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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 charges if, for example, she ends up being in heat when I bring her in, or there are other complications - and not including the initial checkup (which I got a little discount on since I got Kerry from a shelter)! There is a low-cost spay/neuter program in my city, but I earn too much to qualify for it. It makes sense that those of us fortunate enough to have steady jobs pay our own way - but I'm a bit started to discover that I am now one of those people old enough to have 20-30 year old prices stuck in my head. I used to think elderly relatives were so out of touch when they thought things were terribly expensive because they hadn't actually bought those things in many years. -- Cheryl |
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