On 6/14/2016 6:01 AM, Cheryl wrote:
I felt ready around the May 24 holiday weekend to think about getting a
new cat. I visited the local city shelter. They had SO many to choose
from! I finally put in a request for a little black DSH girl about 2
years old named Kerry, who'd been turned in as a stray fairly recently.
They wouldn't release her until their vet had given her final OK, which
couldn't happen until after the holiday weekend. By that time, she (the
cat, not the vet!) was sneezing, and diagnosed with cat flu! They said I
could pick another cat (presumably one without cat flu) or wait for
Kerry, but they didn't want me to take Kerry then because I had an old
cat at home who might get quite sick if she picked up cat flu. So last
week, when Kerry finally got her health clearance, I brought her home.
She's a real sweetie, very friendly, and hasn't fought with Cinnamon,
although they don't get very close to each other either, and there's
some hissing. I had her to a regular vet (not the shelter one) yesterday
because this vet wanted to see her before scheduling her spay. She
passed the physical, and the spay was scheduled for Friday. I was
shocked at how much the spay will be, but then I realized just how long
it was since I'd paid for one. Sam was neutered, which of course, is
cheaper than spaying, and the shelter I got Cinnamon from spayed her for
me. So the last spay I paid for must have been Betsy (RB) back in 1990
or 1991. It's now around $300-400 CDN, not including taxes and not
including additional
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Concatulations! I hope this will be "the beginning of a beautiful
friendship" (as said in "Casablanca") and a very long one.

I agree that some vets contribute to the feral problem when they charge
so much for a simple procedure. I was fortunate with my adoptions. I
paid $75.00 each for Nikki and Selina because the rescue group I adopted
them from charge that flat fee (male or female), which includes spay or
neuter, microchip, vetting and vaccinations, and care for as long as
they have the cat. That amount, of course, does not even begin to cover
the cost of that type of extensive care. I have sometimes told people
that Duffy was the best investment I ever made. I adopted him from a
shelter in a nearby town, and he was only $25.00 because he had been
previously adopted with neutering paid for by that couple.

How is Sammy? I often think of him and hope everything is going well.

MaryL