When your cat is ill and old and you are facing a decision about euthanasia, I strongly recommend you DO NOT GO TO BANFIELD. They ABUSE high cost technology and exploit the attachment and grief of the owner. They will recommend high cost technology without consideration for quality of life of the pet or resources of the owner. Presenting symptoms and history are not considered against what the pet will go through with the testing and whether the testing will add any benefit other than validating the vet's opinion. Even when the test information will add very little value to the decision making for care, they will recommend it. They will not only recommend it, they will offer no alternatives and give the pet owner no decision-making power for the treatment. My cat is 15 years old, skinny, losing weight, lethargic, and exhibiting significant loss of muscle tone. The vet believes it is cardiac disease. When asked about the progression he said it could be a rapid decline depending on when
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