Strange story...opinions please

This is *extremely* strange. You're absolutely sure this is one & the same
cat, right? Via microchip, her markings, etc., etc. I take it you were not
present when she was euthanized & did not see her body post euthanasia?

Too, too weird.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

"AJ" wrote in message
om...
Hello everyone, I am posting this here because I am totally stunned,
and distraught and in need of some input from fellow animal(cat)
lovers.
I brought my 6 year old tabby in to the vet on December 17th because
she was not eating and vomitting up bile, and was basically lethargic.
after about 5 days at the vets office he told me she was a very sick
cat and her blood work as well as US revealed kidney and liver
problems. He stated that she was not reponding to antibiotics, or IV
fluids, and wanted to continue with more tests.
At this point my husband and I decided to have her put to sleep. Our
bill was already escalating, and there was no improvement. Let me just
stress that this was an EXTREMELY difficult decision to make. Our four
kids were also extremely attached to her, most of all our six year old
daughter.
It has been five weeks now and my daughter is still crying over her
death.
Anyway we adopted our kitty from the humane society at 10 weeks, where
she was microchiped before leaving. Well yesterday I received a call
from the humane society saying that they had my cat there! I explained
the situation, and she asked me to describe our cat. After describing
her I was asked to come in right away.
When I arrived I was shocked at what I saw, it was my cat Abby!
Supposedly some woman dumped her off along with two other cats. The
woman claimed she had been given to her by a friend. Her belly was
shaved and her leg. The woman said that the cat was vomitting so she
brought her to the vet, where all testes came back negative. I have
been an emotional wreck for the past 24 hours. I mean we have all been
grieving her passing. We even set up a memorial with a picture I had
taken of Abby and lit candles around it daily.
Anyway I went in today and brought her home, the hardest part was
trying to explain to our kids that she was not actually dead, that the
vet lied!
What do you all think of this? I am stunned. I tried calling the vet
but his answering service refuses to call him, they say this is not an
emergency.
I cant for the life of me figure this one out.
What do you all think?

AJ

"AJ" wrote in message
om...
Hello everyone, I am posting this here because I am totally stunned,
and distraught and in need of some input from fellow animal(cat)
lovers.
I brought my 6 year old tabby in to the vet on December 17th because
she was not eating and vomitting up bile, and was basically lethargic.
after about 5 days at the vets office he told me she was a very sick
cat and her blood work as well as US revealed kidney and liver
problems. He stated that she was not reponding to antibiotics, or IV
fluids, and wanted to continue with more tests.
At this point my husband and I decided to have her put to sleep. Our
bill was already escalating, and there was no improvement. Let me just
stress that this was an EXTREMELY difficult decision to make. Our four
kids were also extremely attached to her, most of all our six year old
daughter.
It has been five weeks now and my daughter is still crying over her
death.
Anyway we adopted our kitty from the humane society at 10 weeks, where
she was microchiped before leaving. Well yesterday I received a call
from the humane society saying that they had my cat there! I explained
the situation, and she asked me to describe our cat. After describing
her I was asked to come in right away.
When I arrived I was shocked at what I saw, it was my cat Abby!
Supposedly some woman dumped her off along with two other cats. The
woman claimed she had been given to her by a friend. Her belly was
shaved and her leg. The woman said that the cat was vomitting so she
brought her to the vet, where all testes came back negative. I have
been an emotional wreck for the past 24 hours. I mean we have all been
grieving her passing. We even set up a memorial with a picture I had
taken of Abby and lit candles around it daily.
Anyway I went in today and brought her home, the hardest part was
trying to explain to our kids that she was not actually dead, that the
vet lied!
What do you all think of this? I am stunned. I tried calling the vet
but his answering service refuses to call him, they say this is not an
emergency.
I cant for the life of me figure this one out.
What do you all think?

Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact it's
Abby.

"AJ" wrote in message
om...
Hello everyone, I am posting this here because I am totally stunned,
and distraught and in need of some input from fellow animal(cat)
lovers.
I brought my 6 year old tabby in to the vet on December 17th because
she was not eating and vomitting up bile, and was basically lethargic.
after about 5 days at the vets office he told me she was a very sick
cat and her blood work as well as US revealed kidney and liver
problems. He stated that she was not reponding to antibiotics, or IV
fluids, and wanted to continue with more tests.
At this point my husband and I decided to have her put to sleep. Our
bill was already escalating, and there was no improvement. Let me just
stress that this was an EXTREMELY difficult decision to make. Our four
kids were also extremely attached to her, most of all our six year old
daughter.
It has been five weeks now and my daughter is still crying over her
death.
Anyway we adopted our kitty from the humane society at 10 weeks, where
she was microchiped before leaving. Well yesterday I received a call
from the humane society saying that they had my cat there! I explained
the situation, and she asked me to describe our cat. After describing
her I was asked to come in right away.
When I arrived I was shocked at what I saw, it was my cat Abby!
Supposedly some woman dumped her off along with two other cats. The
woman claimed she had been given to her by a friend. Her belly was
shaved and her leg. The woman said that the cat was vomitting so she
brought her to the vet, where all testes came back negative. I have
been an emotional wreck for the past 24 hours. I mean we have all been
grieving her passing. We even set up a memorial with a picture I had
taken of Abby and lit candles around it daily.
Anyway I went in today and brought her home, the hardest part was
trying to explain to our kids that she was not actually dead, that the
vet lied!
What do you all think of this? I am stunned. I tried calling the vet
but his answering service refuses to call him, they say this is not an
emergency.
I cant for the life of me figure this one out.
What do you all think?

Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact it's
Abby.

"Knack" wrote in message
link.net...
Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone
thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did
the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

Good point. I've had two cats euthanized & the vet does ask if you'd prefer
to have the pet back for burial, if you'd prefer cremation - & if so, would
you like the ashes back, or if you want the office to deal w/ the whole
thing.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact
it's
Abby.

"Knack" wrote in message
link.net...
Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone
thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did
the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

Good point. I've had two cats euthanized & the vet does ask if you'd prefer
to have the pet back for burial, if you'd prefer cremation - & if so, would
you like the ashes back, or if you want the office to deal w/ the whole
thing.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact
it's
Abby.

"Knack" wrote in message
link.net...


Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone
thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did
the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact
it's
Abby.


I've had the misfortune of having a cat euthanized, and also having a cat
die while being treated at the vet's. When I had Dash PTS, we were there
with her and she passed away while we gave her a few last chin rubs and
pettings. I guess you (OP) weren't there when Abby was PTS. What about the
remains? Did you pick up a body or ashes? Again with Dash, we chose to
have her cremated, and there was an ID sticker on the bottom of the
container with our name, her name, etc, and I had to sign a log when I
picked up the remains. When Argyle died after a surgery, we went to pick up
his body, and honestly I don't remember if we had to sign anything. This
was about 15 years ago. I never looked (the body was wrapped in a sheet) to
make sure it was him.
This smells of a hoax to me, but if it isn't, I apologize. I guess it is
possible that these things could happen. If this is real, I would call the
vet and get to the bottom of it. The animal hospital our shelter works with
will sometimes save a cat or dog with a treatable problem that the owner
wants to PTS, but they always get a release from the owner, so they know
what's going on.



--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
Check out www.snittens.com

"Knack" wrote in message
link.net...


Some very weird stories appearing in this newsgroup lately. This one is
baffling. It will unfold tomorrow when your vet's office will be open for
business.

I've never had a pet euthanized, but everyone that I know who has gone
thru
with it has told me that the vet had returned to them the dead pet. Did
the
vet ever ask you if you wanted the carcass?

I'm glad that you've got Abby back, and in improved health, if in fact
it's
Abby.


I've had the misfortune of having a cat euthanized, and also having a cat
die while being treated at the vet's. When I had Dash PTS, we were there
with her and she passed away while we gave her a few last chin rubs and
pettings. I guess you (OP) weren't there when Abby was PTS. What about the
remains? Did you pick up a body or ashes? Again with Dash, we chose to
have her cremated, and there was an ID sticker on the bottom of the
container with our name, her name, etc, and I had to sign a log when I
picked up the remains. When Argyle died after a surgery, we went to pick up
his body, and honestly I don't remember if we had to sign anything. This
was about 15 years ago. I never looked (the body was wrapped in a sheet) to
make sure it was him.
This smells of a hoax to me, but if it isn't, I apologize. I guess it is
possible that these things could happen. If this is real, I would call the
vet and get to the bottom of it. The animal hospital our shelter works with
will sometimes save a cat or dog with a treatable problem that the owner
wants to PTS, but they always get a release from the owner, so they know
what's going on.



--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
Check out www.snittens.com

From: itter (MacCandace)

Maybe someone in his office didn't feel she should be
euthanized and kidnapped her but then gave her to someone else. This is just
conjecture, of course.


The only time I've ever heard of a vet not euthanizing a cat when the owner
requested it is when the cat clearly shouldn't be euthanized, and the vet
didn't want to euthanize a healthy cat. But you say your cat was very ill, so
it really makes no sense.

Lauren
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From: itter (MacCandace)

Maybe someone in his office didn't feel she should be
euthanized and kidnapped her but then gave her to someone else. This is just
conjecture, of course.


The only time I've ever heard of a vet not euthanizing a cat when the owner
requested it is when the cat clearly shouldn't be euthanized, and the vet
didn't want to euthanize a healthy cat. But you say your cat was very ill, so
it really makes no sense.

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

What do you all think?

I do know that sometimes when people tell their vet to euthanize a healthy or
slightly ill animal, they just say they euthanized him and rehome him. Most
ethical vets refuse to euthanize healthy animals. Sometimes if an animal say
needs $2,000 in veterinary care and the owner tells the vet to euthanize
instead, the vet may treat the animal on his own account and rehome him. Maybe
your vet did continue treatment then gave him to someone else? then the cat got
sick again and she didn't want it so she dumped it? I'm not saying this is the
right thing for the vet to do, just that it's possible. Or maybe the vet tech
thought the animal was sweet, didn't want to euthanize and just gave it to
someone. What a nightmare.