Dumped at the vet

Unfortunatly nobody wants to help in that situation. I once found a kitten who was dying from anemia due to fleas. I brought it in the house and called a vet to see what could be done, they said nothing... let it die. I called all sorts of places asking for advice, or at least to be pointed in the direction of someone who would help, I got the same answer each time... nothing can be done, let it die. And we think we're better than savage beasts??

This is a bigger problem that you would think, people kind hearted take in a stray, the stray spreads illness to their cats, then their only choice is to watch their cats die or pay tremendous Vet bills. On top of that some of these feline viruses get in the soil or the carpet and can last for years. When we take in a stray we keep it in a special room until we can get it sent out to the proper place or find a home for it if it's healthy. The shelter we work with is very strict about health questions. The confine new cats for 14 days at least.

ah,the poor kitty.how awful. i guess maybe the guy couldn't afford it and thought the vet would save him if he dropped him there.chances are he didn't even think of contagion. one of my prior cats came home from the vet with kennel cough and spread it to a second cat..i was not happy about that.thankfully it was treatable,however.

That's how we got Peaches. She was abandoned at a vet's office. I think the reason for her abandonment was inappropriate peeing. We had her transported to us. She has suffered terribly from her 7 months in a cage. She doesn't like to be picked up, talked to or touched. She has gotten a better about the petting and talking to, but will bite if picked up. She does pee inappropriately at times, but she now has a forever home come what may. We love her dearly, and she, in her own way, loves us, too.

I do not think that the person handled the situation well. However, maybe they knew that something was wrong with the cat and thought that the vet's office was the best place for it to be. If they had taken it to a shelter, it would have immediately been killed. I think that the vet needs to stop whining. It is his job to treat animals. No matter whether he could have gotten in touch with the owner or not, the other animals would have gotten sick anyway. And he would have still had to provide free care to them. I think that the person honestly loved the cat and tried very hard for it to have a fighting chance at life.

where do your country of residence? I am from indonesia. We don't even have a pet adoption service here

Oh how sad. Poor, poor cat who had been abandoned. And very poor boarding animals too. Goodness, imaging this situation I am feeling for everybody there and involved at all. The vet must have been on the end with stress as well as anger, but (hopefully) tugging at the heart from sorrow for the poor cat who was orphaned, left. I know even my dear cats are soooo upset when they have the slightest hint (and they know every time) that it's time for their trip to the vet. And the overnight stays are extremely sparse, but only if they have some major treatment needed, etc. But since I skimmed through some of the other replies, I suppose I can't make any firm of what-should-have-been, even more as we don't know the full situation on either of the sides. If I could not afford treating my dear cats, I would bow down and ask family and friends to help out at all. If I can not handle adopting or taking in a stray, then I would bring it to the local vet first to see if they would take in for adoption, or only if no other way, take them to a shelter that guarantees that they will NOT put them to sleep if not adopted.

Oh wow, that was just wrong! It's great that they wanted the cat to get care that they couldn't afford themselves, but to be deceitful and lie about it totally negates any good intentions that they may have had. Sometimes people just don't think - and those people don't need to be pet owners (nor have kids!).

That is sad when someone does that to an animal. That was nice of the vet to do in taking care of the other animals for free. That wasn't right out of that person to do. She could have killed all the other pets that got infected. I mean they all got sick to thanks to her. I bet that vet spent a lot of money taking care of the other animals that where infected.

Dawn- It's a very sad tale, but the truth is if the cat had gone to the humane society and been ill, they would have put it down, not wasted money trying to make it better. At least the cat was able to die with some dignity at the Vet's office. Indeed, I agree that the person should have told the Vet they could not afford to put it down, treat it or what not and the Vet may have been able to handle it quickly without infecting the other cats. I have to wonder what the cat had though to spread that quickly. I'm not a Vet, so I have no idea what feline disease would transmit that quickly. I simply wish we had more Vets out there willing to do what was needed, instead of the issues we currently have. Most people won't get cats or dogs from their shelters. And if they do go, they want puppies and kittens. That's just the way of things from what I've heard from those who work for the one locally. Namaste-Anora

aww poor kitty!these people,I don't understand why they get pets when they can't really take care of them.getting a pet is like raising a child.you have to look after their needs,physically and emotionally.if that person only look into the cat's medical condition,it would have been saved,no other cats would've gotten infected and the vet would have never spent a lot of money.

I feel very sad to think someone has done this and like you say it made alot of other pets ill which was not fair to their owners and so much distress to those animals.It only takes one irrisponsible person though shame they have not got the owner and prosecuted.

Aw, those poor cats! If you can't afford to take care of your pet when it is sick, then why do you have a pet at all? I waited on getting a cat of my own because I knew I wouldn't be able to afford the vet bills for shots and getting fixed. I'm glad I waited until I did--not only did I get a great pet, I know I can take care of him if he gets sick or injured.

How could this man do something to his pet like this, I have three cats, one of them comes from my family member, the other two are street cats, they are all healthy. How could someone raise cats without giving them certain extent of medical care, it's mean.

It does seem like a strange way to get your cat seen by a vet when there must be charities that can help in situations like that. I wonder if it was some kind of trick by a rival vet who was trying to put him out of business or something, as surely if you cared enough about your cat to get it treated and couldn't afford the vaet you'd be up front about the cat being ill from the start?

That's horrible, how sad. Of course, they coulda gone to the humane society and let them know the cat was sick. I hope that vet doesn't lose his job...

You would think someone would help but everyone wants money and a lot of it. If it wasn't so costly to take carwe of animals you wouldn't hear of this. The humane society can put your animals down but still at a high cost.