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I rehomed a 5 year old british short hair 2.5 months ago. At that time, the owner of a very reputable cattery said the cat had some "mild" gingivitis and that insurance will take care of it. I guess her old vet is holistic and said not to worry about it. Well I just took our cat to a vet and she has severe gingivitis and periodontal disease. Our vet says she needs almost all of her teeth out. Also, it turns out insurance won't cover this because it's a pre-exisiting condition (now I'm like duh). We bought this cat with the expectation of good health and now we have to pay $2.5k (initial visit, bloodwork, xrays, extractions) across all our vet fees within 2 months. I confronted the old owner and she is absolving her self of responsibility but offered to take the cat back. These dental issues take years of neglect. 1) I am annoyed the cat is in bad health, 2) she basically transferred health costs to me with misguided information 3) That is a lot of money. Part of me wants to give her back, but the smarter part of me recognizes she will just be put back in a bad situation. What would you do?