Questions tagged [euthanasia]
Refers to the act of putting a pet "to sleep" (to death), likely due to old age and inability to function properly.
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What's the least painful way to euthanize a fish?
My aquarium fish is sick and I don't know the least painful way of putting it down. How should I kill it so that it doesn't suffer?
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Considering euthanasia for my aging dog
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I have a 14 year old female mixed breed dog. Her normal weight in her days of youth and fitness was 40 pounds. She is hovering around 32 or 33 pounds currently. She has had what appears ...
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What factors should I use to decide when its time to euthanize my elderly cat with kidney disease?
I am stuck with a decision of life or euthanasia for my 18 year old cat.
Should I leave her be or euthanize her now?
My cat's kidneys are bad, but not shut down yet. My cat still drinks water and ...
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Should I euthanize my goldfish who has been floating for a month?
I have had my Oranda goldfish for three years now and he/she/it has been floating at the top of the tank upside down for the past month.
The tank is a 40 gallon with 2 aqua-tech 40 gallon filters. ...
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How long can we hold off euthanizing our cat?
Before you say something about being inhumane, please hear out our situation:
My cat was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma about 2 months ago. The doctors could not say how much longer she would ...
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My cat is fighting for his life with chronic calicivirus
My cat has been suffering from an ongoing calicivirus outbreak for the last 7 months. Anti-inflammatory pills don't help. He is barely surviving with cortisone which enables him to eat and maybe have ...
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Cat euthanasia. Kidneys shut down
My beautiful cat Kisses was with me for 10 years. She was probably 12ish. I found her outside when she was a young adult.
On Monday she was diagnosed with renal disease. She had thrown up 20 times ...
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Does the "cancer smell" in my dogs tumor indicate probable outcomes?
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I have a 10.5 year old dog, with a tumor that has been removed before, that just grew back. The tumor ruptured, and it smells absolutely terrible. Does the smell of the tumor imply anything ...
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Should I euthanize my fish or wait it out?
I believe my fish, a white neon tetra, has swim bladder disease.
He swims looking upward 95% of the time. I don't believe he can sleep due to this.
He's been in this state for three days now.
All of ...
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How can I tell if my cat is in pain?
Because of several symptoms (tilted head, occasional bouts of coughing and infection around her eyes), I brought my 13 year old cat to the vet and was told that sadly she has cancer, untreatable. The ...
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