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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a horrible person for saying this, but I think our semi healthy cat should be put down because of a cleanliness issue.

The vet says she can live a few more years if we bring her in for a [b]steroid injection every 3 weeks[/b] or so (not expensive so money is not the issue ), but she does not clean herself any longer and that combined with other skin and fur issues that go along with this disease she has make living with her pretty nasty.

She leaves mats of hair everywhere she sits , leaves dandruff type stuff everywhere, sneezes a lot and sprays gunk everywhere to the point that I have to scrub the walls in certain areas a few times a week, and I just don’t think I can take it anymore .  I have given up my new arm chair that I loved and waited years to be able to buy (where I was going to sit and relax and enjoy a book now and again) because it is ruined and I can’t keep her off of it.

She leaves the litter box and spreads stuff on the floors and chair and I am at the point where I don’t want to do it anymore just because the vet can keep her alive with these shots .  [b]She has mouth ulcers that sometimes bleed and that goes everywhere too and I’m sure she’s in some amount of pain because she has lost weight but again,[/b] the vet convinced my 21 year old son that with all of these interventions she can live another few years

Am I wrong to just want to put her out of her misery and  be able to be in my house again without being grossed out constantly ?  Is that cruel of me ?

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I was going to ask how old the cat is but given these two conditions, I don't think it's cruel or mean. 
In hindsight many people, myself included, look back and realize that they wait too long. Yes you are grateful for the extra days/month/years even but you can look at it with a different perspective and realize you held on way too long and yes, likely the animal was in more misery than you realized. They can't kill themselves and end , the always communicate it to you, so they just wait around for nature or for intervention. 
It's a really tough choice and if your DS needs to hear it from a professional, I suggest seeking a second opinion. One vet encouraged me to much regarding caring for our elderly dog and again in hind sight I can see that he was just a compassionate person and responded to my visible upset every appointment and did what he thought was kindest for me as the owner and kept offering options and hope. [/quote]

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