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As most of you guys might know I have a little Sphynx girl I adopted about 6 mths ago. Within the first month of owning her she started to break out in a rash. My breeder tried to blame it on me putting clothing on my Sphynx (which was not the case) and shoved off the issue. Now, the issue aka rash is really serve! The maternal grandfather Sphynx passed away from rash issues and I mentioned to the breeder about a possible connection since my vet and I have been doing everything to help my Sphynx. The breeder said it was a Staph or Strept infection and she'd send me clavamox and baytril (breeder's 'diagnose' from a picture via the internet *rolls eyes*). I wrote her back saying I didn't feel comfortable medicating my cat without my cat seeing a vet first and that it was an intense medication mixture to give her without seeing a vet and having a diagnose confirmed. I also told her the dermatologist that advised her on treating the maternal grandfather was a witch (i worked with her and she assaulted a coworker at the job site and constantly screamed at staff) and that this dermatologist saying that the maternal grandfather's rash was not genetic was VERY inconclusive. You CANNOT just look at something and say it is not genetic. The breeder even admitted she wasn't entirely sure if it was genetic or not (even though her website says its not).
So after writing her this email she sends me back a nasty email basically saying that my cat never had these issues until I adopted her and since I adopted her when she was 5 mths old that if it was genetic it would have been apparent right away since the maternal grandfather's was apparent at 14wks. Also, the other children/kittens of this maternal grandfather don't have this symptom(s) (the two she owns!) and so it is clearly not genetic. She said she would pay for a flight to send my cat back to her and I would have to pay for another flight to a replacement kitten.
First of all I do NOT want to trade my cat - I LOVE her!!! I am not shallow but I know I did pay $1500 for a show kitten and have a poor lil girl who's beautiful spots are being displaced with bumps and welts. Also, I think it is neurotic of her to say it's not genetic.
happens and no one really gets it - she is not vet nor specialist. I am not mad at her because genetics is something we have NO control over but I am mad at how she is treating this and her lack of helping me and checking on me. The more I talk to her the more I see what a complete idiot she is. The very first issue I had with my angel was diarrhea and I immediately contacted her and she didn't tell when she had an outbreak of a parasite until I questioned her about my lil girl's diarrhea (she also took her time to fess up - she kept ignoring my question until the 3rd time I asked). She also said my Sphynx mommy was a mistake!!?? Like by accident her grandpa mated and made my Sphynx mommy!? Like
!? So she is trying to say, "I knew he was sick and I wasn't going to breed him but it happened by accident". Sure mistakes happen....
BUT you bred the 'mistake' that could potentially be carrying a gene for 'on fire skin'! ALSO, she tried to defended herself about the self medicating by saying she would go to her vet and describe aka tell him/her what was wrong with my cat and he/she would give her medication - who ever this vet is should have their license ripped from them. You cannot medicate based on hearsay.
((((UGH)))))
What the hell do I do? I don't want to return my kitten... cat show season is starting here and I cannot take her to any of them EVEN though I paid the fees to registered her
It's more then just shows... my baby is sick and scratching her lil angel face to bits
As most of you guys might know I have a little Sphynx girl I adopted about 6 mths ago. Within the first month of owning her she started to break out in a rash. My breeder tried to blame it on me putting clothing on my Sphynx (which was not the case) and shoved off the issue. Now, the issue aka rash is really serve! The maternal grandfather Sphynx passed away from rash issues and I mentioned to the breeder about a possible connection since my vet and I have been doing everything to help my Sphynx. The breeder said it was a Staph or Strept infection and she'd send me clavamox and baytril (breeder's 'diagnose' from a picture via the internet *rolls eyes*). I wrote her back saying I didn't feel comfortable medicating my cat without my cat seeing a vet first and that it was an intense medication mixture to give her without seeing a vet and having a diagnose confirmed. I also told her the dermatologist that advised her on treating the maternal grandfather was a witch (i worked with her and she assaulted a coworker at the job site and constantly screamed at staff) and that this dermatologist saying that the maternal grandfather's rash was not genetic was VERY inconclusive. You CANNOT just look at something and say it is not genetic. The breeder even admitted she wasn't entirely sure if it was genetic or not (even though her website says its not).
So after writing her this email she sends me back a nasty email basically saying that my cat never had these issues until I adopted her and since I adopted her when she was 5 mths old that if it was genetic it would have been apparent right away since the maternal grandfather's was apparent at 14wks. Also, the other children/kittens of this maternal grandfather don't have this symptom(s) (the two she owns!) and so it is clearly not genetic. She said she would pay for a flight to send my cat back to her and I would have to pay for another flight to a replacement kitten.
First of all I do NOT want to trade my cat - I LOVE her!!! I am not shallow but I know I did pay $1500 for a show kitten and have a poor lil girl who's beautiful spots are being displaced with bumps and welts. Also, I think it is neurotic of her to say it's not genetic.
((((UGH)))))
What the hell do I do? I don't want to return my kitten... cat show season is starting here and I cannot take her to any of them EVEN though I paid the fees to registered her