When one spouse loves the cat and the other spouse just wants the cat gone and doesn't want to spend any more $ or clean up cat diarrhea, you'd be surprised re: my cat from hell
My point is, what if deworming doesn't fix it? Would that still be convenience euth?
Sure, I can agree with you that a person not wanting to at least deworm would get me a little grumpy. But where do you draw the line at convenience euth? Is it deworming once? How about twice? How about trying a hypoallergenic diet (after all, the kids LOVE to feed the cat french fries and BOY is that food $$$$)? Do you get what I'm saying? There's never a point where you can say "yes, this is the right thing" or "no, this is the wrong thing." Everyone's circumstances are different. And I think it's really important that we don't judge our clients for making the decisions they do, but help to guide them as their trusted professional. We have to be an advocate for both the animal
and the client. I can tell you that I cried more than once during finals because I needed to clean **** out of the carpet yet again.
Re: two cats...not so easy. One cat ends up getting locked up in a room for the rest of its life (or however long it takes to work it up)...is that any fair to the cat? Now I'm concerned about welfare.