How to put down a cat without an injection (preferably at home).?
There are some options open for your friend: some of the humane societies might be able to help, but I would recommend that she call her vet and explain the situation. Yes I agree that giving an injection into the heart is painful, and yes the veins CAN be difficult to hit in a cat that old and sick, but it is possible to give a general anestetic in a muscle and then, while she is asleep, give a lethal injection into the heart or liver. This is what I would do, if I were your vet. Some vets will do this in the home, but that might cost a bit more, as the travel time has to be paid in some way. Or the vet might be willing to prescribe some drug to calm the cat during the trip. Do not, I repeat: do not, *ever* give a cat human or dog medicine – except if prescribed by your vet – some innocent seeming medicines are lethal to cats – e.g. paracetamol and aspirin – but it is *not* a good way to kill a cat, they will die slowly with great suffering as the liver and kidneys stop functioning. (
