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- From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood)
- Subject: Re: Neutering question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.013040.7692@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <1992Nov16.212236.26128@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov17.150648.24012@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov17.173132.17839@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:30:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.173132.17839@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.150648.24012@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov16.212236.26128@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood) writes:
- >>>In article <1992Nov16.194804.3493@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>the same? This just buggs me alot...in league with people who think
- >>>>33 cents a can for food is WAY too expensive for a cat!! Please!
- >>>>
- >>>>Jen (proud mommy to Zeb
- >>>
- >>>Unless you have a fat wallet, there is a limit to how much you will spend
- >>>on your cat. This amount varies with the individual but there is no "correct"
- >>>amount.
- >>>
- >>Agreed. We adopted a kitten from the animal shelter, and my husband
- >>at the time said that if anything happened to her that would require
- >>great medical expense, then we would put her to sleep and get another
- >>one. Its not that I don't love my kitten, and its not that I think
- >>one cat is the same as another, but it is that we owe thousands
- >>of dollars to credit card companies, in addition to owing the people
- >>hospital $600 for ER visits. If my cat broke her hip, we would have
- >>to let it go or put her down as well.
- >
- >Yes, but the trick is to know when *not* to put the cat to sleep.
- >I mentioned in an earlier posting about my grandmother's cat who
- >got hit by a car. Both his hips were dislocated (much more common
- >than breaking it I think). The vet wanted $$$ and my grandmother
- >was set to put him to sleep immediately. Fortunately, I, my mother,
- >and eventually my vet, convinced her that (1) immediate sugery
- >was *BAD*, and (2) he'd probably recover just fine. Well, that's
- >what happened -- you'd never know that he had been hit by the car.
- >
-
- Your exactly right about knowing when to put the cat to sleep. It seems
- that Ziggy has recovered nicely from his injury. I asked the vet the
- about $$ for putting him down becasue I suspected that the vet was
- pressuring me on the surgery.
-
- Peace,
- Keith
-
-