-community Subject: when to end a life (of a cat) ? So i have an old friend. Mortimer, Morty, or Mort. have had him about 16 years or so. got him from a house full of animals, where they just threw bags of liter into the basement for dogs and cats. got him before i started doing cf in 98. this was was when i was a fortune teller.. young and full of vinegar! the pagans i got him from didn't deserve him. any way.. he is peeing outside his box and its getting on my nerves. sure i love him, and no, i am (probably) not going to take him to the vet on good Friday.. but i might.. he has gone from 16 pound to like 6. i cant boot him out of life, but would like to. been giving him the wet food, trying to raise weight. he has serious liver and kidney damage, but that's not gonna get better. his teeth are awful and we cant fix them because he wont make it through Anastasia.. he is a good pal, and i know he isn't peeing out of box to spite me. just not sure when to take him on out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
