A young couple posted an “educational” video of a cat drowning on social media.

I have two cats (left over from my grandmother, she tinkered with them). True, I brought them to her. One is old and smart, and the second is younger and a fool - he always poops next to the litter box, but I could put up with that. He sometimes pees in the litter box, sometimes near the bathroom door. I hit and poke him constantly - nothing helps, he continues to do this. My entire hallway and corner already smelled of cat urine. What should I do, how can I get rid of it? I'll put him to sleep if I don't wring his neck first. The cats have two separate trays, I always change the filler. True, now there is no money for filler and the trays are empty - but I wash them right away.

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LalaLaima 7 (65638) 6 225 664 10 years

mine died recently.. I would give anything for him to live longer (he was old, yes.. almost my age.. but we have to help him somehow, don’t? don’t let him die.

Dimo6a (29) 6 (10678) 2 3 15 10 years

The most humane thing to do is euthanize, and another. article kst. animal abuse.

Dzhenny (28) 7 (33148) 4 74 238 10 years

You betrayed your cat...exchanged him for a new one...I would have suffered too.

alenkamoon (39) 6 (15120) 5 25 67 10 years

Wow. already an old cat. Let's get a new one.

lowness 6 (6732) 1 8 18 10 years

INDIGO-VESNA 6 (5548) 1 3 9 10 years

and I would shoot the knackers. Everyone wants to live. Whether you’re old or young.

dzigit 5 (4777) 2 4 13 10 years

There are many relatively painless methods. But this does not mean that they are bloodless or not cruel. Are you ready, for example, to cut your cat's throat?

BoBHuK (27) 5 (4172) 3 37 64 10 years

If the cat is really suffering from old age, then take him to the veterinarian and put him to sleep. Let him die in his sleep

Miss7 (31) 5 (3307) 3 61 156 10 years

dont_trust 5 (4467) 5 20 44 10 years

Maybe someone familiar with medical ob. will he break his neck?

Warning[edit]

If you are Panin, then you 100% do not have a cat, but you can do this with your dog.
If you are Panin and you brought a stray cat to your home, or bought a cat and brought it to your home, then not a single normal cat will stay with you. At a minimum, he will run away from you, my friend Panin, well, in a bad case, your face will need a plastic surgeon, and not a plastic one, because you are Panin and there is no way you can be Ulyukaev, wait, what if he is your brother? In this case, invite him to a dog party and play watch dogs2 with him.

Requirements for the shape and quality of the collar

If you need to put a high collar on your cat to protect its health, it is important to choose the right design for the size of the animal. The collar must be safe and reliable. The pet should not be able to independently remove this structure or break it with its paws. It is also important that the cat collar does not interfere with free breathing or rub the skin of the neck . Before releasing a cat with this design, you need to carefully check the edges of the product so that they do not cut you.

You can select and buy a plastic collar for rehabilitation after surgery at a pet store, but the designs do not always meet the required parameters. Therefore, often the best solution is to make a product for your cat yourself. For this, a ready-made pattern is used, which is not difficult to find on the Internet.

INTERESTING! The veterinary collar is made not only from plastic, but also from paper. For cats of gentle and calm breeds, you can use dense fabric that is folded in several layers.

Purposes of euthanasia and euthanasia

Before looking for different drugs or studying methods that could be used to put a cat to sleep at home without professional help, let's first discuss two concepts:

euthanasia is a reversible process, as a result of which the animal falls asleep not on its own, but under the influence of medications that affect the functioning of the brain;
euthanasia is an irreversible process, the deliberate and controlled deprivation of an animal’s life by successively shutting down nervous, cardiac and pulmonary activity in order to end the hopeless long painful existence of the body.

Why do you need to understand the essence of these two terms? To make it easier to understand why you need to euthanize your cat and whether it is possible to do it at home yourself. So let's get started.

It is very rare to meet a calm and obedient cat that will meekly carry out all the commands of its owner. Often, purebred mustachioed shrews behave very impudently and willfully. They show their character in all its glory when they need to be put in a carrier, taken out of the apartment or transported somewhere, especially if the purpose of the trip is to visit the veterinarian. With the most zealous representatives of the feline species, such manipulations can cause great problems for the owners, and sometimes even physical injuries in the form of scratched hands, fingers, neck and face.

In such situations, some people prefer to reduce stress for themselves and the animal by putting it to sleep with a short-term sleeping pill. It’s not difficult to do this yourself at home. It is enough to purchase a sedative based on phytocomponents (Fitex, Stop-Stress) from a veterinary pharmacy. Having received the dose required for its weight, the animal calms down and falls asleep.

In addition to herbal sedatives, there are also medications - sleeping pills for animals. With their help, veterinarians put cats into a narcotic state (anesthesia) before complex surgical operations. There is no point in providing a detailed list and dosages of these medications here, since you will not be able to euthanize a cat at home with these medications yourself. They are not freely available without a prescription and cannot be found in pharmacies.

This is where a logical question arises: how then can you alleviate the pain of an old dying animal?

How to put a blanket on a cat

Correct fixation of the postoperative bandage is carried out as follows. The animal must be calmed and caressed before being placed on its side. The first pairs of ties are designed for the withers area, where they are secured. The next two pairs (around the front legs) are tied at the beginning of the back into one common knot. Do the same with the ties in the area of the hind legs; they are tied on the opposite side into one knot.

It is better to cross the two ties on the hind legs around the cat's rump. This is also convenient if you need to regularly change gauze bandages and treat the seam with antiseptic preparations. There is no need to remove the entire blanket. It is convenient when the bandage has a zipper, buttons or Velcro instead of ties. There are blankets made by Dutch manufacturers that have a pocket inside. You can put medicine or a bandage there.

On average, wearing a postoperative bandage does not exceed 8-10 days. As soon as the wound heals, the blanket is removed. If the pet begins to actively lick the wound area, itch or bite the area, it is better to put the protective device back on. The animal should also be shown to a specialist who will check for hidden inflammation.

Euthanasia - painless care

“It is better to help quickly go away than to allow the disease to plague your beloved four-legged friend for a long time and suffer at the same time,” this is the opinion of many supporters of euthanasia of sick animals.

Carrying out humane euthanasia, which alleviates the suffering of a pet, is practiced in many veterinary clinics. When someone decides to carry out such a procedure at home without professional help, it can very easily turn into a brutal cold-blooded murder with elements of torture. The fact is that the process of painless euthanasia is very complex and consists of several stages, each of which is important and cannot be skipped either due to inexperience, much less deliberately. What are these stages?

So, when is it necessary to euthanize your pet?

When incurable diseases are detected (oncology, etc.);
In case of injuries incompatible with life;
If rabies occurs, it is a fatal infection.

And in some situations, the cat owner himself is to blame, since he turns to the veterinarian for help too late and it can no longer be cured either with medications or even with surgery. It also happens that the disease has absolutely no symptoms until a certain point (oncology is insidious in this regard). And then there is a sharp deterioration in the animal’s condition - it becomes inactive, apathetic and suffers from terrible pain. Every day the pet gets worse and worse. And if medications no longer help, the veterinarian raises the question of euthanasia. However, you should not immediately agree to euthanasia. It is recommended that you first contact one or even two more specialists in other veterinary clinics. Sometimes it happens that the veterinarian may make a mistake and make an incorrect diagnosis. If they all confirm the diagnosis and say that it is better to euthanize the animal, then the owner will have to emotionally prepare for the difficult day ahead. An experienced veterinarian will help clients in difficult times by telling them in detail about euthanizing a cat, as well as what is required from the owner.

Self-euthanasia at home

Now, knowing the whole process of humane killing, let's think about whether it is possible to euthanize a cat at home yourself. To do this, try answering the following questions:

Are you convinced that the animal really needs to be euthanized or is it just your whim?
can you get a barbiturate narcotic drug that is not sold in pharmacies, but is supplied directly to clinics licensed for euthanasia?
Do you know what dose of barbiturates only depresses the brain for a while, and what dose completely turns it off?
Do you know that without barbiturate anesthesia, your mustachioed friend will hear, see and feel all the horror of death, and when poison is injected, he will also fall into agony and die for a long time in terrible convulsions?
Are you ready to strangle, drown, poison or electrocute your four-legged friend so that he will never suffer again, but at the same time die a painful death before your eyes?

All these painful methods cannot be called humane. Rather than relieving suffering, they finish off the animal. There are no other ways to put a cat to sleep yourself.

And don’t believe those veterinarians who say that you can quickly and painlessly kill an animal with one simple injection. Yes, it is possible to kill it, but it will die in terrible agony, since such injections only paralyze the muscles, after which the pet cannot take a breath and, in full consciousness, dies from suffocation. It's the same as strangling him with your own hands at home.

Such painful injections are usually practiced either by veterinarians who do not have a drug license or by clients looking to save money and are looking for cheaper euthanasia options, since humane euthanasia is expensive. And yet, don’t skimp on your friend, let him fall asleep without suffering. As a last resort, when there are no funds at all, it is better to give the animal the opportunity to die naturally, which will bring him less suffering than cheap methods of euthanasia.

When does a high collar become necessary?

The doctor advises putting a hard and high collar on the pet’s neck after castration, sterilization and other operations . These animals have an innate habit of licking their private parts after using the toilet. If a cat touches a fresh wound with such a muzzle, it may become infected.
scratch wounds with their claws or teeth , which is also dangerous . You should not allow your pet to lick its fur and skin after it has been treated with chemicals . Such toxic and hazardous substances include various flea sprays, tick ointments, antibacterial drugs, and hormonal creams.
When lichen is treated with antifungal agents, which are applied to the inflamed areas of the skin. If the product enters the esophagus, it can cause poisoning, and a high collar will prevent such entry.
The device also saves in the case of applying a bandage to an animal's wound . The cat will try to remove the bandage or gauze bandage, thereby damaging the wound.

Plastic bottle collar

When purchasing at a veterinary pharmacy or pet store, the question arises how much an “Elizabethan” collar for a cat costs. The price may surprise you, especially for imported products from famous brands. Since the design is most often used temporarily, for a short period, it is more practical to make it from scrap materials, for example, from a plastic bottle . Additionally, you will need Velcro and ribbons.

The bottle needs to be cut so that it forms a cone.
To prevent the cat from being injured by sharp plastic, the inner edge should be covered with tape or a strip of fabric.
Where the parts of the product will be connected, ribbons are sewn for ties.

In this way it is easy to make a product from a transparent plastic bucket or flower pot.

What it is

The collar is made in the form of a cone, the brim of which serves as a barrier around the animal's head. It is also called veterinary or “Elizabethan”; such products were in fashion during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England. They came up with the idea of using similar ones for animals in the 60s of the last century, putting them around the neck and thus protecting the pet during illness.

Ready-made collars are sold in veterinary pharmacies and pet stores. The price depends on the material: plastic 100 rubles, inflatable up to 800, branded ones are more expensive. You need to choose a design in accordance with the dimensions of the pet.

Fabric collar

In order to sew a device from fabric, you should use a regular pattern; a thick edging is sewn along the edge; it will hold the structure. A soft version of a protective product may not provide complete protection ; you need to observe the behavior of your pet in such a design. If the cat tries to remove the collar or press it with its paws, a more rigid sample will be needed. The health of the pet should be the main factor.

Features of the pattern

In order to make a collar for animals, a pattern in the form of half a ring is used. It can have different height, length, width. From such a part a cap is made with a cutout for the neck, its edges are securely fastened.
When creating a pattern, you need to measure the circumference of the neck (this will be the length of the inner semicircle), the length from the neck to the tip of the nose (plus five centimeters). You can make a small reserve according to the parameters, cut out the blank, fold it, try it on and trim off the excess.

If the collar greatly blocks the cat’s view of the environment, the pet will be very nervous , which will have a bad effect on the progress of rehabilitation.