Is it normal to feel this helpless?
My cat, Darkness, is 15 years old and we had him checked for diabetes because he lost so much weight.
Tests, insulin and special food put us under financially. Insulin and foods were helping and he gained back the weight he lost (he's never been fat or chubbyto begin with)
Just recently he lost all appetite and has stopped drinking water and has completely given up on his litter box. He's become very weak and struggles to keep himself up.
I'm in my third trimester of my very first pregnancy and it's been so heartbreaking watching him struggle. Hes meowing and howling like hes in pain and he's wet from peeing and laying down because he's avoiding to do so where he lies.
Financially, we can't get him to a vet and our only option is euthanasia. But my bf is out of town a lot for work and he's having to deal with all of this from so far away. He won't be back for another 2 weeks.
All I can do is try to keep calm around him and give him as much comfort as much as he'll let me. He still won't eat or drink and I've tried to do it for him.
But I feel like all this suffering could have been avoided had we talked it through before buying medication and foods. I would have had more time to cope with the inevitable. Now Im forced to cope at the same rate that he's getting worse.