[oprahstheantichrist]

" Pray to God for an answer....I think God gives us cats and dogs so we can see what unconditional love is all about. How many times have you been down and then the kitteh gives you a head bonk or the dog greets you enthusiastically when you come home? Just as God has unconditional love for us, so do cats and dogs and I don't think that's an accident. I've never met a human who was capable of unconditional love but I've seen it in every cat or dog I've had the pleasure of having."

In full agreement with Lx. DON'T do it, at least not until you've tried the meds.

My "Cats Only" vet reports fantastic results with Prozac, especially for litterbox issues. She says it works better for cats than it does for hoominz. Generic Prozac is $4.00 at Walmart, but for a kitteh you "quarter" the pills, so once you have the Rx it'll cost you a dollar a month.

Pill Pockets make it very easy, my cat has no clue she's getting a pill.

Please give your friend this one more chance before you do something you'll possibly regret.

[Marie]

Alright. I slept on it. I read all of your posts and I rally appreciate all of the understanding. People who don’t love a pet just can’t understand the delima. “It’s just a cat. If it’s pooping all over the place, put it down.”

As for meds and the other suggestions, I have to remind you all that we’ve been dealing with this for a decade. I’ve spent thousands of my (very patient) husband’s dollars on this animal over the years. We’ve tried most of the suggestions here. Over a thousand dollars (I don’t want to think about the exact amount) on tests. We even had to bard him with a vet for several days for fluids and tube feeding when he refused to eat or drink one summer. (Almost a thousand for that round of treatment and tests... and we were broke at the time.)

I’m letting him go. He’s not happy. I’m not asking my husband to put more money into an old animal. I’m not guilting my daughter into taking a disruption into her new home and marriage. I’m not ruining my landlord’s property with cat feces and urine.

I’m not going to put my responsibility onto other people’s shoulders.

And I’m not abandoning this cat to an unknown fate. I am still responsible for him.

I’m going to go ahead with the home euthanasia.

Thank you all for your thoughtful input and understanding. This is hard, but I do believe that it’s the best thing for my little buddy.

I don’t know if animals have souls or not, but I do believe that there’s a special part of him that needs to go ‘home’ now. He did his job here and he did a great job! It’s time to get this guy away from this terrifying place and let him rest.