I'm so fed up with the vets around here. There has only been one that has offered to do any free care for any pets in the area, and the rest of them seem farily unsympathetic to stray and feral care, much less rescue work. All they are interested in is the money!!!
I still have 4 rescue kittens that I am trying to rehome, (with almost no luck, thanks to the HUGE number of unwanted kittens in the area) and when I tried to make an apt to get the 16 week old kittens altered today, the vet said I had to wait unitl they were 6 months old.
6 MONTHS!!!
I argued that waiting that long could lead to the 3 females coming into their first heat, which could not only contribute to possible behavioral problems, but ran the risk of them escaping the apartment, and getting pregnant, further contributing to the population explosion. I asked if she could at least neuter the male, so that I wouldn't have to worry about spraying, but she refused. Even after I gave her the whole "spayed is healthier" speech and the facts about lower risks of cancers and other health problems, she still would not be swayed. She was adamant that they must be 6 months old.
They all by far surpass the 2 pound rule, being a little over 4 lbs on average, they are all exceedingly healthy now, and the mother cat is pregnant again! (The vet would not spay her until her milk dried, wouldn't give her anything to Make her milk dry, and even when it was gone, she wanted to wait for 2 weeks, during which time she got knocked up again, and the vet refused to fix her once she found out she was pregnant).
Someone just please tell me that my attempts at caring for strays are meaningful in some way, and that I'm not doing this all for nothing. I'm getting so frustrated. And looking for a new vet is a pretty moot point. All the good ones are no longer taking new patients, and the rest pretty much have the same stand. The earliest I can find to get them spayed is 5 1/2 months. One vet even refuses to do it until they are 8 months old!
Anyone have anything to say on the matter?
I still have 4 rescue kittens that I am trying to rehome, (with almost no luck, thanks to the HUGE number of unwanted kittens in the area) and when I tried to make an apt to get the 16 week old kittens altered today, the vet said I had to wait unitl they were 6 months old.
6 MONTHS!!!
I argued that waiting that long could lead to the 3 females coming into their first heat, which could not only contribute to possible behavioral problems, but ran the risk of them escaping the apartment, and getting pregnant, further contributing to the population explosion. I asked if she could at least neuter the male, so that I wouldn't have to worry about spraying, but she refused. Even after I gave her the whole "spayed is healthier" speech and the facts about lower risks of cancers and other health problems, she still would not be swayed. She was adamant that they must be 6 months old.
They all by far surpass the 2 pound rule, being a little over 4 lbs on average, they are all exceedingly healthy now, and the mother cat is pregnant again! (The vet would not spay her until her milk dried, wouldn't give her anything to Make her milk dry, and even when it was gone, she wanted to wait for 2 weeks, during which time she got knocked up again, and the vet refused to fix her once she found out she was pregnant).
Someone just please tell me that my attempts at caring for strays are meaningful in some way, and that I'm not doing this all for nothing. I'm getting so frustrated. And looking for a new vet is a pretty moot point. All the good ones are no longer taking new patients, and the rest pretty much have the same stand. The earliest I can find to get them spayed is 5 1/2 months. One vet even refuses to do it until they are 8 months old!
Anyone have anything to say on the matter?