Should I pay for their vet treatments

[Crazycats1991]

I sold a ragdoll kitten last Monday at 14 weeks old from my litter of kittens 3 days later her eye has swollen and become infected the new owner has taken the kitten to the vet and it turns out she has herpes virus or Chlamydia virus from contact with another cat, she said he hasn't been near another cat but none of the other kittens in the litter are unwell and neither is mum and the other cat in my household. I have however offered to pay for half the vet fees.
AIBU to only offer half the vet fees and should pay the full amount
Or
AINBU and i don't need to pay any of the vet fees
No receipt or contract was given and the kitten was in good spirits and seemed healthy and she even sent me videos of her playing and jumping about in her new home
What should I do?

Awkward. I feel you should pay up though, as the kitten was only with the new owner 3 days! JMO.

3 days, 3 years. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is that none of your cats have shown any infection. If you want to pay haalf the fees, that's fine, but don't be guilted into paying any more.

Have you looked up what the incubation period is etc? The only reason I’m asking is it will give you a better idea of when and where the kitten picked it up from. If the incubation period is longer than 3 days, the likelihood is it was in the kittens system whilst being at your home. Equally, there will be some people that say as soon as the animal is in the new owner’s care it becomes their full responsibility. I think you have to do what you think is right with this one, in your gut feeling x

YABU and you should have provided paperwork. Responsibly, you should have spayed and microchipped, updating new owner details before handover too. Did you have a transition pet insurance policy in place ?

All sound a bit cowboy tbh. How. Much did you sell the kitten for?

Yes you should pay imo. Reputable breeders usually sell with temporary insurance in place.
Infectious viruses at that age will almost definitely be acquired from mum with symptoms so soon after going to her new home, the stress of the journey could be enough for symptoms to start. Not all cats who carry these diseases display symptoms, typically some will display symptoms in times of stress. Mum must be a carrier, you probably shouldn't breed from her again.

I wouldn't be paying a penny if it were me.

A quick google gives an incubation period of 3 to 10 days. So your other cats may well show signs soon...

You should pay. Why didn’t you provide any paperwork or some sort of short-term insurance?

hopefully you had 4 week breeder insurance?

which would cover it anyhow ^

Yes you should pay up. Its highly likely it came from your cats, as everything, symptoms don't always show.

I think you ought to pay.

And yeah, maybe don't breed for finacial gain, or neuter your pets, ideally both!

Not irrelevant at all. Bit of a difference in 3 days and 3 years. What a silly comment.

In my job i see the results when pups /kittens have been purchased with no receipt , no temporary insurance , no vaccine , no chip .
Both these diseases have 3 - 10 days incubation , i think you should do the responsible thing and pay for the treatment , i bet you charged quite a lot for this kitten so you should have plans financially for when things go wrong.

The microchip comes with 4 weeks free pet insurance surely?

I should have provided paperwork I agree, I don't believe a kitten should be spayed before 6 months and the kitten is also registered with TICA and active the woman that bought her wanted to breed from her. My queen has been health tested before going to stud and this never showed up. And microchip number was also given to her for her to put her into the new owners name I never said I hadn't done any of those things, also the kittens insurance only covers injury for the first 2 weeks and not Illnrss and therefore can't be claimed on.
I sold the kitten for £500.
I actually do feel bad but family and friends are saying wait to see if she is happy with half fees before offering more.

I think you ought to not be a backyard breeder and get your cat spayed.

You can’t neuter a 13 week old kitten.

Definitely you should pay the full amount as a responsible cat breeder.
Shocking that this is your only concern and nothing mentioned about the welfare of this poor animal.

Is the kitten definitely ill? Have you seen her? Just in case they’re trying it on.

My cat is health tested, vaccinated, microchipped and insured, I show ragdolls and have done since I was young! My kittens not only see the vet once they go for a full health check at 3 weeks and then leave fully vaccinated so go to the vets twice more before leaving I keep them till 14 weeks old so the socialise more with mother and siblings to allow them to be better all round cats, I sell my kittens for a hell of a lot less than they are worth as I believe it's not to make money out of rather enhancing the breed, just because I forgot to hand over the receipt does not make me a back yard breeder and if everybody spayed their cat there would no longer be any

You should definitely pay.

I didn't think I would need to mention that I have asked how she is and begged her to keep me updated on her progress and offered any and all advice I can give her in this post as I simply wanted to know where I stand, if I pay for this vet bill if she has another flare up do I pay for that too for the rest of her life?

£500.. and no paperwork ! Shocking!

I can't believe you sold a kitten for 500 quid ( or someone paid 500 quid for a kitten), there are so many cats and kittens in rescues that need homes. Neuter your cat, they should not be money making machines! Over, rant over.

If you have already offered half the vets fees then it is the right thing to do to keep your word. You should get your cat tested too just in case and if she tests positive then you should pay all the vets bills for the poor kitten.