... I'm seriously beginning to think there is a good reason for the Crazy Cat Lady stereotype.
I stopped fostering for my shelter (although I still volunteer) for a variety of reasons, and hesitently (because I am Very Picky) volunteered to foster for one of the million local rescue groups.
And now I'm being driven insane.
The woman who I am fostering for is VERY VERY ANTI-VET. She is Anti-Testing, etc. They do their own vaccinations, etc. Which weirds me out a little, but I understand that it is Very Cost Effective when dealing with the massive number of kittens in my area. And she does genuinely care about the animals.
Except that one of my kittens, Jane, got really sick after being spayed, vomiting a lot, being dehydrated. The woman gave her fluids. Jane was still dehydrated everyday. The woman kept giving her fluids. We took her to the vet and left her there overnight. I picked her up yesterday and she seemed great, but this morning she was sick again.
I took her to the vet asap and me and the vet decided to readmit her, maybe she just needed a little more work, and that just rehydrating her isn't enough. I call to tell the woman this and she says:
"What? Who will be there at night? Will she have a heating pad?" In the most disbelieving voice that intimated she didn't like what we were doing.
I wanted to scream at her IF SHE DIES OF STARVATION WHILE LAYING ON A HEATING PAD ALL WE HAVE IS A WARM CORPSE, DON'T WE?
She also doesn't want to do blood tests because "they'll cost $130 and what will they tell us?"
She then told me how the place I was taking William at to be adopted is swamped with kittens, who haven't properly been vetted.
But the BEST PART was when she said she liked the vet because he had "Positive energy, which is very important."
This is coming from the woman who REPEATEDLY tells me dying kitten stories, ex boyfriend cheating stories, and about ALL her personal tragedies. Lets talk about NOT positive energy.
I feel better because today I finally stood my ground and told her that I did what was comfortable for me, and if she wanted to call the vet she could.
It's just frusterating because I know rescues have a bad reputation for being crazy cat ladies, but sometimes they really really are (she's not the only one).
Sorry for the rant, don't worry, this is the last set of kittens I am fostering for her.
I stopped fostering for my shelter (although I still volunteer) for a variety of reasons, and hesitently (because I am Very Picky) volunteered to foster for one of the million local rescue groups.
And now I'm being driven insane.
The woman who I am fostering for is VERY VERY ANTI-VET. She is Anti-Testing, etc. They do their own vaccinations, etc. Which weirds me out a little, but I understand that it is Very Cost Effective when dealing with the massive number of kittens in my area. And she does genuinely care about the animals.
Except that one of my kittens, Jane, got really sick after being spayed, vomiting a lot, being dehydrated. The woman gave her fluids. Jane was still dehydrated everyday. The woman kept giving her fluids. We took her to the vet and left her there overnight. I picked her up yesterday and she seemed great, but this morning she was sick again.
I took her to the vet asap and me and the vet decided to readmit her, maybe she just needed a little more work, and that just rehydrating her isn't enough. I call to tell the woman this and she says:
"What? Who will be there at night? Will she have a heating pad?" In the most disbelieving voice that intimated she didn't like what we were doing.
I wanted to scream at her IF SHE DIES OF STARVATION WHILE LAYING ON A HEATING PAD ALL WE HAVE IS A WARM CORPSE, DON'T WE?
She also doesn't want to do blood tests because "they'll cost $130 and what will they tell us?"
She then told me how the place I was taking William at to be adopted is swamped with kittens, who haven't properly been vetted.
But the BEST PART was when she said she liked the vet because he had "Positive energy, which is very important."
This is coming from the woman who REPEATEDLY tells me dying kitten stories, ex boyfriend cheating stories, and about ALL her personal tragedies. Lets talk about NOT positive energy.
I feel better because today I finally stood my ground and told her that I did what was comfortable for me, and if she wanted to call the vet she could.
It's just frusterating because I know rescues have a bad reputation for being crazy cat ladies, but sometimes they really really are (she's not the only one).
Sorry for the rant, don't worry, this is the last set of kittens I am fostering for her.
