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AIBU?

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to have refused to pay?

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Helenagrace · 12/09/2011 13:25

Yesterday I found a cat in my house. I must have left the door open while taking some shopping in. Cats give me the creeps so I asked my neighbour (a cat lover) to get the cat out of the house for me as it was in my daughter's bedroom and wouldn't come out from under the bed.

It turned out to be one of her cats. It had its front paw stuck through its collar and it seemed to be distressed. She took the cat away. I can't imagine what the cat could have injured itself on in my house.

This morning she has turned up at my door with a bill from the vet for £60 which she thinks I should pay. Apparently the cat needed a check up as it now has a shoulder injury. She thinks that I should pay because the "cat obviously couldn't have got into the house in that state so it must have had an accident in my house".

I have refused to pay. It's her cat so the vet's bill is her problem. She thinks I am being completely unreasonable and apparently intends to sue me - according to the very gossipy neighbour over the road who just happened to pop over while I was bringing the bin in because she was watching her window waiting for me to leave my house because she has a juicy titbit of gossip to impart.

So mumsnet jury AIBU?

OP posts:
Quenelle · 13/09/2011 11:28

YANBU

Why does she think the cat got its leg stuck in its collar in your house? It could have happened anywhere. And how would that be your fault anyway?

Our cat got her leg stuck in her collar but still managed to jump onto the single storey extension and up through our bedroom window with her leg still stuck.

oopslateagain · 13/09/2011 11:48

She is mental for putting her cat in a non-release collar. Mine catch birds, and wear bells on their collars as a warning. They go through one every couple of weeks. I always, always check that the collars DO release easily as I've had a couple that 'stick' and they go straight in the bin.

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