Today was going to be a lazy day since it was Sunday but it didn't turn out that way.
One of my cats, I have five, was acting very strangely today. I thought he was constipated and was going to watch him to make sure that he eventually did have a bowel movement. BUT...I went with my youngest daughter to finish up her prom shopping, which I'm happy to say we accomplished, and dad stayed home with the cat.
As her and I were out shopping my dear husband called and said the cat was worse. I then called my friend who works at a vet clinic and she called her vet friend and they told me to give him pumpkin and lots of water. I then called my dear husband back and told him what to do. By the time I got home the cat was on the couch lethargic and my husband said the cat was dying and we better do something.
I called my friend back and she came to my house and we decided to take the cat into the vet. GREAT, E.R. charges now! UGH!
We took the cat in and he was plugged. NOT constipated plugged but had a urine blockage. He was in pain for sure. The vet did the "surgery" and got him unplugged and my cat is now sitting in a cage at a vet clinic. GREAT...cha-ching!
They said he had to be put on prescription diet. Can we say double cha-ching?
The friend I called initially and who went with us to the vet is the one to blame for all of this. Why, well here's the conversation we just had last week...
J: "So you feed your cat sh*t food? You know that leads to problems, don't you?"
Me: "Ya, I know but I can't really afford the good high quality food and besides it's just a cat."
J: "Well so what happens if one of your cats gets plugged?"
Me: "I'll just euthanize the cat."
J: "What? You won't fix it and put it on the food you need to? You will just continue to feed sh*t food?"
Me: "Ya, it's just a f*ing cat!"
Well, look at me now? I should have been feeding the high quality food and spending the $40.00 extra dollars a month on the high quality food and stopped being a dumb arse because now I'm paying out my butt for this bill!! Geesh, how stupid can I be? Apparently, VERY STUPID.
I was telling the vet, who is my friend's boss, about the above conversation and that it's all her fault that my cat is plugged. He looked at me and said, " So, since it's just a f*ing cat are we going to euthanize like you said?"
I looked at him and simple said, "NO!"
He said, "I knew that I just had to ask you!"
Ya, she jinxed me and now I have to pay for it. My dear husband told her she will be paying for the new diet though.
So what did I do wrong all these years? Apparently fed only dry food. Cats NEED canned food and I never fed that to them. I AM now! High quality food, can't stress that enough. One that preferrably has lots of meat(protein). I'm looking into something that isn't prescription because the prescription foods have by-products and I don't like them! I can get a high quality food that has better ingredients for the SAME price! So I have to do some serious searching.
I will do the prescription diet for the full month to make sure everything is ok but during that time I will be finding something better quality.
I have heard these stories over and over and over again and I should really know better than to have fed them the crappy food, especially having nothing but male cats in the home! Just plain stupid on my part but yet I felt they are "just" cats. Ya, you look at one that is in pain and has those little beady eyes and you say, "Well sweetie your just a f*ing cat so you must go to kitty heaven now because momma and daddy don't have money to keep you alive." B.S., just is NOT going to happen.
Gosh, I really should know better!
One of my cats, I have five, was acting very strangely today. I thought he was constipated and was going to watch him to make sure that he eventually did have a bowel movement. BUT...I went with my youngest daughter to finish up her prom shopping, which I'm happy to say we accomplished, and dad stayed home with the cat.
As her and I were out shopping my dear husband called and said the cat was worse. I then called my friend who works at a vet clinic and she called her vet friend and they told me to give him pumpkin and lots of water. I then called my dear husband back and told him what to do. By the time I got home the cat was on the couch lethargic and my husband said the cat was dying and we better do something.
I called my friend back and she came to my house and we decided to take the cat into the vet. GREAT, E.R. charges now! UGH!
We took the cat in and he was plugged. NOT constipated plugged but had a urine blockage. He was in pain for sure. The vet did the "surgery" and got him unplugged and my cat is now sitting in a cage at a vet clinic. GREAT...cha-ching!
They said he had to be put on prescription diet. Can we say double cha-ching?
The friend I called initially and who went with us to the vet is the one to blame for all of this. Why, well here's the conversation we just had last week...
J: "So you feed your cat sh*t food? You know that leads to problems, don't you?"
Me: "Ya, I know but I can't really afford the good high quality food and besides it's just a cat."
J: "Well so what happens if one of your cats gets plugged?"
Me: "I'll just euthanize the cat."
J: "What? You won't fix it and put it on the food you need to? You will just continue to feed sh*t food?"
Me: "Ya, it's just a f*ing cat!"
Well, look at me now? I should have been feeding the high quality food and spending the $40.00 extra dollars a month on the high quality food and stopped being a dumb arse because now I'm paying out my butt for this bill!! Geesh, how stupid can I be? Apparently, VERY STUPID.
I was telling the vet, who is my friend's boss, about the above conversation and that it's all her fault that my cat is plugged. He looked at me and said, " So, since it's just a f*ing cat are we going to euthanize like you said?"
I looked at him and simple said, "NO!"
He said, "I knew that I just had to ask you!"
Ya, she jinxed me and now I have to pay for it. My dear husband told her she will be paying for the new diet though.
So what did I do wrong all these years? Apparently fed only dry food. Cats NEED canned food and I never fed that to them. I AM now! High quality food, can't stress that enough. One that preferrably has lots of meat(protein). I'm looking into something that isn't prescription because the prescription foods have by-products and I don't like them! I can get a high quality food that has better ingredients for the SAME price! So I have to do some serious searching.
I will do the prescription diet for the full month to make sure everything is ok but during that time I will be finding something better quality.
I have heard these stories over and over and over again and I should really know better than to have fed them the crappy food, especially having nothing but male cats in the home! Just plain stupid on my part but yet I felt they are "just" cats. Ya, you look at one that is in pain and has those little beady eyes and you say, "Well sweetie your just a f*ing cat so you must go to kitty heaven now because momma and daddy don't have money to keep you alive." B.S., just is NOT going to happen.
Gosh, I really should know better!
1 comment:
Merrick has some great grain-free canned food, and since Chuck & Don's carries it, you can use your "Chuck's Bucks" card and get a rebate every quarter.
But. You can feed stuff like ground turkey, too, and chicken livers/gizzards, all of which are el-cheap-o at Wal-Mart.
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