Some of you may remember my story about the stray Siamese cat that has been hanging out at our little apartment complex..he is a beautiful, sweet boy who has adopted us, we have been feeding him twice a day & trying to look out for him. I think of him as "Skyler".
We already have 2 cats, our apartment is small, & space is limited- if we had a house, I would bring him permanently into our little family.
We think Skyler is sick, & don't know what to do. If my indoor cats had worms, I know he has them, as he is outside all the time.
The other day I noticed that his sides are heaving. He isn't panting, but his belly is going in & out like a bellows, as if he is a little old man. We have gotten attached to him, & feel terrible about not being able to take care of him-our funds are limited, we could afford some, but not alot.. And we know that he would need a full work-up at the vet, PLUS curing him of whatever is making him sick. I've held off on taking him to the humane society because I am afraid of it being a death sentence for him. Shelters were so overloaded after our hurricanes, I don't feel right about it. An Internet search for Florida Siamese cat rescues turned up nothing but a poem that made me cry off & on all night, thinking about this sweet little gentleman. Our conscience is telling us to take him to the vet, but we are afraid that his bill is going to be in the hundreds!
Nobody around this crappy neighborhood is going to claim him, I'm not even going to go that route. I think he "belonged" to some long-lost crackheads across the street. It looks like he "belongs" to us, now, but we can't bring him in-what should we do?
We already have 2 cats, our apartment is small, & space is limited- if we had a house, I would bring him permanently into our little family.
We think Skyler is sick, & don't know what to do. If my indoor cats had worms, I know he has them, as he is outside all the time.
The other day I noticed that his sides are heaving. He isn't panting, but his belly is going in & out like a bellows, as if he is a little old man. We have gotten attached to him, & feel terrible about not being able to take care of him-our funds are limited, we could afford some, but not alot.. And we know that he would need a full work-up at the vet, PLUS curing him of whatever is making him sick. I've held off on taking him to the humane society because I am afraid of it being a death sentence for him. Shelters were so overloaded after our hurricanes, I don't feel right about it. An Internet search for Florida Siamese cat rescues turned up nothing but a poem that made me cry off & on all night, thinking about this sweet little gentleman. Our conscience is telling us to take him to the vet, but we are afraid that his bill is going to be in the hundreds!
Nobody around this crappy neighborhood is going to claim him, I'm not even going to go that route. I think he "belonged" to some long-lost crackheads across the street. It looks like he "belongs" to us, now, but we can't bring him in-what should we do?