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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Here's where I think I'm truly a terrible person: I was hoping the vet would discover the beginning of some painful, awful disease so that we could just euthanize her and be at peace with it. I don't wish illness on the poor creature, but I could use some peace of mind that I'd be doing the right thing. Ugh. 
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You need to take responsibility for yourself. You are a grown person.  If you think that putting the cat down is the ethical and appropriate thing to do, given your obligation to your husband and kids as well as the cat, do it.  Don't look for people here to validate it, or hope that the cat has a secret disease that would otherwise justify it. [/quote]

Although I think this is true, it is a little harsh. I think the OP is expressing how hard it is to make this decision when there's no immediate medical emergency. I'm the PP who had to euthanize two cats for peeing and it was much harder to make the decision with the second one who didn't have any discernable disease than with the first one whose bladder finally ruptured. It's like the frog in the pot of boiling water analogy -- sometimes it's hard to see how bad things are getting when they get bad a little bit at a time, and sometimes it's also hard to know what to do when there's not an immediate crisis that requires a response or decision.

I also had to make the decision to put our 13 year old dog to sleep when I was pregnant with my first -- he had terrible crippling arthritis even though all his other systems were fine. I felt that I wasn't truly an adult until I'd had to take the ultimate responsibility for my beloved pet's life and death.

OP, from everything you've said, assuming you choose to euthanize your kitty now, you are doing the right thing even without a disease to give you a crystal-clear, indisputable reason.

You might see if your vet would do a housecall to spare your kitty a trip to the vet.

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