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Where can I get my Freedom Poodle de-nutted for free in Los Angeles?

― Rancid Bob, Sunday, 23 March 2003 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

ten months pass...

FOR FREE?!?!?!?!?! ARE YOU IN YOUR FUCKING DREAMS?!?!?
My cat's getting that surgery tomorrow, for several thousand!

― natasha lushina, Sunday, 22 February 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

goddamn I hate veterinary bills. Does anyone here have pet insurance? My cats are all getting on in age so I don't know that they're insurable, but after coughing up $1400 in one month for one cat, I'd like to do something to ensure that I won't have to do that for my other two in the later years.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Sunday, 22 February 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

You know what's fun? When your cat exhibits signs of illness, is in and out of the litter box every 5 minutes trying to pee, meows afterwards, generally seems distressed, so you take him to the vet to help him (and to alleviate your own worry), and they keep him overnight for tests and then call the next day to say they couldn't find anything wrong! And he seems great! That's fun.

I'm relieved, of course, but it just makes me laugh. And yeah, it could've been something serious (and more expensive), so I'm just treating the $100 I'm out (well, Visa's out) as a form of "insurance." Maybe he just needed some time away from home. I mean, don't we all. eesh, cat. He also gets new exciting vet-prescribed food.

I guess this is a revive to make me/other pet owners feel okay about things like this... Sigh.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:47 (twenty years ago)

Listen, I had a cat who was in and out of the litter box loads, couldn't pee, kept squatting in corners and was generally out of sorts. I took her to the vet and it turned out she had mega colon, which could have killed her. She had to have an operation and multiple enemas and was with the vet for a week. So you did the right thing.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

mega colon sounds scary! wow. Yes, I'm glad I took him in. Just have to watch him for a while, see how it goes.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 20 January 2006 22:09 (twenty years ago)

http://www.spayusa.org/

SPAY/USA, a program of The Pet Savers Foundation, is a nationwide network and referral service for affordable spay/neuter services.

Our mission is to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs and to stop their suffering. Anyone who needs assistance finding affordable spay/neuter services can benefit from calling SPAY/USA!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 20 January 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

I had a kitty with that problem. His cat food was making his bladder full of crystals. We had to get him special kitty food, and he is indeed a special kitty.

― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 21 January 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

he sounds terrific!

i like pets.

― estela (estela), Saturday, 21 January 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

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