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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 520397" data-attributes="member: 4139">I have been in the exact same circumstance but from a Canine not feline perspective.I am nearing my 30th birthday and a little over 3 years ago I lost my best friend in the whole wide world my beloved companion Jack my 15 year old Jack Russel.He got old you see and things started to stop working and go wrong for him, he lost vision in one eye, which later had to be taken out only to lose vision in the other (something the vets said would never happen) shortly after.The Vets told me numerous times that it was in his best interests for me just to have him put to sleep, but I never really felt like they did enough, each time a new eye drop or a different tablet, but none ever really "Did" much except check him over externally or take his temperature.I spent a fortune on medicine for him and would have sold everything I had to make him right, but after losing his vision entirely he more or less lost his will to live and died a few months afterwards in my arms.I can say, hand on heart that until that time I was oblivious as to exactly what loss was like the only person whose ever died in our family to date except my grandmother who passed away when I was little.  Losing my dog was like losing a limb part of me was left missing and always will be, but I am thankful for the time I had with him while he was here.I couldn;t honestly advise you one way or the other as to what to do, I only know that as much as it tore me apart to have him die, I was glad that he had done it in his own time, with the knowledge I was there and in the familiar surroundings of his home.As people can probably tell I am very much a "Pet" person, I have always had a dog since as far back as I can remember and my dogs always mean everything to me.  The whole "but its just an animal" belief some people have is just wrong, what a pet is, is a companion, a loved one, a friend, a shoulder to cry on and someone who never judges you and is always there, there is very little a Pet Owner will do for thier pet that a parent does not do for thier child, the only difference being our Pets never seem to get past the toddler stage.I don't envy you your choice, but if it means anything I feel for you, I really do as I've been there. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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