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wrote in message oups.com... cybercat wrote: wrote Rather than attacking people, why not encourage them? If you believe she is refusing to go to the vet, then give her some strong reasons why she really needs to go now. If the person mentioned financial problems, then give suggestions (sell stuff, etc) and remind them why this is so important. Meghan, I really appreciate your view. I just disagree with you. My reaction to someone who allows their cat to suffer until she is wasted then comes and whines about it in a newsgroup before it occurs to her to take the cat to the vet is the reaction this moron got. That will likely *always* be my reaction. I just don't see that changing. Then call her parents and yell at them. How do you know that this girl lives at home with her cat? How do you know that she watched her cat waste away? Does she even have a job? I'm sorry, but the parents have not stepped up and help. When my Maynard had an abcess, I needed to pay $243 that day. That was a full week's paycheck then. My parents loaned me the money. She is an adult. A young adult, but an adult. I was her age once and I did not look for excuses not to care for those I loved when they needed me. Her parents may have taught her by example how to be the way she is, but that's neither here nor there. She knew damned well the cat needed a vet, not Usenet advice. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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wrote in message oups.com... cybercat wrote: You're entitled to your opinion. But when a decent human being is "wigging out" over their beloved sick cat, the first place they go is to the VET. You find a way. I found a way, and so could this idiot. As long as she stuck around and flamed those who called her on her idiocy, she was here for attention. Poor little whoever, worried about her cat. Ugh. The cat had been sick for days and was skin and bones. Not every place has a vet open on Saturday and Sunday. The first post appears to be on a Saturday. There are after-hours vets in most places. I have no respect for your efforts to try to justify this idiot's neglect of her animal, and her self-righteous whining after it was pointed out. Everybody needs more money that they have at some point in time. When it comes to a creature who is dependent on us, we should just take care of it, not work hard for excuses why we can't. She spent more time and effort whining about how none of it is her fault than she had trying to get the cat the care she needed. Just like you are expending an awful lot of effort here, when I would hope you have better things to direct your effort to. Life is short. Probably really short for this idiot's cat. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:14:38 GMT, "mittensowner" u28710@uwe wrote:
Please let us know how your cat fared at the vet. Just ignore the unhelpful posters. There are a lot of people on this newsgroup who can help you with whatever condition your kitty has, and several of us who want to know how he is doing. -- Lynne "Every once in a while, the tables are turned and we get to share our lives with an animal who takes care of their human." - Tara, rpdb |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
"Lynne" wrote in message m... on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:14:38 GMT, "mittensowner" u28710@uwe wrote: Please let us know how your cat fared at the vet. Just ignore the unhelpful posters. There are a lot of people on this newsgroup who can help you with whatever condition your kitty has, and several of us who want to know how he is doing. I would be willing to bet the cat is still at home and still in the same shape, and that she will not be going to the vet today. But I hope you are right. |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:11:52 GMT, "cybercat"
wrote: I would be willing to bet the cat is still at home and still in the same shape, and that she will not be going to the vet today. But I hope you are right. She said she was going yesterday, and given how upset she was, I would be willing to bet that she did. Unfortunately now she probably won't be coming back here for help on how to care for him. She's a kid, and she's probably had this cat since she was a little girl. She came home from school, probably on Saturday, to find her cat in horrible shape. She posted here for advice, and you jumped on her case and wouldn't back down. I just don't see any point at all to running someone off the newsgroup who so obviously needed guidance. Shame on you. -- Lynne "Every once in a while, the tables are turned and we get to share our lives with an animal who takes care of their human." - Tara, rpdb |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
"Lynne" wrote in message m... on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:11:52 GMT, "cybercat" wrote: I would be willing to bet the cat is still at home and still in the same shape, and that she will not be going to the vet today. But I hope you are right. She said she was going yesterday, and given how upset she was, I would be willing to bet that she did. Unfortunately now she probably won't be coming back here for help on how to care for him. She's a kid, and she's probably had this cat since she was a little girl. She came home from school, probably on Saturday, to find her cat in horrible shape. She posted here for advice, and you jumped on her case and wouldn't back down. I just don't see any point at all to running someone off the newsgroup who so obviously needed guidance. Shame on you. -- And yet, I do not feel ashamed. I just feel sorry for the cat. |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
clearly your intentions are good that you're asking for help so I'll only
moralize a little - don't take on responsibilities you're not prepared to see through for better or worse. You were the one that chose to have a cat. ok that aside- here's an idea - I do think borrowing money might be the only option. Ask a friend or parents if they can afford it or whomever. You may need to get a second job but college is an easier time to do that than working a full time job. I do realize that students don't have much money. I had a cat that was very ill my last year and half of grad school. I was BROKE. But I had to figure something out. I didn't get a haircut ofr 6 months, I got a roommate after living alone, and I went out a lot less with my friends to the bar. Did it suck - yes. But watching an animal suffering is FAR WORSE. ok assuming you can scrounge together some cash - I also suspect renal failure. You'll probably need to get an IV to take home for your cat. It looks bad at first but it's not that hard to hook it up to your cat after a couple tries. You'll also need to put your cat on a special diet - the food is about $20-25 a month. Then you will probably have to give him/her a pill everyday and perhaps this liquid called derm caps. your cat's thirst may also be related to a thyroid condition. 11 years old isn't actually that early - many cats start to deteriorate at that age. If you don't think you'll be able to keep this regime up you have some difficult decisions ahead of you - I suspect that the cat is only going to get more expensive instead of less. That said, you may need to come up with an alernate solution. It's hard to get people to take on a sick cat, but maybe your parents would be willing to take the cat? I don't envy you at all and further wish you the best of luck. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200611/1 |
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cat very very sick, HELP!
cybercat wrote: wrote Rather than attacking people, why not encourage them? If you believe she is refusing to go to the vet, then give her some strong reasons why she really needs to go now. If the person mentioned financial problems, then give suggestions (sell stuff, etc) and remind them why this is so important. Meghan, I really appreciate your view. I just disagree with you. My reaction to someone who allows their cat to suffer until she is wasted then comes and whines about it in a newsgroup before it occurs to her to take the cat to the vet is the reaction this moron got. That will likely *always* be my reaction. I just don't see that changing. Thats reely relly stupid. Peple who dont care wont come here. Theyll let the cat dioe and get a new one. This is a college kid yr talking abt. The familys obviously not rich. Mebbe they dont think tyhey can afford a vet and the OPs gotta convince them. If you want to flame bcoz you gotta flame go for it. But theres no juswtiofcation. driving off the OP dont help the cat any either. Good advice might. Good luck to the OP. |
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cybercat wrote: She is an adult. A young adult, but an adult. I was her age once and I did not look for excuses not to care for those I loved when they needed me. Her parents may have taught her by example how to be the way she is, but that's neither here nor there. She knew damned well the cat needed a vet, not Usenet advice. If she is livingin a dorm and hasn't seen her cat for a few weeks, then came home on a friday night (after the vet is closed), what is she supposed to do while waiting for Monday? Not every town has a weekend or 24 hour vet. When I was in college, I came home from school to find that my dog had suffered a stroke. I did not drive, and I was pretty much broke. My parents had been out of town and would be home in a few hours. Was I a horrible person for waiting those few hours? Honestly, if a parent gets a pet for a child, the parents should still be at least partially responsible for the pet for the rest of its life, even if the child had become an adult. A college student is almost always poor. And if she left the cat in their care, they were expected to keep an eye on the cat and take it to the vet if needed. |
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