Hey all,
So.. Toby had yet another UTI, so the vet opted to do an ultrasound. As we suspected, he has bladder stones. Now, I don't know what to do. I asked them what my options were, and the only thing they said we could do, since we tried changing his diet (to no avail), is to operate.
But the operation costs thousands of dollars. I could barely cover the cost of the 550 vet bill that diagnosed him and gave him his antibiotics, and I don't know what to do. He's okay for now, but there are a lot of them. I don't know how long it takes for one of them to block a male cat's urethra and I'm terrified.
I've had Toby since I was 10, and now am a college student. Finances weren't a problem when I was a kid, but now that he's my financial responsibility, they are. He's only eleven and I don't know what to do... I know there are credit cards available for this sort of thing, but from what my vet told me, the surgery will cost me an entire year's worth of tuition, if not more.
I don't know what to do. I keep asking them what will happen without surgery, and they won't give me a solid answer, a time frame, or what the humane thing to do would be, and I'm so frustrated!
Does anyone have any thoughts? =(
So.. Toby had yet another UTI, so the vet opted to do an ultrasound. As we suspected, he has bladder stones. Now, I don't know what to do. I asked them what my options were, and the only thing they said we could do, since we tried changing his diet (to no avail), is to operate.
But the operation costs thousands of dollars. I could barely cover the cost of the 550 vet bill that diagnosed him and gave him his antibiotics, and I don't know what to do. He's okay for now, but there are a lot of them. I don't know how long it takes for one of them to block a male cat's urethra and I'm terrified.
I've had Toby since I was 10, and now am a college student. Finances weren't a problem when I was a kid, but now that he's my financial responsibility, they are. He's only eleven and I don't know what to do... I know there are credit cards available for this sort of thing, but from what my vet told me, the surgery will cost me an entire year's worth of tuition, if not more.
I don't know what to do. I keep asking them what will happen without surgery, and they won't give me a solid answer, a time frame, or what the humane thing to do would be, and I'm so frustrated!
Does anyone have any thoughts? =(