I have a kitty named Oreo, a fixed male only 2 years old. Most playful, energetic cat on earth. Even in his sleep he seems very alert.
Yesterday mourning I noticed he seemed drowsy and when I picked him up he wailed, which he never did before. I had to leave for a few hours and when I came home I didn't see him again until about 10 that night. That's not too unuasl since we have 4 cats and they have their favorite rooms, which he was hiding in.
I took him out from under the bed and again he wailed. He didn't want to get up and just wanted to lie around, which is very unuasl.
I took him into my room. I took out his favorite toy and he wouldn't play. I put catnip on his paws and he didn't look twice, and i became very worried. I figured out his stomache was hurthing him.
Well it didn't seem serious but I had no idea. It was late so there was only 2 24 hour animal hospitals within the area. I've heard horror stories about them and their prices, like one person took their cat in one night and unless they put a minimum deposit of $1400 that moment, the vets would let the poor kitty die of an infected uritha that night.
We were getting more concerned about Orea so we had to take him somewhere. We sure as heck couldn't afford $1400, not even half that, but we took him in the car anyway.
He was just fine yesterday.
On the way we changed our minds. We turned around and went in the very opposite direction, for a long drive to the MSPCA Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston. We've heard it's not only the best animal hospital in the country, but the world.
We eventually got there and, despite a somewhat long line, they actually examined him immediately. Aparently his urithra was blocked and if we had waited until mourning things could have been many, many times worse.
They treated him and said he'll stay overnight for a few days and didn't even mention the cost. They said since he's young he'll probably be fine after treatment.
At first they said $1400, but certainly not upfront. Then they said $890. Then they said that with their finnacial assistance program, they would cut that in HALF. There's no way any other 24 animal hospital could do that, but they could! And they didn't require ANY deposit, although we deposited enough to cover the examination fee.
I can only say I'm very, very glad we took him there. I thought maybe we were wasting our time and it was going to be something stupid, and we put a lot of effort into getting him there. I thought it would have been way too much money.
But that hospital really and truely is great and I'm very, very glad I followed my instincts!
-Sarah of Borg
Yesterday mourning I noticed he seemed drowsy and when I picked him up he wailed, which he never did before. I had to leave for a few hours and when I came home I didn't see him again until about 10 that night. That's not too unuasl since we have 4 cats and they have their favorite rooms, which he was hiding in.
I took him out from under the bed and again he wailed. He didn't want to get up and just wanted to lie around, which is very unuasl.
I took him into my room. I took out his favorite toy and he wouldn't play. I put catnip on his paws and he didn't look twice, and i became very worried. I figured out his stomache was hurthing him.
Well it didn't seem serious but I had no idea. It was late so there was only 2 24 hour animal hospitals within the area. I've heard horror stories about them and their prices, like one person took their cat in one night and unless they put a minimum deposit of $1400 that moment, the vets would let the poor kitty die of an infected uritha that night.
We were getting more concerned about Orea so we had to take him somewhere. We sure as heck couldn't afford $1400, not even half that, but we took him in the car anyway.
He was just fine yesterday.
On the way we changed our minds. We turned around and went in the very opposite direction, for a long drive to the MSPCA Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston. We've heard it's not only the best animal hospital in the country, but the world.
We eventually got there and, despite a somewhat long line, they actually examined him immediately. Aparently his urithra was blocked and if we had waited until mourning things could have been many, many times worse.
They treated him and said he'll stay overnight for a few days and didn't even mention the cost. They said since he's young he'll probably be fine after treatment.
At first they said $1400, but certainly not upfront. Then they said $890. Then they said that with their finnacial assistance program, they would cut that in HALF. There's no way any other 24 animal hospital could do that, but they could! And they didn't require ANY deposit, although we deposited enough to cover the examination fee.
I can only say I'm very, very glad we took him there. I thought maybe we were wasting our time and it was going to be something stupid, and we put a lot of effort into getting him there. I thought it would have been way too much money.
But that hospital really and truely is great and I'm very, very glad I followed my instincts!
-Sarah of Borg
