Our year old cat started looking ill on Friday night .Just sitting still with glazed eyes and overnight she vomited bile.Saturday she drunk a little cat milk and water and licked at a roast chicken breast.She managed to walk to the litter tray to wee(once) but didn't poo all day.She stayed in a hunched position and her body kept spasming
Today she has just lain on her side all day eyes open and had 2 tiny drinks of water.No wees no poos and this evening she can't even walk as one of her back legs doesn't seem able to support her weight.If she makes it through the night we'll take her to the vet tomorrow (not open weekends and there is £150 call out for home visit which I literally haven't got, having just had a huge car repair bill.)
At first we thought she had been poisoned because she loves drinking out of the shower tray and DH used a new cleaner and didn't rinse.But I'm wondering now wheter her back leg is fractured.
Anyone get any ideas
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The litter tray
very very sick cat :-(
iamapushymum · 09/12/2012 22:32
My God. I have never read such a disgusting set of posts from someone on this topic in all my life. You are so blase about your animal. "The" cat died. "It's" kidneys. No my, no he or she.^
My cat is 18 and has cost me thousands over the years. I could have had her pts once she started peeing in the lounge but you know what, a few puddles to clean up once in a while are nothing compared to the joy she has given me and I continue to pay the vet's bills even once the insurers cancelled our policy.
OP, you might not have caused the kidney failure but you certainly didn't help the poor cat
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Horrified, but sadly not surprised, by this thread 
I am a vet. I see things like this all the time. It makes me feel ill.
An animal is not a right- it is a luxury item. you don't get an animal unless you can afford to care for it. Vets fees are NOT over-the-top, they are part of owning an animal, same as tax and insurance are part of owning a car. Peple are often well-meaning when they take on animals, but just think: I you didn't take them they might just end up in a home where someone could afford to make sure they didn't suffer needlessly.
you didn't damage it's kidneys, sure, but you left it in obvious pain for 2 days it didn't need to be. And of course you've got another kitten, because, hey, animals are disposable, right?? And you want another kitten, so to hell with what you can actually offer it.
It sucks. It does.
Neutered but not vaccinated, apparently, ThePlatypus. 
Lottikins- yes, we vets study hard, take an oath to puts animal's welfare first, then set out to rip people off to the best of abilities
In the case of elderly people without means to pay, but who are willing to pay it up, we will all be pretty lenient, especially of it's a pet they have had for years. But for people who see animals as disposable... that's kind of hard to stomach.
We have to pursue debts, because it costs a lot of money to keep a practice open- lighting, heating, staff, rent, equipment, and frankly there are lots of people who think it is their right to own an animal and have the enjoyment of owning that animal but then to have us fund the cost of treatment for that animal, for their pleasure.
I see so many that "can't afford" treatmnet for their "beloved" pet. But they have their nails all done, and they are wearing far better clothes than I can afford...
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Sorry I think I have misled you a bit about the practice where I am employed
.Vets obviously do have to pursue debtors (as do all other businesses ) and of course would try to make arrangements when people reallly can't pay.
I am speaking purely from my own experience but people over a certain age were taught at their mother's knee never ever to get into debt and are often too proud or too worried to admit they can't pay and (again in my opinion) this is why we often see pets from this type of owner too late.
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