Four months ago I inherited a two year old cat. I’m a dog person and had no idea that I needed a cat but she’s tiny, cute and I adore her already so she’s here to stay. Recently I started looking at insurance for her but all the quotes asked whether or not she was spayed and chipped and as I had an appointment to get this done (last week) I stupidly thought I’d wait until that was done and then I could answer yes to both.
Last week I took her for her appointment and the vet expressed surprise at how tiny she was. She is really tiny, smaller than dsd’s 14 week old kittens, but I had a vet check her when she first came to us and was told she was fine. After examining her the vet said everything looked ok but with her small size and something about her lower jaw not being aligned he couldn’t rule out and underlying genetic or other condition. Therefore he had to warn me that, whilst the chances were that she would be fine, the anaesthetic would be a greater risk than normal. As she’s a house cat I decided we wouldn’t go ahead and brought her home. We have previously lost a dog under anaesthetic which may have swayed me 😢
Now I’m a bit stuck. She hasn’t been diagnosed with anything, isn’t being treated for anything but do I need to declare anything on an insurance form. It’s my own fault. I should have insured her as soon as I got her. She appears to be a very active, feisty happy little girl. She has a good appetite, she’s just tiny.
Any advice or does anyone else have a tiny cat.