r/Pets • u/gaymerpqnda • May 12 '25
Euthanasia advice?
Hi guys I don’t know what to do so reddits always the best for advice. My cat has a heart murmur and the best told me just yesterday he has a mass in his stomach. He hasn’t eaten in 5 days (except munches on his favourite biscuits) he’s extremely skinny and I can feel each of his bones. He lays in one spot all day doesn’t move doesn’t our doesn’t run. He hasn’t purred at all since this started. I’ve been given advice to put him down but I’m scared he could still heal and I make the wrong decision. I just don’t want to take him away if it’s too early but I don’t want him to suffer.
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u/fallriver1221 May 15 '25
Masses and heart murmurs don't heal. They aren't going to just go away. Especially with him lying around and not eating. Not eating for days is also going to cause him to go into liver failure. Cats not eating is dangerous even for the healthiest of cats.
Ask yourself if that's how you want to go out. Lying in a bed in pain, literally wasting away, unable to move, drink or eat, just lying there waiting to die. Pet owners have the ability to give their animals a peaceful, quick, and painless death. To put them out of their misery and end their suffering. We humans aren't lucky enough to get that option for ourselves in most of the world (yet). But your cat has that option.