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I respect that you have this opinion, but mine differs greatly from yours.
I have rehabilitated enough creatures of all sorts to know that they let you know when they are suffering too much to enjoy their life. There is no question in my mind when an animal should be put out of it's misery. I have had to do it before, and I will have to do it again.
But, I think there are people who are far too quick to euthanize because it bothers them to see an animal going through a rough time in their lfe. It bothers me too, BUT in my opinion it is ridiculously unfair to the creature to kill it before it has a chance to improve and live a quality life. Most things in life are not fair, but when it is up to my jurisdiction, I provide them an opportunity to get through a hard time and then begin to enjoy their life. If the animal improves to the point where it enjoys it's life, it sure isn't going to remember how awful things were previously. They don't think the way we do about these things. In my opinion, 10 years or so of happy life is worth several weeks of hardship...which seems to be what she is facing.
**UPDATE**
Primrose seems to be improving by the day. That skin that was apparrently covering her nostrils has dried and peeled off, and she can breathe normally now!! She is also more playful and loves to run around on the carpet, and then climb up onto me to snuggle and warm up. She is getting naughty and sometimes tries to run off farther then I allow her to when I'm not looking.
She talks to me a lot, and she eats a TON of her food with brewer's yeast on it. Her legs are strengthening and she is not falling down constantly. She stood up, bent over, and preened her own belly yesterday without getting too tipsy!! She really seems to be feeling better by the day.
