As I announced below, I lost my cat Simba and it was horrible. My husband was so sweet and friday night took us out to dinner and then we ended up at the pet store. I suspected this place was a puppy/kitten mill but I don't know for sure - it is the only pet store around for miles and miles (we are 45 mins away from it). They had a bunch of kittens and I bawled. I ended up buying one for $110. She melted my heart. It was really against my better judgement but I am such a succer for a little homeless face....
I brought her home... this weekend I noticed that it looked like she almost had a rectal prolapse or something... that alarmed me.
On the paperwork from the pet store it said that I can bring her back and get a full refund if she is pronounced "unhealthy" by a vet. While obviously I don't want to take back a pet like that, I can't possibly deal with another sick cat, emotionally, I am a mess and I cannot possibly go through that again.
I took her to MY vet. The poor thing doesn't do much, she's fairly lethargic but I wouldn't say dangerously so.
Her anal area was really inflammed and she stinks sooooooooo bad. Vet did a fecal sample and found no parasites, but said she has diarrhea and the inside of her colon is extremely irritated and inflamed. Vet said she SUSPECTS there are parasites but she doesn't know for sure since the stool sample was negative. She said that the crusties around her eyes are from a respiratory infection, but her temp is fine, so she should get over it okay.
She said that she is extremely underweight. The pet store claims she is 11 wks. She looks about 8 wks to me, and vet said the same thing. She is only 1.7 pounds at 11 wks???? Vet said that if it is not parasites, then she may have a failure to thrive, a dysfunction in the absorption of food - problems with her digestive system.
By this time, my mom met me at the vet (I was so glad she came, I needed someone!)
I took her with me back to the pet store. Pet store owner is a total pompous jerk. He talked down to me, said there is nothing wrong with her and the letter my vet sent isn't good enough. He would, however, take the kitten and give me store credit if I insisted, but yeah, like I want another kitten from him or ridiculousy priced accessories that we don't need. Frankly, I don't want store credit and I don't want to give up the kitten (talk about mixed emotions) but I don't want a sick kitten either!
He was such a complete jerk and had me leave Mojo with him until Friday when HIS vet can come in and see her. I got in the car, threw out the blanket I had her in because she had diarrhea in it... and started back home.
All of a sudden, I got really worried about her. She is not thriving and this jerk is doing what with her? MY vet said she needed to be treated NOW... his vet isn't going to see her until Friday????
Nah, I don't like that. I called up my vet and asked what I should do because if he is not treating her, I am going to go back and get her.... but I wanted him to have her treated at HIS expense.
She offered to call him. She talked to him and then called me back on my cell. She said he was a pompous jerk and that he did say he had given her the parasite med that she recommended so now it is a wait and see until Friday.
If she is showing signs of improvement, I will be getting her back. If she is not, I don't know what is going to happen.
I'm really sad... I really didn't need this on top of everything else. I *HATED* leaving her with that jerk but I am glad my vet got on his tail about treating that kitten right.
I will be calling the jerk tomorrow to check on the status of her. I am so tempted just to go back and rip her out of his hands and who cares, pay all these fees myself to get her well... but then again, I am just setting myself for more heartache if she really does have a failure to thrive or digestive problem.
I just don't know what to do... I thought I was sad enough over Simba and this has now completely wiped me out.
I knew I shouldn't have gone to that pet store.
I brought her home... this weekend I noticed that it looked like she almost had a rectal prolapse or something... that alarmed me.
On the paperwork from the pet store it said that I can bring her back and get a full refund if she is pronounced "unhealthy" by a vet. While obviously I don't want to take back a pet like that, I can't possibly deal with another sick cat, emotionally, I am a mess and I cannot possibly go through that again.
I took her to MY vet. The poor thing doesn't do much, she's fairly lethargic but I wouldn't say dangerously so.
Her anal area was really inflammed and she stinks sooooooooo bad. Vet did a fecal sample and found no parasites, but said she has diarrhea and the inside of her colon is extremely irritated and inflamed. Vet said she SUSPECTS there are parasites but she doesn't know for sure since the stool sample was negative. She said that the crusties around her eyes are from a respiratory infection, but her temp is fine, so she should get over it okay.
She said that she is extremely underweight. The pet store claims she is 11 wks. She looks about 8 wks to me, and vet said the same thing. She is only 1.7 pounds at 11 wks???? Vet said that if it is not parasites, then she may have a failure to thrive, a dysfunction in the absorption of food - problems with her digestive system.
By this time, my mom met me at the vet (I was so glad she came, I needed someone!)
I took her with me back to the pet store. Pet store owner is a total pompous jerk. He talked down to me, said there is nothing wrong with her and the letter my vet sent isn't good enough. He would, however, take the kitten and give me store credit if I insisted, but yeah, like I want another kitten from him or ridiculousy priced accessories that we don't need. Frankly, I don't want store credit and I don't want to give up the kitten (talk about mixed emotions) but I don't want a sick kitten either!
He was such a complete jerk and had me leave Mojo with him until Friday when HIS vet can come in and see her. I got in the car, threw out the blanket I had her in because she had diarrhea in it... and started back home.
All of a sudden, I got really worried about her. She is not thriving and this jerk is doing what with her? MY vet said she needed to be treated NOW... his vet isn't going to see her until Friday????
Nah, I don't like that. I called up my vet and asked what I should do because if he is not treating her, I am going to go back and get her.... but I wanted him to have her treated at HIS expense.
She offered to call him. She talked to him and then called me back on my cell. She said he was a pompous jerk and that he did say he had given her the parasite med that she recommended so now it is a wait and see until Friday.
If she is showing signs of improvement, I will be getting her back. If she is not, I don't know what is going to happen.
I'm really sad... I really didn't need this on top of everything else. I *HATED* leaving her with that jerk but I am glad my vet got on his tail about treating that kitten right.
I will be calling the jerk tomorrow to check on the status of her. I am so tempted just to go back and rip her out of his hands and who cares, pay all these fees myself to get her well... but then again, I am just setting myself for more heartache if she really does have a failure to thrive or digestive problem.
I just don't know what to do... I thought I was sad enough over Simba and this has now completely wiped me out.
I knew I shouldn't have gone to that pet store.