cats/ kittens

[gatorgrl12]

Ok . So I adopted a cat whom was pregnant. She was going to be put down.  Well I got extremely attached to her! She ended up passing away after birthing her kittens. I was not home at the time :( I left her for a short time to get my son to school.

She had four kittens i took care of them the first 5 days. The shelter then called me telling me they had a lactating mother she had birthed two stillborn kittens. But she has a leg injury they have yet to repair. They sent her home with me with no adoption fee. She has taken in the kittens and is mothering them.
Well I tried to call up the shelter and their telling me since their is no record of this cat  in their system they will no fix her leg!!! I'm so upset because I do not have money for this extra expense I just paid them to test this cat and kittens for aids ex ex as well as check ups on kittens since I have been mothering them!


Please any advice would be helpful I believe this cats leg is broken. How long can I wait before its seen I do not get paid for another two weeks.

[evewisewoman]

Hi there,

I just finished reading your comments. I have adopted several cats from
an animal shelter over the years. All of the cats I adopted and it is my
understanding that any rescued animal that comes into a shelter receives
a chip which means they're registered. One idea might be to go to your
regular vet. I think the vet can determine what the chip number is through
scanning the chip. As far as getting the cat's leg fixed, perhaps you could
tell the vet your circumstances, i.e. that you'll get paid 2 weeks from now,
but that you would like the vet to look at the cat's leg and do what's necessary now. Most vets are very understanding especially when you
explain what the shelter did, i.e. give you the mother cat with the leg that
needed to be fixed without an adoption fee. You see this way there was
no paper work and no record of the adoption. Perhaps you could pay
the vet in installments. Maybe the cat's leg is not broken, but the leg
still needs attention now. I will share a story with you. My first rescue cat,
Mandy, a beautiful female ginger cat, was pregnant and I didn't even know
that when I adopted her. The shelter estimated that she was about a
year and a half. Well, I brought her home and it was near Easter time.
The next day, she started to bleed. I didn't know what to think. I just knew
she needed urgent medical attention. My ex husband at the time wanted
me to bring Mandy back to the shelter and have a shelter vet examine her.
Instead, my ex husband and I brought Mandy to an emergency clinic where I was told the blood had been caused by her aborting her fetus.
The vet there also said we had better give her a blood test to rule out
leukemia. Thankfully Mandy was okay and she didn't have leukemia.
I guess why I'm sharing this story with you is because I think sometimes
shelters aren't always totally honest with you. I'd like to think the shelter
didn't know that Mandy was pregnant. Anyway, my Mandy shared my life
with me for fourteen years and she was dearly and will always be so loved.
I wish you the best with your furbabies. Thank you for looking after
homeless animals so well. Eve :)

[MYoungAtHeart]

On monday this week my little female fell off her perch and injured her paw.  We all thought it was broken, that can't be told without x rays which were 250.00 with pain medicine included.  The x rays showed a small dislocation that is as painful as a break and my vet wanted me to contract with an orthopedic surgeon to fix the dislocation.  The surgery would be a thousand dollars to start with and no guarantee that she might not reinjure herself jumping again.  After talking to the surgeon,which was a free call, I decided to wait and see what would happen with  the healing if I crated her and limited her movements for 4 weeks.  This morning she walked out of the crate, meowed quite loudly, like " I have returned" and is walking around the house with no or little difficulty.  

I only made my decision after I viewed the x rays myself and talked to the surgeon...The surgeon said that with this injury, even a 2 or 3 week wait would not harm my cat as they could pin anything and then put it in a splint.

I am sorry you are having problems with the shelter.  I would call back and continue to bother them until they find this mother in their system and ask if x rays were taken and if you can see them....

Please let us know how you, the babies and the mother are doing...I wish you the very best of luck with this problem

M

[BluCrystal]

I had one of my cats several years back appear out of nowhere with a broken leg.  Went to the vet.  Of course, I did not have hundreds of dollars to  pay for surgery.  But the vet did give him pain medication and told me to keep him in a kennel with food, water, and a litterbox for SIX weeks.  We did it, and the cat healed.  It was tough leaving him in the kennel, and we would 'cheat' sometimes and take him out for a short time.  We never allowed him to move around much at all, since this would slow healing.  I hope my story is of some help to you, and thank you for saving a homeless animal!  God bless - Blu