Me too. It's just so awful for them, and for you when they're stuck in the vets.Originally Posted by Pami
Im glad you brought her home
-
Too many ads? Join our community of cat lovers now to reduce ads by 90%! Click here to join for free!
Smudge update
- Thread starter sarahp
- Start Date
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #42
Yeah I'm glad I brought her home as well.
white cat lover - It's both eyes that need doing and this vet may not be able to fix her as she doesn't have much experience with this sort of condition. They primarily do spay and neuters at the shelter. I spoke to the ophthalmologist (gee that's a hard word to spell...) and they said they normally wait until they're older/bigger because at 3 months old, she'll grow a lot more and they don't want to do it if they don't need to, or if she grows more and they just have to redo it. So I don't know what will happen...
The spay doesn't worry me, this vet is awesome at spay and neuters, it's her little eyes I worry about!
white cat lover - It's both eyes that need doing and this vet may not be able to fix her as she doesn't have much experience with this sort of condition. They primarily do spay and neuters at the shelter. I spoke to the ophthalmologist (gee that's a hard word to spell...) and they said they normally wait until they're older/bigger because at 3 months old, she'll grow a lot more and they don't want to do it if they don't need to, or if she grows more and they just have to redo it. So I don't know what will happen...
The spay doesn't worry me, this vet is awesome at spay and neuters, it's her little eyes I worry about!
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #43
She's a very pretty girl!
Originally Posted by sarahp
So Smudge has Entropion - an eye condition. The vet at the shelter I'm fostering her through said she doesn't have experience with Entropion, so would not want to just "have a go" at the surgery.
I just called a local opthalmologist and they said they generally wait until a kitten is 6-9 months old anyway because the eye changes as they grow so they want to wait until they're fully formed, and as well as that they can sometimes "grow out of it".
They also said the surgery costs $800-1000. Will anyone want to adopt a kitten who is going to need $1000 worth of surgery in 3-6 months time?
Do we want to adopt her knowing she's going to cost a whole lot of money soon? DH loves her, but doesn't really want 3 cats, and knowing how much she's going to cost isn't exactly going to win him over.
I don't know what to do
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #46
We're keeping her and paying for it ourselves. We actually realised today that we have a bit of a windfall coming our way soon that was supposed to go into a savings account, so we can put some of that aside for Smudge. The world works in funny ways
So that takes some of the pressure off us!
I've been keeping up with Smudge's story and I am so happy at this turn of events. I'm glad your little girl has found a forever home!
Oh Sarah thats great news! Congratulations on your new baby girl!!!Originally Posted by sarahp
We're keeping her and paying for it ourselves. We actually realised today that we have a bit of a windfall coming our way soon that was supposed to go into a savings account, so we can put some of that aside for Smudge. The world works in funny waysSo that takes some of the pressure off us!
Oh, she's just beautiful. I'm so glad you and your husband are keeping her!
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
She knows who needed convincingOriginally Posted by sarahp
Thanks guys! Yes, he is a wonderful husband
As is usual, we were sitting on the couch, she jumped up, walked over me and snuggled up to him and nuzzled his faceI have no idea why she seems to prefer him but I'm not complaining!!!!!
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2005
- Messages
- 22,206
- Purraise
- 35
Funny how it took me forever to realize I'd be keeping my two fosters, but it seems like they already knew it & everybody here did, too!
Congrats to you & Smudge! Let us know what the vet says about her eyes tomorrow!
Congrats to you & Smudge! Let us know what the vet says about her eyes tomorrow!
Thats wonderful news! I was hoping you would keep her!Originally Posted by sarahp
We're keeping her and paying for it ourselves. We actually realised today that we have a bit of a windfall coming our way soon that was supposed to go into a savings account, so we can put some of that aside for Smudge. The world works in funny waysSo that takes some of the pressure off us!
Oh I am so happy you are keeping her but somehow I think we all knew you would. And we are all so happy about it. Seeing as how we all have grown to love that little girl.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #56
Smudge is back at the shelter, and they're pretty sure they'll get to her spay today - it certainly looked a lot less busy in the clinic cages when I put her in.
I spoke to the vet as well, and she was saying she's pretty confident that she can't do the eye surgery herself - she just doesn't have the necessary tools to start with, but she'll probably get spayed still.
She also said she knows an ophthalmologist who has her own private practise as well, so will speak to her and push her shelter influence to see if she can do the eye surgery for cheaper. So I can ring in about 4 1/2 hours. Not that I'm counting down
I spoke to the vet as well, and she was saying she's pretty confident that she can't do the eye surgery herself - she just doesn't have the necessary tools to start with, but she'll probably get spayed still.
She also said she knows an ophthalmologist who has her own private practise as well, so will speak to her and push her shelter influence to see if she can do the eye surgery for cheaper. So I can ring in about 4 1/2 hours. Not that I'm counting down
Good luck baby Smudge!
for an easy spay, and quick recovery.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #58
Arghhhh they didn't get to spay her again because they had heaps of kitties, and the vaccination clinic happening. Unfortunately (and understandably) the shelter kitties get lower priority!
But the vet did look at her eyes and is going to try to get her in for a free/cheap ophthalmologist appt. to look at her eyes, and we can take her along, or they can find a way to get her there. They'll try to get her in early next week since we head to Australia next Wednesday for our holiday. But she did say that they're happy for her to stay with us while we're in Australia since our neighbours will be looking after our kitties in our house, and they agree she'll be happiest in our house with our girls. Phew!!
So, we keep waiting...
But the vet did look at her eyes and is going to try to get her in for a free/cheap ophthalmologist appt. to look at her eyes, and we can take her along, or they can find a way to get her there. They'll try to get her in early next week since we head to Australia next Wednesday for our holiday. But she did say that they're happy for her to stay with us while we're in Australia since our neighbours will be looking after our kitties in our house, and they agree she'll be happiest in our house with our girls. Phew!!
So, we keep waiting...
I'm way too tired and must hit the sack now, but I read just your first and last posts. I'm not wuite sure what I'm missing in the middle, and I'm sorry, but I'm getting aheadache from being so tired!
So yeah, I'm very sorry about what I'm hearing. This sounds like a lot of annoying trouble, but I know Smudge and you can do it!
So yeah, I'm very sorry about what I'm hearing. This sounds like a lot of annoying trouble, but I know Smudge and you can do it!
