I'm looking for some advice on my newly adopted cat.
He is my first cat in 10 years and I fell in love with him as soon as I saw him in a pet store (now now it was a showcase for our local SPCA getting some attention to adoptable cats, there was still an application and waiting period to go through) and our first week with our new boy was great, slow moving but we were not going to rush him.
Today however we discovered some new things about the new boy and these were that he has a Serious roundworm parasitic infection (treated and monitoring) which he contracted from the shelter and next was that he is completely intact. The last one is the biggest problem, we live in a condo that requires that all pets be sterilized. I picked him because the shelter assured me he was in fact neutered, up to date on all shots including leukemia...
After his check up for the vet this afternoon (to treat the worms) we were told that he also has an undescended testicle and were quoted the surgery be $400.
im at a loss as to what to do, I have adopted him with the understanding that he was fixed and now am told that he is not has me stressing out as right now I can not afford an additional costs (making him nearly an $1000 cat...not kidding here) I'm a full time student with a family working part-time.
what would you do in this situation if you were found in it?
He is my first cat in 10 years and I fell in love with him as soon as I saw him in a pet store (now now it was a showcase for our local SPCA getting some attention to adoptable cats, there was still an application and waiting period to go through) and our first week with our new boy was great, slow moving but we were not going to rush him.
Today however we discovered some new things about the new boy and these were that he has a Serious roundworm parasitic infection (treated and monitoring) which he contracted from the shelter and next was that he is completely intact. The last one is the biggest problem, we live in a condo that requires that all pets be sterilized. I picked him because the shelter assured me he was in fact neutered, up to date on all shots including leukemia...
After his check up for the vet this afternoon (to treat the worms) we were told that he also has an undescended testicle and were quoted the surgery be $400.
im at a loss as to what to do, I have adopted him with the understanding that he was fixed and now am told that he is not has me stressing out as right now I can not afford an additional costs (making him nearly an $1000 cat...not kidding here) I'm a full time student with a family working part-time.
what would you do in this situation if you were found in it?