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Questions tagged [euthanasia]

Refers to the act of putting a pet "to sleep" (to death), likely due to old age and inability to function properly.

Refers to the act of putting a pet "to sleep" (to death), likely due to old age and inability to function properly due to pain, wounds or other illness. Typically performed by a veterinarian through chemical injection. Consider the appropriate species tag and .

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What's the least painful way to euthanize a fish?

My aquarium fish is sick and I don't know the least painful way of putting it down. How should I kill it so that it doesn't suffer?
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How can we make putting one of our two dogs to sleep easier on the remaining dog?

My parents have two dogs, both are quite old and ill. Chances are high that sooner or later the decision to put one of them to sleep has to be made. We want to make it as easy as possible for the other dog, so that it understands what we are doing.…
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How long can we hold off euthanizing our cat?

Before you say something about being inhumane, please hear out our situation: My cat was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma about 2 months ago. The doctors could not say how much longer she would live, either a few weeks or a few months. They…
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How do I euthanise crickets?

I have some excess feeder crickets that I no longer have a use for. What is the most humane way to get rid of them?
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What factors should I use to decide when its time to euthanize my elderly cat with kidney disease?

I am stuck with a decision of life or euthanasia for my 18 year old cat. Should I leave her be or euthanize her now? My cat's kidneys are bad, but not shut down yet. My cat still drinks water and eats food. She does not eat as much as she did…
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My cat is fighting for his life with chronic calicivirus

My cat has been suffering from an ongoing calicivirus outbreak for the last 7 months. Anti-inflammatory pills don't help. He is barely surviving with cortisone which enables him to eat and maybe have 2 better days every 10 days. The rest of the time…
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Cat euthanasia. Kidneys shut down

My beautiful cat Kisses was with me for 10 years. She was probably 12ish. I found her outside when she was a young adult. On Monday she was diagnosed with renal disease. She had thrown up 20 times the night before I took her to the vet. They ran…
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Should I euthanize my fish or wait it out?

I believe my fish, a white neon tetra, has swim bladder disease. He swims looking upward 95% of the time. I don't believe he can sleep due to this. He's been in this state for three days now. All of the other fish in my tank, which are my minnows…
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What are my options for putting my own dog to sleep?

I have a 13 year old Shepard Terrier mix. Over the last four months, her health has been deteriorating. She has pretty significant gum disease that has undoubtedly affected other organs by now. Her back hips are gone to the point that she…
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Does the "cancer smell" in my dogs tumor indicate probable outcomes?

TL;DR I have a 10.5 year old dog, with a tumor that has been removed before, that just grew back. The tumor ruptured, and it smells absolutely terrible. Does the smell of the tumor imply anything in relation to euthanizing the animal? I have a…
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How can I tell whether my dog was euthanized in a painful fashion?

Last year, I took my 17-year old dog to be euthanized. My dog was severely arthritic and incontinent, fairly deaf, but otherwise in decent health. I decided to put it to sleep because I felt the dog's quality of life was low, but it was a very tough…
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Considering euthanasia for my aging dog

Background I have a 14 year old female mixed breed dog. Her normal weight in her days of youth and fitness was 40 pounds. She is hovering around 32 or 33 pounds currently. She has had what appears to be a stroke and now suffers from an occasional…
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How can I tell if my cat is in pain?

Because of several symptoms (tilted head, occasional bouts of coughing and infection around her eyes), I brought my 13 year old cat to the vet and was told that sadly she has cancer, untreatable. The vet told me the only thing to do now was to "end…
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Most humane way to emergency euthanize an injured cat?

I really hope I will never have to do this, but today something happened which made me think about it. I was pulling a jacket out of my backpack, and my big, heavy bicycle lock came with it. It fell to the floor from about 1.5 meter height, and…
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Is this why it took 6 injections and 30 minutes to euthanize our cat?

Our cat suddenly got Feline Aortic Thromboembolism in the middle of the night and we rushed her to an emergency vet as it looked like she was in a lot of pain. At the vet she was given the heaviest painkillers. On their advice, we opted to euthanize…
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