Our hand-me-down guinea pig isn't doing well. (No, we didn't want a guinea pig.)
We've had a lot of animals over the years, dogs, cats, horses, goats. Chickens. (The one that flew into the dog pen didn't last long.)
Most have lived to a fairly old age, and we seemed to be able to make a decision if they needed to be put down. As long as they were eating and drinking, for instance, we waited for them to go.
We've had the piggy for about a year and a half. We took him to the vet for check-up and claw trimming not long after he came to live with us. She said he was probably fairly old, and that his vision wasn't great. Now, his eyes are cloudy and have white spots in both.
This week he went about 3 days in a row hardly eating or drinking - and he's now pretty thin. Very unusual for him - he loved to eat - all day long - food and hay - lettuce, apple, watermelon, carrots, etc,
Until yesterday evening. He ate some. Drinks a bit. From a bottle a day, to now very little. Today, he acts interested in eating, may have eaten a bit, and did eat a bit this evening.
We don't know if he's suffering. When is it morally acceptable to put a pet down?
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