One was 18 years old and already losing weight and not eating for several months. It was a conscious choice of my mother to put her down.

The other shows no signs of being sick, and when my wife was sensing something was off and did take him to the vet, the vet said there was nothing wrong with him. Shortly after, he had some sort of attack and died immediately.

Perhaps it’d be wise to probe for more details such as these before throwing out such assumptions that we hadn’t.