I took in a stray cat about a year and a half ago that was hanging out in my backyard eating my birds. Since then I have really become attached to him. Great big, black long haired fella. The vet estimates him at about 5-6 years old. Speaking of the vet, I have never had an animal react the way he does when he goes to the vet. He goes absolutley crazy, like he's possessed. It literally takes 3 of them to control him. A couple of months ago I had to take him to the vet as he was developing a persitent cough. Turns out his lungs are loaded with cancer. The vet gave him a shot (The name escapes me) and said it will make him feel better/comfortable but that he only has about a month. That was 2 months ago. I never heard him cough and he was back to his old self. Well, this Monday he started weezing, and it is getting progressively worse. He stopped eating on Wednesday. Here is where I'm torn: Do I take him back to the vet where they can end his misery, knowing that the last memory of his life will be the place he fears and hates more than anything? Or do I let him ride it out at home, a place that he knows and loves, but will suffer it out until the end? Besides not eating and weezing he is still acting as lovable as he's always been.