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Hi, I need some help.
I'm sooo scared/worried about two things:
(kinda long)
My first fear:
1.) Rain is our year and a half old female kitty (who we found on our porch as a stray out in the rain when she was a kitten) When we first brought Rain in, she was very small, skinny and afraid to be touched by people.
Well now that she has been with us well over a year, I am happy to report Rainy has become a spoiled little indoor princess. She has put on weight, is VERY talkative, playful and wants to be loved and pet 24/7.
Well anyway.. when we brought her in, she still had her baby teeth.. but as Rain got older, her bottom baby teeth (the teeth between her two bottom fangs) fell out and NEVER re-grew in!! (I know she doesn't use these teeth to chew with, but I'm still very worried it could be something else.)
Rain was scheduled for a Vet appointment (her first shots and to be fixed)last week, so I took her in, and the Vet's assistant tells me I've been re-scheduled for next week because their computers were down and the doctor wasn't there. So before Rain and I left, I mentioned to her about Rain's teeth falling out, and she said she didn't know and had never heard of that happening.. but she didn't really seem to care to make me feel comfortable.. even though I was the only customer in the office, she acted too busy to answer my questions, so I left. (I hate when vets don't act like they even care)
I'm really scared of what they might tell me next week that caused her to lose her teeth. What if she has something wrong with her? What if they do some tests and find she has something wrong with her??
My second fear:
2.) 2 years before we found Rain on our porch.. we had taken in a previous stray that was sleeping on our porch (Nala) who was an adult female. We had Nala for about 3 months when we finally took her in to get her first set of shots. The doctor insisted he take a blood sample from Nala before hand (seeing as she was a stray). When he came back into the room with her blood test results, he just shook his head and said "It's NOT good, your cat had FIV.. that's like AIDS to a cat and she needs to be put down because she will become very sick soon and spread it to your other 2 cats. omg I broke into tears.. WHY HER? It wasn't fair.. but he insisted that she be put to sleep because he claimed she was "sick and in pain" (even though she played all day and bounced around the house with my other 2 cats as healthy as could be)
But I took his word for it, because he was the expert and I had never heard of FIV before. He made me believe she was in pain and was suffering... so I kissed Nala "goodbye" and told her "I was sorry and that I loved her and would see her again someday" and he took her away. I cried all the way home... (it was the worst thing I have ever done). That night I read up on FIV on the internet, and realized I made a BIG mistake, and that my Vet (who was a very cold, un-feeling man) was wrong about FIV. So I frantically called and called my vet's office to try and save Nala's life and that I would be on my way to come get her ...But It was too late. They said she was already gone.
It still hurts to think about what I did.. why didn't I just kick the vet and take Nala home? She should STILL be alive.. she was too young..and it's all my fault.
Well 2 years later...
We found Rain in the very same place we found Nala, (on our front porch) When we took her in, my first thought was "What if Rain has FIV as well?" I'm so scared, seeing as how they were both strays and from the same backyard... what if my little Rainy has the same illness that Nala was wrongfully put down for?
IF Rain DOES have FIV ..I will NOT let this new vet tell me she needs to be "put down", I will laugh in his face and tell him he needs to go back to Veterinary Night School because he is very uneducated in a disease that is taking the lives of too many young healthy cats. (FIV is not a death sentence for your kitties)
But still... I am so afraid of going to the vet next week...
Why did Rain's bottom teeth never re-grow in? And WHAT IF she has FIV? I love her too much to let any a*hole Vet try and take her from me. And every Vet I find, for some reason turns out to be cold and uncaring about my kitties. My eyes are tearing up as I type this.. I'm just so scared to hear Rain's test results. I don't know what I would do if I heard bad news, but she is a very healthy, playful, friendly kitty, like I said she was ALL BONES when we rescued her, and now she's a little chubby-chubb.
I'm looking at my 3 kitties right now.. Pepper (14) Sassy (8) and Rain (1 & 1/2) I don't know what I would do if I ever lost one of them. I've had Pepper since I was only 9 years old... I'm 23 now.. I swear they are like siblings to me. I plan for all 3 of them to live well into their 20's (they are all indoor only kitties) I'm just so scared to death to take Rain to the vet, seeing as she once lived outside. I even considered 'not going', but that would be unfair to Rain, because she needs her shots and a checkup so I have to go... but how will I handle bad news? I think I would bust into tears in their office and need a family member to come get me.. when it comes to Pepper, Sassy and Rain I get very emotional.
Does anyone have any advice or similar stories to share to put my mind at ease? -Mia Elliott
(kinda long)
My first fear:
1.) Rain is our year and a half old female kitty (who we found on our porch as a stray out in the rain when she was a kitten) When we first brought Rain in, she was very small, skinny and afraid to be touched by people.
Well now that she has been with us well over a year, I am happy to report Rainy has become a spoiled little indoor princess. She has put on weight, is VERY talkative, playful and wants to be loved and pet 24/7.
Well anyway.. when we brought her in, she still had her baby teeth.. but as Rain got older, her bottom baby teeth (the teeth between her two bottom fangs) fell out and NEVER re-grew in!! (I know she doesn't use these teeth to chew with, but I'm still very worried it could be something else.)
Rain was scheduled for a Vet appointment (her first shots and to be fixed)last week, so I took her in, and the Vet's assistant tells me I've been re-scheduled for next week because their computers were down and the doctor wasn't there. So before Rain and I left, I mentioned to her about Rain's teeth falling out, and she said she didn't know and had never heard of that happening.. but she didn't really seem to care to make me feel comfortable.. even though I was the only customer in the office, she acted too busy to answer my questions, so I left. (I hate when vets don't act like they even care)
I'm really scared of what they might tell me next week that caused her to lose her teeth. What if she has something wrong with her? What if they do some tests and find she has something wrong with her??
My second fear:
2.) 2 years before we found Rain on our porch.. we had taken in a previous stray that was sleeping on our porch (Nala) who was an adult female. We had Nala for about 3 months when we finally took her in to get her first set of shots. The doctor insisted he take a blood sample from Nala before hand (seeing as she was a stray). When he came back into the room with her blood test results, he just shook his head and said "It's NOT good, your cat had FIV.. that's like AIDS to a cat and she needs to be put down because she will become very sick soon and spread it to your other 2 cats. omg I broke into tears.. WHY HER? It wasn't fair.. but he insisted that she be put to sleep because he claimed she was "sick and in pain" (even though she played all day and bounced around the house with my other 2 cats as healthy as could be)
But I took his word for it, because he was the expert and I had never heard of FIV before. He made me believe she was in pain and was suffering... so I kissed Nala "goodbye" and told her "I was sorry and that I loved her and would see her again someday" and he took her away. I cried all the way home... (it was the worst thing I have ever done). That night I read up on FIV on the internet, and realized I made a BIG mistake, and that my Vet (who was a very cold, un-feeling man) was wrong about FIV. So I frantically called and called my vet's office to try and save Nala's life and that I would be on my way to come get her ...But It was too late. They said she was already gone.
It still hurts to think about what I did.. why didn't I just kick the vet and take Nala home? She should STILL be alive.. she was too young..and it's all my fault.
Well 2 years later...
We found Rain in the very same place we found Nala, (on our front porch) When we took her in, my first thought was "What if Rain has FIV as well?" I'm so scared, seeing as how they were both strays and from the same backyard... what if my little Rainy has the same illness that Nala was wrongfully put down for?
IF Rain DOES have FIV ..I will NOT let this new vet tell me she needs to be "put down", I will laugh in his face and tell him he needs to go back to Veterinary Night School because he is very uneducated in a disease that is taking the lives of too many young healthy cats. (FIV is not a death sentence for your kitties)
But still... I am so afraid of going to the vet next week...
Why did Rain's bottom teeth never re-grow in? And WHAT IF she has FIV? I love her too much to let any a*hole Vet try and take her from me. And every Vet I find, for some reason turns out to be cold and uncaring about my kitties. My eyes are tearing up as I type this.. I'm just so scared to hear Rain's test results. I don't know what I would do if I heard bad news, but she is a very healthy, playful, friendly kitty, like I said she was ALL BONES when we rescued her, and now she's a little chubby-chubb.
I'm looking at my 3 kitties right now.. Pepper (14) Sassy (8) and Rain (1 & 1/2) I don't know what I would do if I ever lost one of them. I've had Pepper since I was only 9 years old... I'm 23 now.. I swear they are like siblings to me. I plan for all 3 of them to live well into their 20's (they are all indoor only kitties) I'm just so scared to death to take Rain to the vet, seeing as she once lived outside. I even considered 'not going', but that would be unfair to Rain, because she needs her shots and a checkup so I have to go... but how will I handle bad news? I think I would bust into tears in their office and need a family member to come get me.. when it comes to Pepper, Sassy and Rain I get very emotional.
Does anyone have any advice or similar stories to share to put my mind at ease? -Mia Elliott
