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| I can’t find a good veterinarian who specializes in cats. |
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| I don’t trust veterinarians’ recommendations. |
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| Cats don’t need professional veterinary care. |
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| The Petsmart by my house has a free walk in clinic no office call fee, adn they're rates are very reasonable. When i had Gabe neutered I also had him chipped at the same time, and when i found out how little it cost to get him chipped I got my Pea chipped too, since she likes to sneak out. But except for tapeworms, and the $500 hairball Loki had last winter, they don't go to the vet. Loki needs to go to the vet because his paws are always cracked and bleeding (I suspect he had gotten frostbite before he was brought into the house) I just haven't taken him yet. Before anyone asks about a $500 hairball, Loki was trying to move a hairball but was having trouble, he got himself so dehydrated throwing up to try and move it we took him to the they gave him IV fluids, and IV antibiotics, and sure enough he successfully moved it at 3 A.M. we took him back to the vet for more fluids and antibiotics the next day. Between the xrays, blood tests, fluids the office visit the bill came to about $500. I don't take him to that vet anymore since we kept telling them it was a hairball he couldn't move and they kept saying " it can't be cats can move hairballs on their own." Who knows this animal better me or them?
My cats own my house they just permit me to live there. Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold."
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| does an indoor cat really need all those shots? I had a 17 yr old cat whom i needed to board(didn't want him to be alone at that age) he had to get a bunch of shots-i know he was old,but seems as though he went downhill fast after that--i miss him
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| I take my cats to the vet once a year to get a physical and their boosters. I also get their stool checked for worms. My cats don't go outside and they don't eat people food. They do love to smell everything that I put in my mouth though. When I put my food on my plate I go to each of my cats to smell before I start eating it. My vet bill is around $125 for the 2 cats to get their boosters and get their ears checked and to make sure they don't have fleas.
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i agree. and i hate the idea of declawing cats
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I agree, I ONLY take my pets to the vet when it's absolutely necessary! It is far too expensive & they do charge insane amounts of money for simple little things....as a matter of fact, It is my personal belief that more people would own pets, fewer pets would be homeless, more people would get their pets spayed/neutered, & there would be alot less overpopulating & animals being put to sleep, IF they'd make it to where NORMAL people could own pets, & not just Millionaires!!!! They NEED to make it easier to find discount spay/neuter clinics & they NEED to make more of them, it took me an entire day & night of nonstop searching to find any solid decent information on any of the discount spay/neuter clinics in my area! They don't freely give out this info because if they did then the vets wouldn't be able to those ridiculous prices for the procedures! They also NEED to make more affordable & available housing for people with pets, because where I live, if you rent your home & don't own it, & you have multiple pets, then you had better have one REALLY REALLY good paying job, or ALOT of roommates!
Sorry, I don't mean to be ranting. It just infuriates me that they make it so impossible for people to care for their pets, then they try to guilt-trip goodhearted people into taking in more pets, & then treat us like we're horrible people for not being filthy rich & being able to afford to give our pets the care they deserve.
As far as the shots go, I had my first cat Oliver vaccinated for leukemia because they said it was so important, & shortly after that he contracted leukemia anyway & died. So I'm not a big fan of all the shots either, & they do alot of times seem to make the pets sicker.......but all this is just my own personal opinion.
VISIT MY KITTIES' PROFILES!
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| I would like to take Bart to the vet dut my mom want let me.It will cost me 35 for the vist and 60 for the shots the vet I realy liked past away he was good with my kitten.Bart is an outside cat he rarly comes in to the house.
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| Our cats don't usually show any signs of illness. Except worms. We have worm issues for some reason. Occasionally I'll get concerned about Cheshire's behavior and plead with mom to take him to the vet, but the worst thing they've found with him so far is bad teeth. And since he's old, that's not a huge surprise. We've just decided he's crazy and don't worry unless it alters dramatically. Another issue is money. Or course, if mom would stop spending it all on shoes and house redecoration, we'd have more.
"To err is human. To purr is feline."
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| Cost and misdiagnoses are BIG issues for us. We lost 4 cats in 18 mos because tests were inaccurate, to much time spent on irrelevant issues, lack of information to make an informed decision, wrong meds prescribed to diabetic cat.
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You forgot the option:
It's too bleeping expensive.
That's the main reason a lot of cats around here don't go. The owners cat afford it. With outside cats especially, sometimes the only time the cat will ever see the vet is to be fixed.
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