Yes, the vet bills are piling up. He is a young cat , got him at a shelter. So far: lung infection, ear infection(s) and now chipped hip bone which they shaved off and let the ligatures and muscles will keep it together. Ruptured ear drum. But we love the little bugger!
Sounds like my mom’s previous dog, who, so far as we could determine, was allergic to dog dander. His meds alone cost $5 a day, and Mom had to custom-make all of his food, because every commercial brand (even the fancy ones) seemed to make things worse.
But he was worth it.
Our stray cat made it to 3 grand in 2 years. Its a good thing they are so cute!
My girl kitty got preggers the day I received her, which was the same day I realized that my other six-month old cat was not the girl I was told. To be fair, he was a feral kitten and wouldn’t let me get close that first week. I had been told he was a girl. She arrived in heat. Two months later, she needed a c-section because she was still so small. Very expensive rescue. But she is worth it, and was a good mom, too.
I had always considered cats to be smart animals.
Ha.
In 2013, I lost my beloved Flame Point Siamese, Zircon, and Mr VOW knew I’d only be consoled by another cat. We went to a shelter near us in AZ, and instead of a kitten, I came home with two full-grown littermates who were inseparable.
I found out they were inseparable because they fought, with much screaming and yowling, 24/7.
They were Ocicats, two males, both fixed. I figured they were the non-breedable ones because they didn’t have the standard Ocicat markings. They were also inbred to the point where each cat had apparently two brain cells. Honest to God, they were the STUPIDEST cats ever to walk the Earth!
They both had MAJOR gut problems, numerous gut infections, and bad teeth, which had to be removed immediately. I later discovered they were allergic to gluten, pork, white rice, and white potatoes.
I lost one of the boys in 2016 to a very nasty, fatal disease, Feline Infectious Peritonitis. The other one is still with me. He’s one of the most loving kitties I’ve ever had, and yes, he’s still stupid.
~VOW
Oof. I’m sorry, VOW. Feline Infectious Peritonitis got my poor Sandstone.
Major kudos to all those who take care of their pets. Sometimes the health care decisions are really hard to make.
On a positive note.
My recent rescue cat (ex feral)was just a really really mean beast when we got him. 18lbs of evil snarling badness, like a bobcat or something… We had to keep him caged and separate from the dogs for fear he would hurt them. I was afraid of dealing with him a few times.
We considering returning him, but I’m stubborn and had committed to his rescue.
Well now, 1 year later, he sleeps with my dogs and has befriended every other cat (5) other house dogs(3) and multiple people here. He appears to be a ragdoll mix, so perhaps his good nature just needed some time to come out.
We took in a dog literally from off the street - she was wandering around our subdivision for several days before we realized she wasn’t a local. So we scooped her up. She was part poodle and very very matted, and between the groomer and the vet, our free dog cost us over $700! She had a mess of tumors on her belly that had to be removed, plus we got her all her shots and had her spayed. Turns out she was pretty old, too - we only had her for about 4 years.
Our vet said Grey has such a good personality. He is doing well after surgery . Hurts me to watch him though. Now to deal with ear drops. Ca ching
One of my mom’s cats, we got as a kitten, and thought she was still too young to be spayed. But apparently her ovaries didn’t get the memo, and she ended up needing a pregnant spay, because she couldn’t have survived to carry the litter to term. She came out of it fine (and lived 22 years past that), but I think something about it confused her, because she became convinced that the cat that was four years older than her was her kitten. It actually worked out pretty well between the two of them: Baby thought that it was right and proper that she should groom and otherwise tend to Spunky, because she was her kitten, and Spunky also thought that it was right and proper for Baby to groom and otherwise tend to her, because she was the supreme high empress of all that she surveyed, and she deserved servants.
Spunky, meanwhile, wasn’t able to properly groom herself (especially scratching the back of her neck), because she was born without any bones in her back legs. And that was about the only thing she couldn’t do. She climbed trees as well as any of our other cats, and walked around on her front legs, with her butt balanced up in the air. Though she did prefer to be carried up the stairs, rather than climbing them herself.
Awwwwww!
I had a foster kitten I couldn’t bear to give back so I got her at a discount from the shelter. At one year of age she turned out to have immune hemolytic anemia necessitating lifelong treatment. She made it to about 15 and the money I spent on her would have purchased a nice car. But I don’t regret it a bit.
Surgery went well. He is now using all legs. It’s been five days! Walking up and down the stairs! What a guy!
Yeah I like to remind my daughter she’s worth at least $10K after her braces and dental implants.
Yep, that was the case here too, except for the problem giving birth. The first one in the birthing canal was not heading out, he was legs first and got stuck in her too-small chute. She was spayed at the same time as the c-section by the emergency hospital. They did fantastic work. I was less impressed with my vet who insisted that she’d be too young to be preggers, when she already was. I found a new vet.
That’s excellent news!
Pets. Jeebus.
Mr.Wrekker brought a squirrel dog puppy home.
Free.
Best street cred ever.
He’s in the hospital now under going the slow heart worm treatment. I’m sure it will be thousands $$ before it’s done.
And he’s missing the perfect puppy training time. He’ll never hunt.
My god.
Good luck @eenerms