How can I put my cat to sleep?

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Need help on putting my cat to sleep - literally.
She is about 18 years old - can't hear and is getting a little weaker every day. When the time comes, I will take her to the vet - but only if I can put her to sleep first. She hates the vet and I don't want to traumetizer (sp?) taking her to the vet. If I can put her to sleep first, then carry her to the vet - that just seems more humane. Any suggestions on how to put a cat to sleep?
thanks
Nellie

― G Nell (Nellie), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

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― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

i dont know but the vet should allow you to hold your cat as she is put to sleep. we did this with ours, and then brought him back and buried him in the garden to give nutrients to the soil and plants

im not saying i dont trust vets to do what they're supposed to, but i found this to be the best way of both assuaging fears, allowing him to sort of still be with us, and giving something back to the earth

― Storefront Church (688), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

;_;

We're going to have to do this soon. Our vet will come out to our flat to do it, maybe you can find a vet who will do that, then you don't need to traumatise your cat or try and get it to go to sleep?

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.fsea.org/images/Project%20Pictures/catapult.jpg

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Oh! This is sad. I'm sorry to hear this! I'd call your vet and see what they suggest. We used to give our schnauzer Benadryl (as per the vet) when he needed to be sedated. I'm not sure if it's the same with cats, but your vet could probably recommend something.

― molly mummenschanz (mollyd), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.gadgethub.co.uk/upload/Products/Fullsize/juicer-lrg.jpg

― The I-Don't-Think-You're-Supposed-To-Euthanize-Yr-Pets-Yrself Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Can't you just give her some camomile tea?!

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

There's probably some pill you can buy. Don't they have some kind of petmed that people use when they travel with a pet?

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

I had to put my cat to sleep & we found a vet who did house calls. It was really more ideal as she also hated the vets office.

― Sweet Tater (kelstarry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

um, I think this thread is a put on? dan perry OTM?

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

Why would you take her to the vet after you have put her to sleep?

― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

I just dumped mine down by the docks.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Reading comprehension, anyone?

The poster wants to bring her pet to the vet for euthenasia while it is sleeping so as not to upset the cat. That is what LITERALLY put to sleep means. Not FIGURATIVELY put to sleep, ie: dead.

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

GET ONE READING COMPREHENSION.

(S)he wants to make her cat Go To Sleep so it's not traumatised when she takes it to the vet!

lol xpost

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

Use feliway. It doesn't make the cat go asleep, but it does calm it.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

If yr. vet's a half-decent human being (no safe bet), they'll prescribe/give you a tranquilizer of some sort. If not, get a new vet.

― Adam Beales (Pye Poudre), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Ha! Egg on my face for reacting before I read the question. "Put to sleep" is a very entrenched idiom.

― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://effects.gigcities.com/xanax.gif

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

"make unconscious"

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

LOL at people barking "reading comprehension" about a post intentionally written to invoke controversy re: the idiomatic usage of the phrase "put to sleep".

I still vote for the juicer.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

Poor cat. maybe it does not need to be figuratively put to sleep? It will just fade away in its own time.

― The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

We tried to sedate our cats prior to moving (5 hours in a car). The sedatives made them more anxious, but slowed their reaction times and affected their depth perception. They ended up pacing slowly around the house, trying to jump up on things and failing, crying mournfully the whole time. ymmv, but be aware the meds may not work as you'd hope.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

OMG

That is horrible.

But kind of hilarious.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/190/00/5/1/116.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

We didn't even think about trying to calm our cats during the last move, so we had four days of nonstop yowling.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah cats react in different ways - we had to change our cat's anti-nausea medication because it made him really hyperactive and shakey. He seems to be OK on the new one but it costs £££.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

I would find a vet who will make a house call. this is fairly common and although it cost a bit more euthansia is fairly inexpensive.

― Ms Misery (MissMiseryTX), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

YOU GUYS!!!! THIS IS BOTH SAD AND TERRIBY FUNNY!
I love my cat and I know she hates the vet. As those of you who read my post correctly stated: I just want my kitty to fall asleep, and then I can take him to the vet. I'm not even crazy about a vet coming to the house because she pretty much hates strangers. I am trying to think of a way where my last view of her isn't one of her yelling, screatching, and clawing her way before she "killed". I guess it's for both of us - not just her. Hope this clears things up.
And reacting to meds differently - good point. Loved the pic of the Xanax - will it work? And what's that picture from Android Cat?
I don't want to relax my cat, I want her to be asleep before anything happens - sorry, but that's what I want. So, with that said, any more suggestions.... ps: thanks!
Nellie

― G Nell (Nellie), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

(haha one was a "cat"apult, the other was a juicer)
(I am sorry about yr cat)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

My vet makes house calls for euthanasia. Any vet worth his/her salt does that.
And the pre-euthanasia knockout should be easy. I recommended the old car-running-in-the-garage thing to my mechanic, but that would only work withdogs who love being in the car. How about car exhaust through garden hose into a small sealed-off room of your house, where your kitty is dining on live sardines?

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

Just kidding. Push for narcotics.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

PLAY IT "TALES OF TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS" I thangyew.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

Sing Phil Collins' "Do You Remember?" softly.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I've talked to the vet and she will come to the house and administer something - not sure what - to the cat. Of course, I'm still checking my options out and my ex- (as in husband) suggested, with much seriousness, that I could buy a can of starter fluid for the big diesel trucks - it's mostly ether and it's what doctors used in the old days - (Now I'm thinking - and I'm glad I divorced him...). He has thought about my kitty problem for days and has put two messages on my phone describing how well this could work if I give my kitty a little food, confine him in a little space, and just spray a few shots and watch her get relaxed...

Now really, surely they don't sell that in the stores, do they???
Nellie

― G Nell (Nellie), Friday, 26 January 2007 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

Sure they do, especially where it gets cold in the winter. It's not just for diesels.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 26 January 2007 01:53 (eighteen years ago)

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