Redjake

Hey guys,

My wife and I recently adopted a cat. We got him from the Humane Society and we didn't know it but he was really bad off. He had an upper respiratory virus, ringworm, a tape worm in his intestines (yes, a tape worm, like two-feet long disgusting worm on Discovery Channel tape worm), ear mites, and fleas. $900 to fix all of that.


Well, now he has two broken bones in his paw from a fall and the vet says it's going to cost $2500 to fix.

If we don't fix it, he will limp for the rest of his life and it will become painful at around age 7-10ish years old. His paw will also be visibly deformed (it is now already). He'll have to be on joint strengthener and pain medication from that age on. Right now he is acting fine - he jumps around and jumps up and down from the counter and tables and runs around the apartment like nothing is wrong. His paw just has a massive bulge and he favors it and limps a tad.

If we do fix it, he'll make a full recovery and be fine.

We are taking him to a licensed surgeon to get a second diagnosis, but let's just pretend this is how it's going to be.

We love him to death but we just can't afford to keep doing this. We didn't expect a $900 vet bill and we are still recovering from that. Now $2500?

What would you do?

I know the answer seems glaringly obvious, but I Keep thinking back to those hair-lip commercials with the poor kids in foreign countries that didn't have the money to get their lip fixed and now they have to live their life with a deformity because of money.

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