Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Why have you got a 5 weeks old kitten? Have we been over this on this thread already?
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Cribynkle
squawk
That sounds good to me, less than £8 each. before I moved Archie to Animal Friends, PetPlan were charging me £35 / month for him (because of his age) I expect they wouldn't let you select her age as kittens should still be with their mum until they're 3 months old. 5 weeks is very young to be away from her mum, I didn't realise she was so young
Cribynkle
squawk
Good plan, Pet Plan will get even more expensive as they get older. If I had 3 the same age as Archie on Pet Plan, I'd be paying £105/month!
coley
Well-Known Member
Really sorry to read that, but I have the feeling your vet practice was at fault ( and that's putting it mildly)
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
yes, get insurance. if £33 a month is a lot of money for your budget then the costs of an injured kitten or cat can be horrendous - easily hundreds if not thousands if they get into a car accident or develop some long term thing. check to see if you can bargain in as many basics (vaccinations + spaying/neutering + ID chipping + some annual worm/flea treatments) as you can - some but not all policies cover them.
get the insurance. srsly.
get the insurance. srsly.
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
dunno really.
any form of insurance is hedging your bets. some people who never have to make a claim begrudge paying the premiums, others who do are glad they did.
beware just going for the cheapest cover out there - there are more likely to be exclusions, in the case of pets, some cover will stop when they reach a certain age.
any form of insurance is hedging your bets. some people who never have to make a claim begrudge paying the premiums, others who do are glad they did.
beware just going for the cheapest cover out there - there are more likely to be exclusions, in the case of pets, some cover will stop when they reach a certain age.
coley
Well-Known Member
Hold on, given the nature of this thread, don't you reckon you could ask that in a slightly less accusing tone?
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
It wasn't meant to be accusing at all >_>
I was asking why he had a 5 week old kitten. Then I asked if it had already been covered. I don't read this thread every day. Perhaps someone had already asked him and he had replied. It's a valid question to ask. It's unusual to have a kitten so young.
coley
Well-Known Member
Agree, just pointing out the way you put it sounded a bit accusatory, doubt if you intended that.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Whats the deal though, will they refuse cover if your cat isn't 100% up to date wormed/flead etc?
My little cunt wont go in the basket to get her to the vets, so I have to try and give her worming tablets myself, which she inevitably rejects, so I'm all out of kilter with meds and stuff she's meant to have had.
To be fair she barely ever leaves the house
Mapped
London town
TBH I haven't got a clue, we got ours insured straight away when we got him from the rescue centre, they took care of the initial vaccinations, defleaing, microchipping etc.
Ours hated the basket too, but we just had to force him in as he was constantly in and out of the vets after his face nearly exploded after an infection.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Mapped
London town
Not anymore since he had a run in with a car in Aus, but we did, yes, We bought the flea treatment online and the vet sent reminders about the vaccinations and gave us tablets then.
Cribynkle
squawk
I think quite often sellers on Gumtree are a front for kitten and puppy farms.
Cribynkle
squawk
I'm not sure, it's very easy for the costs to add up very quickly. When he first got ill he was in heart failure so his lungs filled with fluid and he and couldn't breathe, I didn't know what was wrong with him so took him straight to the vet (11 pm on Christmas eve) Two vets worked on him for over an hour and managed to stabilise him and he was in an oxygen tent overnight. At that point I asked if I should just let him go but the vets said if it was their cat they'd give him a chance. I've pondered since if I should have ignored them but I think I'd always have wondered.
He then got transferred to a cardiologist who diagnosed him and put him on drugs. They said he probably had 3 months but he lived for 9. Day to day he wasn't in any distress but every couple of months he'd start going into heart failure again so I'd take him to the vets and he'd go in an oxygen tent overnight. So that's how it added up. With hindsight I should probably have not taken him in for the oxygen tent the second or third time he went into failure but I was so traumatised watching him the first time he was ill, I didn't want to watch him die struggling for breath. It must be a really difficult conversation for vets to say when they think that treatment should be stopped but often I think they should try to bring it up sooner.
In the end he just fell asleep and didn't wake up so a good end. But though I treasure the extra time I had with him, it was really stressful
coley
Well-Known Member
A decent vet would have done a proper evaluation and told you that given the added stress for you and the cat that the best course would be to end his suffering.
But I know where your coming from,we have spent a huge amount on trying to prolong the lives of our cats when they have grown old and started to suffer kidney failure,until a few years ago when an honest vet told us we were only prolonging their suffering and when it got to the stage where they had no real quality of life,then the kindest thing was to end their suffering.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Mapped
London town
Wait did you take your cat to aus with you?
We did (unfortunately) my ex-employer paid for him to come with us and Mrs Mapped wouldn't go without him. Cost about £3k, and was a paperwork headache, but we weren't paying. If I had a crystal ball and could see what happened to him I would have left him here.
Does anyone know what breed my kitten on the right is? Chloe on the left is a domestic short hair. Bella in the middle is a russian blue. But I don't know what breed Rogue is? Can I say she is domestic short hair too or Domestic medium hair? I text the seller a while back but he never got back. Want to know when I call about getting insurance.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Does anyone know what breed my kitten on the right is? Chloe on the left is a domestic short hair. Bella in the middle is a russian blue. But I don't know what breed Rogue is? Can I say she is domestic short hair too or Domestic medium hair? I text the seller a while back but he never got back. Want to know when I call about getting insurance.
kitten with small proportion of hedgehog DNA from that picture
I'd also be inclined to lay off the 'russian blue' unless you're absolutely damn sure and have a pedigree certificate to prove it - i'd just go with domestic shorthair
I'm going to get her to the vet on friday. Will ask then. She was not vaccinated when I got her. I might just say she is DSH. I've noticed that when I put Russian blue for Bella on insurance quotes, her quote seems a little higher than the other two?
CRI
Registered Chooser
Yes, unless you have a pedigree, you're relying on the word of whoever you got the cat from and/or what you think it looks like. And, I think because some pedigrees are more prone to specific health conditions, the premiums could end up higher if you state an animal is a certain breed.
Such a lovely trio. I've always found it puzzling why there are so few grey or greytabby, grey and white or grey and tortie cats in this part of the world. I think they are the most common variety of cat (either feral or housecat) in North America. Almost all the cats I had as a child were grey - often called "Maltese" for some reason. Maybe that's why I've got a soft spot for grey cats now - well, one in particular! (cue self-indulgent photos!)
