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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she rouse if you try to pick her up?

I generally think it's unkind to let pets die naturally. It usually involves gasping for air, organs shutting down due to lack of water, mental distress - it's not "peaceful" just because it's time. But if she's actually in a coma then maybe I would let it be.

I'm sorry for your loss. [/quote]

We had a cat dye peacefully at home from old age.  It was nothing at all like you decribed.

Just like OPs dog, she was curled up in her favorite corner, sleeping non stop and not eating.  Shortly after she stopped drinking, her breathing got very slow until she peacefully passed away while my husband laid next to her and gently pet her.  I was pregnant, so I laid close by and talked to her, bjt did not pet her.  It was very calm, peaceful and gentle.  She didn't like car rides or a vet, so it gave us comfort that we didn't upset her in her last hours.

I also had a kitten die in my hands. It was a feral kktten that had been left pulled out of the litter by its mother, than abandoned.  It was peaceful for the kitten, and much more traumatic for me because it was the first time I saw anything die.

We brought our elderly 2nd cat to a vet to be put down.  It was also not eating or drinking, hlost the ability to walk or stand, and had lost control of its bladder.  Even though it was near death, it got so stressed by the car ride to the vet that it tried unsuccessfully to stand and get away when we got to the exam room.  It was so traumatic for my young teen, who viewed it as their dying pet trying to come back to life, while I and the vet knew that it was just a fear reaction.  The vet then had to convince our teen that yes indeed, it was time for the cat to pass.

Of the three, putting it down at the vet was the most traumatic, both for the cats and for the people.

The elderly cat dying at home was the gentlest, most natural and least traumatic of the deaths.[/quote]

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