Cat pic(s)

MossRoad · Feb 7, 2024

And again, good luck for the kitty and you.

2manyrocks · Feb 7, 2024

We had a siamese mix that ate a dime and two pennies that ended up obstructing something --can't recall how far down the digestive tract it went. As I recall, the surgeon/vet charged about $1,200 and the cat lived another 8-10 years. The surgery was done about 15 years ago I'd guess.

My concern with ER vet places is they really sock it to pet owners, IMO. My daughter took her cat to an overnight ER place near Nashville because he was blocked and unable to urinate. They tried to charge her about $2,300 for treatment as I recall. I told her to bring the cat to our vet instead the next morning who charged her normal $75 office fee, and the cat was fine.

We had another cat who needed $300 surgery I think around 2009. The vet's husband was in the office. He's a bit of a cutup and told my wife the surgery would be $300 or they could replace the cat for free with another one.

Before you guys get upset, she's asleep in the rocking chair next to me right now.

Engineer42 · Feb 7, 2024

beckmurph said:
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Arlo checking out a Cat

....I see Matt, and Sam (like the old Romper Room, for those that remember)

Fuddyduddy1952 · Feb 7, 2024

Speaking of veterinarians taking advantage, curious what everyone thinks of this:
About 10 years ago my wife & I were going to Richmond for the day, I was driving.
I straddled what looked like a rag in the highway and horrified realized it was a kitten, so I pulled off the road with my flashers on.
A tractor trailer was coming with truck beside it...certain death for the kitten so I ran full speed, grabbing kitten as I went to the other side. My wife crying thinking I got hit but I was fine.
She wrapped kitten in a towel and I took the next exit. Up ahead was a veterinarian office, it was Saturday about noon and veterinarian was was closing up. We explained what happened so he unlocked door saying $100 for a check-up for the poor kitten which I paid. Vet said call Monday after he checked it out but preliminary he said it seemed fine.
Monday I called, veterinarian said kitten was in perfect health and his daughter adopted it.
We think the veterinarian should have refunded my $100. Doesn't that seem fair?

JPRambo · Feb 7, 2024

One day early last year Percy started low crawling from one room to another. And this he seamed to be growling with a sound of pain. He had never been mean to me. And I never to him. And after a couple hours my wife and I decided he needed medical help. It was 11 pm. We found a nighttime vet ER about 45 minutes away. After a lot of questions and answers the vet checking him asked more questions and decided he needed to take a few x-rays. After sedating Percy and 5 xrays the doctor showed us that he had to turn him for the third one. The second showed he had displaced his right rear hip. The third showed it had replaced itself. Maybe being sedated and gently rolled over for belly xray helped. By 3am and $1000+ lighter we went home, carefully monitored him from a few days.

Picture taken the day we found him and where we found him. June 2021

MoKelly · Feb 7, 2024

What a pretty kitty. I wish you guys only good luck.

fatjay · Feb 8, 2024

MossRoad said:
First one was $4500 for a piece of rubber she chewed off of a handle for a stick with a feather on a string. It got lodged in her small intestine.

Second one 9 month later (grrrr!) was for a piece of rubber she chewed off of a handle for a hair brush that. It got lodged in her intestine as well. That one was "only' $3500 because we told them to skip some tests as we knew exactly what it was.

Our daughter and son-in-law are involved in the vet industry. They said linear obstructions like strings, shoelaces, etc are much harder to remove because they don't know how many places the intestines have bound up VS just an object that is in one place. They can't just pull the string out. They have to open the intestines in multiple places and work it out without damaging the intestines any more.

So I don't think your 5-7 estimate is all that bad, all things considered.

Thanks for the insight.

They managed to successfully remove the sweatshirt drawstring. It went from the stomach all the way to the colon. They got it out of stomach, but had to make one incision into the intestine to remove the last piece. He's in recovery now and we should be picking him up in the morning.

In the mean while, they said no jumping and no access to other cats. So I cleaned out a storage room I've been meaning to clean out and finish. Basement to second floor of the garage, I should have taken before pictures. Made a door real quick so we can keep him contained.

MossRoad · Feb 8, 2024

fatjay said:
Thanks for the insight.

They managed to successfully remove the sweatshirt drawstring. It went from the stomach all the way to the colon. They got it out of stomach, but had to make one incision into the intestine to remove the last piece. He's in recovery now and we should be picking him up in the morning.

In the mean while, they said no jumping and no access to other cats. So I cleaned out a storage room I've been meaning to clean out and finish. Basement to second floor of the garage, I should have taken before pictures. Made a door real quick so we can keep him contained.