Hi Barbara. You can get something from your vets that will calm your cat for the trip. Then you’ll just need to work out how to give it to her if you can’t hide it in her food.

Hi Oscar. If the word after runny was going to be poo then that’s probably where the water is going. Therefore, some faecal testing would be helpful as well or some dietary trials.

I think I will get her blood tested

Hi Meredith. I can’t explain that either, but I always say that if anything seems unusual about your animal, trust your instincts and go to the vet for a check up just in case. You’re often right.

The same thing happened to my 19 1/2 yr old siamese cat. They offered an option to give her a drug that might help for “the weekend” or maybe “a few more months”. I chose to have her put down because she _lived a good life_ and it would only be selfish to try to keep her alive (while suffering) for my own benefit. Had your persian been 2 or 5 years old it might have been worth trying something else. I think you did the right thing. God bless you for not being selfish.

Hi Tessa. I can tell from the fact that she was anaemic that she was in stage 4 CKD. Therefore the right decision was almost certainly made. It’s always hard choosing euthanasia because there’s always a small chance they can improve with treatment, but there’s also a high risk that you just prolong the suffering.

Hi Frank. That’s a hard one, and if the faeces are normal in appearance it’s most likely to have a behavioural cause. If so, the solution will require investigation of environmental factors such as litter type, cleanliness, position, presence of other cats, other stressors, and your cat’s pain level re arthritis.