Yesss! I stopped vaxing my cats. One is vax free and she used to be a street cat. She's the healthiest cat despite her rough start. On the other hand, I lost fully vax cat and I spent a lot of money and treatment to detox my other one. She's now 18 years old and enjoying her retirement life vax free!
Yes, my minimally vaxxed cat (who came to me via a farm and from a vet) is almost 20. She's deaf now and finally showing signs of aging (osteopenia and sarcopenia, if I had to guess). But rural living in the mountains means that she's more likely to be picked off by an eagle than a microbial infection.
When I told my vet no more rabies vaccine she told me no more her. And not in a nice way. So far none of my dogs have foamed at the mouth except from thirst or inhaling salt water.
I haven't been to the vet for a very long time. Both cats are healthy, eat well and poop well. I just want to make my older one comfortable in her golden years and would prefer hospice when the time is getting near.
Hospice as in a place where your cat could be given palliative care? Or are you just talking you giving palliative care to your cat? A number of years ago we had a dog who got cancer. We did not opt for cancer treatment (much to the vets eternal displeasure). She lived a pretty good life until the last month or so. But she died at home, in her bed with us where she had been most all of her life. I wouldn't be anxious to have to have another dog die that way, but I can think of worse ways. We have a dog that had a death wish. She is much safer, but infinitely less happy now that she is mostly leashed. I think she was hoping for a more exciting end. We shall see. She's an old broad with a fascination with taunting snakes so...
Hospice is where I give her palliative care at home where she feels comfortable the most. Death is something we have lost touch with. As caring pet caregiver we want to help, heal, fix, and we have pushed death to a corner. It isn't in our homes the way it was 100 years ago, we treat with medicine and fix everything. Well, everything dies and changes eventually and I think our pushing it so far out of our day to day life has left us unprepared and with a false notion that it should be easy. It isn't always quick, but what it is, is a rite of passage we all face in our own way and deserve to be supported through it.
My mom's family laid their dead relatives out in the table in what they called the summer room. I'm not to anxious to be that in touch with death! But my mom died at home with me and my husband. Peacefully. Probably the only peace she has had in her life. A good way to go if you have the wherewithal to do it. Conversely, my MIL died in the hospital alone after a generous helping of Remdesivir. Not sure how to express my feelings fully on THAT way to go without being nasty. So NOT optimal.
I hope I OD on chocolate and pass out with a blissful smile on my face and am found quickly. Trust me on the quick part.
My kitties are 12, 12, and 13. I have considered not getting the rabies vaccines anymore since they 1) hate going in the carrier and 2) never go outside - but the county could legally fine me if they found out. And I don't think my vet has the time or will to alert the county about every kitty that doesn't come in.
And for these obligate carnivore, my two cats (the used to be street cat and the retired vax free cat) only eat raw fresh human grade meat, organs and bones. When they got fleas, I don't give them toxic flea treatments. I just brush them, vacuum the house and treat my yard with diatomaceous earth. In fact, it's my cats who converted me into an antivaxx. A badge of honor that I'm wearing now. They taught me how bad the vaccines were for their health. One day when I have children, no needles would ever touch them either!
It was a very easy transition for my street cat and I needed more patience with my older cat. Once they taste fresh raw food, they don't want to go back to commercial food. They have more finer palate now ЁЯШВ
Yesss! I stopped vaxing my cats. One is vax free and she used to be a street cat. She's the healthiest cat despite her rough start. On the other hand, I lost fully vax cat and I spent a lot of money and treatment to detox my other one. She's now 18 years old and enjoying her retirement life vax free!
Yes, my minimally vaxxed cat (who came to me via a farm and from a vet) is almost 20. She's deaf now and finally showing signs of aging (osteopenia and sarcopenia, if I had to guess). But rural living in the mountains means that she's more likely to be picked off by an eagle than a microbial infection.
When I told my vet no more rabies vaccine she told me no more her. And not in a nice way. So far none of my dogs have foamed at the mouth except from thirst or inhaling salt water.
I haven't been to the vet for a very long time. Both cats are healthy, eat well and poop well. I just want to make my older one comfortable in her golden years and would prefer hospice when the time is getting near.
Hospice as in a place where your cat could be given palliative care? Or are you just talking you giving palliative care to your cat? A number of years ago we had a dog who got cancer. We did not opt for cancer treatment (much to the vets eternal displeasure). She lived a pretty good life until the last month or so. But she died at home, in her bed with us where she had been most all of her life. I wouldn't be anxious to have to have another dog die that way, but I can think of worse ways. We have a dog that had a death wish. She is much safer, but infinitely less happy now that she is mostly leashed. I think she was hoping for a more exciting end. We shall see. She's an old broad with a fascination with taunting snakes so...
Hospice is where I give her palliative care at home where she feels comfortable the most. Death is something we have lost touch with. As caring pet caregiver we want to help, heal, fix, and we have pushed death to a corner. It isn't in our homes the way it was 100 years ago, we treat with medicine and fix everything. Well, everything dies and changes eventually and I think our pushing it so far out of our day to day life has left us unprepared and with a false notion that it should be easy. It isn't always quick, but what it is, is a rite of passage we all face in our own way and deserve to be supported through it.
My mom's family laid their dead relatives out in the table in what they called the summer room. I'm not to anxious to be that in touch with death! But my mom died at home with me and my husband. Peacefully. Probably the only peace she has had in her life. A good way to go if you have the wherewithal to do it. Conversely, my MIL died in the hospital alone after a generous helping of Remdesivir. Not sure how to express my feelings fully on THAT way to go without being nasty. So NOT optimal.
I hope I OD on chocolate and pass out with a blissful smile on my face and am found quickly. Trust me on the quick part.
My kitties are 12, 12, and 13. I have considered not getting the rabies vaccines anymore since they 1) hate going in the carrier and 2) never go outside - but the county could legally fine me if they found out. And I don't think my vet has the time or will to alert the county about every kitty that doesn't come in.
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And for these obligate carnivore, my two cats (the used to be street cat and the retired vax free cat) only eat raw fresh human grade meat, organs and bones. When they got fleas, I don't give them toxic flea treatments. I just brush them, vacuum the house and treat my yard with diatomaceous earth. In fact, it's my cats who converted me into an antivaxx. A badge of honor that I'm wearing now. They taught me how bad the vaccines were for their health. One day when I have children, no needles would ever touch them either!
For a moment I missed the word "grade" in that line about your cats eating "raw fresh human grade meat". That was quite a shock!
I wish my cats would eat raw. IтАЩve tried several times.
It was a very easy transition for my street cat and I needed more patience with my older cat. Once they taste fresh raw food, they don't want to go back to commercial food. They have more finer palate now ЁЯШВ