On Saturday we were going to euthanize Bubba due to the worsening of his diabetes because of acromegaly.
His blood sugar is constantly in the 500 even with two daily shots of 26 units insulin. In addition to that his chin is now evidently protruding and his front paws are getting bigger, he stopped grooming for the most part so his long hair was all knotted. I'll spare you the details on his bathroom habits.
A couple of hours before the scheduled appointment he was screaming to get out of the house, I let him out and he was very attentive and following the cars on the street, went for a survey of the property, had a mouth full of catnip and when called came promptly (very slowly). I couldn't bear the thought of putting him down while he's acting as a normal cat so we cancelled the vet appointment and bought more insulin...$$$.
Later during the day he proceeded to attempt and scratch me when I brushed him ad removed the knots from his fur, and on Sunday I caught him while settling to take a dump in my rotary tool bag, I had just a second to pull him out of there and he relieved himself on the floor...
We had to dial down the insulin so it lasts until the new batch comes in, we'll see how it goes.
Is it cruel to let him be as it is given the circumstances? He doesn't seem to be in any pain and he actually seems smarter (I wonder if acromegaly being a pituitary tumor happens to have any effect on his brain). He's just very demanding and a lot more combative (he used to be the mellowest and well behaved of cats, now not so much).
