I thought I would reach out for some encouragement or wisdom... trying to keep my head up.
This past January I had to put down my baby girl. Chessie was 15 and her kidneys had enough. I had her since she was 4 weeks old and the last year with her was pretty rough.
When we felt ready to start looking for another cat we decided to foster and maybe keep a baby and mom if we fell in love. As I was shopping for foster supplies we ran into a cat and decided to adopt her. So we adopted April 10th and picked up a momma and 5 babies on April 14th.
Fast forward to today- One of the babies died soon after(it was an malnourished orphan) and all 5 fosters have aggressive ringworm (sob). I'm cleaning and bathing and pilling and rubbing. I am doing my best to get rid of it and not send them back to the shelter for them to deal with it. I'll never forget my first foster haha...ha...
But what has me even more stressed is the cat I adopted. We took her to the vet the very next day because she had fleas and since then she has been on medicine for Giardia and now medicine for finding an egg in her second stool sample. The vet bills are adding up(not to mention all the extra stuff for the fosters) and now I have to bring her in tomorrow because she's not breathing right and her eye was watering today! I hope she doesn't have herpes! I really wanted.. Needed! a loving cat and the first couple days she seemed to fit that but now she's more distant. Maybe it's because she doesn't feel well but my last cat wasn't a love bug either plus she was sick for so long. I can't return her but I can't get another cat either if she is going to cost me vet bills all the time.
I'm actually pretty crushed right now and exhausted from dealing with ringworm.
Anyway... thanks for reading.
This past January I had to put down my baby girl. Chessie was 15 and her kidneys had enough. I had her since she was 4 weeks old and the last year with her was pretty rough.
When we felt ready to start looking for another cat we decided to foster and maybe keep a baby and mom if we fell in love. As I was shopping for foster supplies we ran into a cat and decided to adopt her. So we adopted April 10th and picked up a momma and 5 babies on April 14th.
Fast forward to today- One of the babies died soon after(it was an malnourished orphan) and all 5 fosters have aggressive ringworm (sob). I'm cleaning and bathing and pilling and rubbing. I am doing my best to get rid of it and not send them back to the shelter for them to deal with it. I'll never forget my first foster haha...ha...
But what has me even more stressed is the cat I adopted. We took her to the vet the very next day because she had fleas and since then she has been on medicine for Giardia and now medicine for finding an egg in her second stool sample. The vet bills are adding up(not to mention all the extra stuff for the fosters) and now I have to bring her in tomorrow because she's not breathing right and her eye was watering today! I hope she doesn't have herpes! I really wanted.. Needed! a loving cat and the first couple days she seemed to fit that but now she's more distant. Maybe it's because she doesn't feel well but my last cat wasn't a love bug either plus she was sick for so long. I can't return her but I can't get another cat either if she is going to cost me vet bills all the time.
I'm actually pretty crushed right now and exhausted from dealing with ringworm.
Anyway... thanks for reading.