Hi There--
I hope noone takes offense to my questions, as they are not meant to be offensive. I have great respect for you reputable brreders out there!
Here goes. Last month I adopted a shynx kitten. As per agreement, all health records, reg papers, and copy of the contract would be sent with my kitten when she was flown to us.
When the kitten arrived, she had crusty brown discharge all over her eyes, she had yellowish green crust around her nose, was sneezing, wheezing, had terrible gas, and by the next day or so, soft stools. She was eating, and drinking, but not kittenish at all. All she did was poo, sleep, and eat.
On our 3rd visit to the vet, the fecal exam showed she had Giardia. Previous exam said she had a virus. So now kitten is on antibiotics for the virus, probiotics for tummy(before finding Giardia)and just finished meds for the Giardia. Unfortunatley the symptoms for Giardia are still present. Vet says he may give her Panacur(not sure of spelling)for 7 days. My kitten pretty much hates me for all the meds I have had to force on her 3x daily the last couple weeks. She runs everytime she sees me coming. My kitten has also had a problem with stepping in her poo, box can just be cleaned, she poos, and steps in it. I have done everything possible to get rid of this bug. I cleaned disinfected with bleach, Clorox Everywhere. I use plastic bags in her litterbox, clean disinfect then daily, clean disinfect her food/water dishes. I wash her paws several times a day when I know she used her litterbox etc...nothing is helping. My 9 yr old daughter is home ill today with, you guessed it, a tummy ache, nausea, and mild diarrhea. Possibly Giardia! I have no spare room to keep the kitten in until this is gone. I just feel like I cannot risk the health of my family anymore.
Is it unreasonable to expect the breeder to step up and take the kitten back since she sent her to me with this disease?
When she sent the kitten, she did not send with any vet records, copy of contract, or reg papers. After several e-mails(no answers to phone calls)and begging her to at least send the vet records to maybe help find out what is wrong with my kitten, I finally got some papers. No copy of contract was sent, and no official vet records, just a pet health record booklet(from Revival Animal Health, online catalog)that anyone can order, with the dates of vaccines checked in the boxes. I have noticed that things the breeder had told me, do not coincide with the checked dates. For instance(I have ALL correspondence via e-mail saved, and went back and checked)she e-mailed me to tell me that my kitten was spayed (no spay certificate was sent either)on March 21st, and that she was doing well, aand her husband was picking her up. In this health booklet she wrote under Medical history, that my kitten was spayed in February. Then she e-mailed me saying that my kitten had her rabies shot the day she had her health certificate done, which was March 31st, but the box is checked and dated March 19th, when she had some other vaccines. She has still not sent me her rabies certificate, and it was not written on the health cert, and airlines have no record! If she had any fecals done, they are not listed in this booklet. I know things can happen, and that everyone gets busy, but isn't 1 month too long to make someone wait for health records when the kitten is sick?? And then to send no official health records from a vet? And no copy of the contract as agreed upon?
I also understand that animals can get bugs, and it is sometimes unnoticed, but when a kitten you adopt out is found to have an illness, especially one that is hard to get rid of, and can affect humans, do you do anything to help the new family, or offer to take the kitten back? Breeder has offered to pay for the Metronidazole, but not the several trips to the vet, or antibiotics, or probiotics, or fecal exams etc...or to take the kitten back. I'm just afraid that since my daughter is sick(unknown if it is Giardia, but dr may treat her for it since she was exposed)my other children may come down with this. Plus the kitten may still have it!
I hope I don't get flamed for asking these things. I do feel bad about all of this, and for my kitten! I do have to put my family first though.
I hope noone takes offense to my questions, as they are not meant to be offensive. I have great respect for you reputable brreders out there!
Here goes. Last month I adopted a shynx kitten. As per agreement, all health records, reg papers, and copy of the contract would be sent with my kitten when she was flown to us.
When the kitten arrived, she had crusty brown discharge all over her eyes, she had yellowish green crust around her nose, was sneezing, wheezing, had terrible gas, and by the next day or so, soft stools. She was eating, and drinking, but not kittenish at all. All she did was poo, sleep, and eat.
On our 3rd visit to the vet, the fecal exam showed she had Giardia. Previous exam said she had a virus. So now kitten is on antibiotics for the virus, probiotics for tummy(before finding Giardia)and just finished meds for the Giardia. Unfortunatley the symptoms for Giardia are still present. Vet says he may give her Panacur(not sure of spelling)for 7 days. My kitten pretty much hates me for all the meds I have had to force on her 3x daily the last couple weeks. She runs everytime she sees me coming. My kitten has also had a problem with stepping in her poo, box can just be cleaned, she poos, and steps in it. I have done everything possible to get rid of this bug. I cleaned disinfected with bleach, Clorox Everywhere. I use plastic bags in her litterbox, clean disinfect then daily, clean disinfect her food/water dishes. I wash her paws several times a day when I know she used her litterbox etc...nothing is helping. My 9 yr old daughter is home ill today with, you guessed it, a tummy ache, nausea, and mild diarrhea. Possibly Giardia! I have no spare room to keep the kitten in until this is gone. I just feel like I cannot risk the health of my family anymore.
Is it unreasonable to expect the breeder to step up and take the kitten back since she sent her to me with this disease?
When she sent the kitten, she did not send with any vet records, copy of contract, or reg papers. After several e-mails(no answers to phone calls)and begging her to at least send the vet records to maybe help find out what is wrong with my kitten, I finally got some papers. No copy of contract was sent, and no official vet records, just a pet health record booklet(from Revival Animal Health, online catalog)that anyone can order, with the dates of vaccines checked in the boxes. I have noticed that things the breeder had told me, do not coincide with the checked dates. For instance(I have ALL correspondence via e-mail saved, and went back and checked)she e-mailed me to tell me that my kitten was spayed (no spay certificate was sent either)on March 21st, and that she was doing well, aand her husband was picking her up. In this health booklet she wrote under Medical history, that my kitten was spayed in February. Then she e-mailed me saying that my kitten had her rabies shot the day she had her health certificate done, which was March 31st, but the box is checked and dated March 19th, when she had some other vaccines. She has still not sent me her rabies certificate, and it was not written on the health cert, and airlines have no record! If she had any fecals done, they are not listed in this booklet. I know things can happen, and that everyone gets busy, but isn't 1 month too long to make someone wait for health records when the kitten is sick?? And then to send no official health records from a vet? And no copy of the contract as agreed upon?
I also understand that animals can get bugs, and it is sometimes unnoticed, but when a kitten you adopt out is found to have an illness, especially one that is hard to get rid of, and can affect humans, do you do anything to help the new family, or offer to take the kitten back? Breeder has offered to pay for the Metronidazole, but not the several trips to the vet, or antibiotics, or probiotics, or fecal exams etc...or to take the kitten back. I'm just afraid that since my daughter is sick(unknown if it is Giardia, but dr may treat her for it since she was exposed)my other children may come down with this. Plus the kitten may still have it!
I hope I don't get flamed for asking these things. I do feel bad about all of this, and for my kitten! I do have to put my family first though.