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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cat lover here. At this stage, I would not judge you for saying the end is here. Sounds like you’ve given her a long and happy life.

Mouth ulcers, weight loss, inability to groom, vet trips every three weeks for steroid injections? That is not a healthy cat.

Honestly, the only part that gives me pause is your son. Does he live with you? Is he away at school? I would certainly discuss this with him, adult to adult. See if he has any solutions. If he lives with you, he might be willing to take on all the extra work (through, frequent cleanups and vet visits). If he lives in his own place, perhaps he can take the cat?

Him saying he’ll take on the extra work, even if you know that won’t work out, is actually a fine path. He’ll see first hand how hard it is, and then you can reevaluate in maybe two months? Him given the chance to troubleshoot might making him feel he has some agency, and let him see just how difficult this is.

If he’s away at college in a firm or something and cannot take the cat - that would make this a really hard decision. [/quote]

He lives with us still.  He kind of agrees but feels like he doesn’t want to do it but also works a lot and can’t do all the extra work either and I get stuck doing it all .  We have a small home and it has made areas of the living room and one bedroom she likes unusable because if I clean them they are filthy again in a few days .  And yes it’s taking me hours a week to keep up with it all .  [/quote]

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