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BoyCat was hurt by GirlCat last night. Phoned vet last night and now need to take him in this morning

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MissStrawberry · 25/08/2013 09:45

Does anyone have an idea of the cost of a consultation please and the antibiotics I think he will need please? We are insured but the excess if £85 so not expecting to get anything back. We will pay whatever of course but it is always good to be prepared.

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 25/08/2013 10:28

I would expect to pay 50-60 as a wild guess for a weekday but are you seeing the ooh vet
if so, well over 100

Lonecatwithkitten · 25/08/2013 10:54

Me today £64 out of hours fee consult fee £29 drugs on top of that. Between 9 and 10 am on a Sunday it is a bit cheaper.

I suspect you will need to pay the vet today and then they will fill out a claim form for you and the insurance company will pay you anything over the excess.

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MissStrawberry · 25/08/2013 12:04

We are back. £64 something all in so very reasonable. Can't claim as excess is £85. It was only £23 to see the vet and the rest was 2 injections and some antibiotics. He was very good the vet said Smile.

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MoaningMingeWhingesAgain · 25/08/2013 12:05

Not too bad then Smile Hope he is ok.

cozietoesie · 25/08/2013 12:21

Out of interest - might it happen again? (ie was it a rough and tumble accident or did your girl aggress on him?)

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MissStrawberry · 25/08/2013 15:54

We didn't see what happened, just heard it. Then they came in and seemed fine. It was only when we were putting them to bed we saw BoyCat was limping and then saw the blood. We thought she had clawed him but actually she had bitten him Shock. When we first got them they had the odd fight but we were told it was playing. This obviously wasn't but no idea what was going on.

BoyCat will be sleeping on our bed again tonight.

GirlCat will be alone in the utility room.

He can't go out for a least 2 days and the poor thing wants to play out.

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cozietoesie · 25/08/2013 16:15

If it was outside, I'm wondering if another cat was also involved. Have you seen another around at all?

Oh - and are they both neutered?

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MissStrawberry · 25/08/2013 17:48

No, it was inside and yes, both are neutered of course.

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cozietoesie · 25/08/2013 17:58

Strange - drawing blood like that after a long acquaintance. Ah well. Just keep an eye on them I suppose.

Best of luck with them.

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 14:05

My two cats seem to have fallen out recently too. Not sure why. One is Siamese, aged 4, the other a black cat, aged 1.5 years. They have got on fine until approx past week. Now the Siamese whinges/growls whenever the black cat comes near him. I'm not sure if they've been fighting. Recently the Siamese has had injuries on his ear and on his paw pad (very minor), so it's possible they've been fighting, although they do go out.

Hope yours don't fight again.

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MissStrawberry · 27/08/2013 17:39

They had a little argument today but I am hoping that is the end of it. BoyCat is so lovely there is no way I am going to allow GirlCat to make him scared in his own home. The have been through enough all ready.

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cozietoesie · 27/08/2013 18:26

looopyloou

My experience of Siamese and other cats is that it can be quite....negative if the Siamese takes against the other. Keep an eye on them.

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 18:43

Thanks cosiestoesie. We've had the black kitten since he was 9 weeks old and they were fine until a week or two ago. Can't believe he's gone off him now. Anything I can do?

cozietoesie · 27/08/2013 18:57

My deep belief is ...No. It will be what it will be.

But in the interests of trying to be positive, try to keep them separated at the moment and make sure that you have a plenitude of trays and treats around.

I'm sorry. I can't feel really upbeat about it. I have my fingers crossed for you but once a Siamese takes against another cat that tends, in my experience, to be pretty much 'it'.

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 19:26

Not sure how to keep them separate, as they both have the run of the house and like to be near me Smile I can't imagine shutting one away Sad

Any idea whether Feliway spray works?

Sorry for monopolising the thread.

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 19:31

At the moment they are using the same litter tray. I have a small spare in the garage, I might put that upstairs as a spare.

At present we shut both cats downstairs at night, as they have been disruptive in the past, running around, playing all night. I might take the Siamese upstairs with me and shut the black cat downstairs.

Tomorrow I'm taking the Siamese for his booster, I will ask the vet to check him over, make sure he's ok and nothing is causing him problems.

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MissStrawberry · 27/08/2013 20:11

loopyloou, I hope you can help your cats be friends again.

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loopyloou · 27/08/2013 21:04

Thanks MissStrawberry, I hope yours get on ok too Smile

cozietoesie · 27/08/2013 21:15

Definitely at least two trays, loopy. Seniorboy has two all to himself and uses both.

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MissStrawberry · 27/08/2013 21:24

Just had to stop BoyCat from attacking GirlCat twice. I was playing with the new laser light toy with them and I think it might have sent them mad so no more tonight. They better behave as DH is going away tomorrow so I will have 2 nights alone with the kids and the cats so it will be hard if I have to do any emergency vet trips.

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cozietoesie · 27/08/2013 21:40

Separate rooms overnight and a tray each. See how it goes first thing tomorrow morning.

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 21:44

Oh dear MissStrawberry, hope they behave from now on.

I've always had 2 or more cats and one litter tray with no problems. Dh is looking at me as if I'm crazy, suggesting a second litter tray and separating the cats for the night. I'll give it a try anyway, I'd love the Siamese to sleep on the bed, but they have been very disruptive when we've tried in the past, so dh has said no Sad

We got the kitten as a companion for the Siamese because in the past he has loved racing around with our other cat, who sadly died. They have slept in the same bed all this time, played together. I wonder what has changed. I don't want either of them to be unhappy.

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MissStrawberry · 27/08/2013 21:49

We aren't allowing them to sleep together at the moment though in the day time they mostly can do what they want.

We have 2 trays. BoyCat has been seen to wee once in the garden. GirlCat has been seen to come in to wee Hmm. Eventually we intend for them to use the garden. They don't appear to have a tray each and are happy to use both.

BoyCat slept all night in our room on Saturday night but Sunday night we had to put him out of our room and into the kitchen as he woke at 2 and was still being daft at 3.30am.

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cozietoesie · 27/08/2013 21:56

I've always had one tray + per cat with very different locations in the house. (It's a sort of roomy old place so that suits.)

Also, all my Siamese have slept in bed from the get go - indeed to be banished from bed is a punishment to them. How have they been disruptive? (They're generally quite tactful with regard to 'social moments' on the part of humans so that shouldn't signify.)

loopyloou · 27/08/2013 22:04

We've had no weeing incidents luckily.

When both are allowed to sleep upstairs they chase each other over the bed several times in the night, including over our heads. Last time they did this 4 times! What a way to be woken from deep sleep every couple of hours!

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