Captain V and Paws, rulers of the world

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Almost certainly the most loved, too. He knows it.

Contender for most spoilt cat in the world. Bloody Petplan refused to pay out, so Miss Darcy has just cost the best part of 5k .

can you appeal? :(

Ouch. I know this says Allianz but this man is the UK director for petplan. Here is his email address. www.ceoemail.com/s.php?id=ceo-9325

Apparently because it's 'genetic', she's not covered . Which seems stupid, given we didn't know she had any issues! Thanks for the email address, I'll give it a go.

Sounds to me like they are trying to dodge paying out - might be good to get some advice?

If you’ve got all 12 insured you’re a good customer.

Think you’ve just answered one of the questions I was going to post in the dog section, Just.
Dd1 has acquired a dog which turns out to have epilepsy. The vet thinks it’s genetic. I was wondering if we could get insurance and if so would they cover epilepsy related vet bills. I must admit I was thinking they wouldn’t because of it being a pre existing condition, didn’t think it would be because it’s genetic.

And we had a £300 bill for taking the dog last night. That was bad enough as I’m broke. But £5k!

Papergirl - seriously? What is/was your DD thinking? Does she think? That is actually outrageous.

She wants something to look after doesn't she

I despair, *Spartacus.
She bought the dog off travellers for £60 because they said they were going to shoot her (dog not dd). She’s got nowhere to live so is sofa surfing and can’t afford to feed herself let alone dog. I took them both food a few days ago and had to pay vet bill but she’s going to have to pay me back.
The last puppy she had got run over after three weeks because of dd’s carelessness, and I bought Socks off her a few months ago because I didn’t think she was looking after her properly.

Yes, Fluffy.
We learned the other day that her baby, who has been in care since birth, is going to be adopted.

Is she engaging with anyone about her mh?. I’m assuming she’s devastated by losing the baby and it’s compounding previous trauma.

I hope the baby grows up to break this cycle. Your poor girl.

She won’t engage with anyone. She did tell me she realised she couldn’t raise baby herself, which was a rare moment of insight from her. I told the social worker that baby couldn’t go back to dd after she assaulted me a few weeks ago, but it’s still heartbreaking. I’m dreading the last contact session, when we have to say goodbye.
And dd2 is back in care after a month at home with me. I love both of them desperately but I can’t live with the physical aggression, the verbal abuse, and the damage being cause to my house - dd2 smashed a tv and a mirror in the month she was home.
Thank goodness for the cats keeping me sane!

No no one should have to live with that. Life’s very hard for your girls.

Yes, I hope they turn things around. There is lots of support available for them but they have to turn things around otherwise they’ll be dead or in prison in a few years.
Apologies for derailing the thread...

Socks is loving life with you @Papergirl1968, so that's one good to come out of this. And Matt loves her too.

I don't want to sound trite but adoption can end up ok for all concerned. Really.L-o-a-d-s of girls have had babies adopted and end up with stable families, honestly they do.

It's easy - I know I would - to see every dark foreboding. It's a very good sign DD isn't pregnant again. And an even better sign that the adoption wasn't contested, which I suspect is the case.

Call the RSPCA and ask them to help re the dog - they often run aid schemes at their local branches.

Sounds a really difficult situation Papergirl1968. Apologies if your daughter is already aware of them but there is an organisation called Pause that aims to help women who are, like Fluffycloudland77 says, in a cycle where they have/are at risk of having multiple children taken into care. I don't know if they could help but here is the link:

www.pause.org.uk/what-we-do/where-we-work/

Thanks, Nettie, I’ll have a look at that.
I told her about the RSPCA, PDSA etc, Lana, but after making inquiries she told me it would cost more than a normal vet! I’m pretty sure she got the wrong end of the stick, as she so often does...I should look into it myself but she doesn’t seem capable of doing anything herself. I suggested she find out if she’s eligible for housing benefit and it was “oh, could you do it?”
My two are adopted so I have to remind myself that my granddaughter is only just turned one and they were much older and very damaged, so the circumstances are nothing alike, and so there is every chance DGG’s would work out. Both me and Dd1 hope her foster carer might put herself forwards but we’ll have to see.

Any news, Coaster?

There’s a lost cat near me but they’ve had a couple of sightings. I keep checking fb every day to see if she’s back.

We've had 100 per cent success on reuniting our local wanderers recently. nextdoor.co.uk does the trick.

Call the RSPCA and see what they say - I know people who've used them and they were excellent.

On the upside she was bothered they threatened to shoot a dog. There is some good in there.