Meweek all, hope yous Fursday is shapin’ up to be a gweat one. Fank you all fur readin’ meez rant ‘bout adoptin’ and surrendewin’. Meez fawt since weez wuz on a tear anyways and fings not goin’ well here at ow house weez wuld write anudder one of those hopefully helpful and insightful stories. But afur we get into dat me knows yous all wunnewin’ how fings awe purrgwessin’ here. Well dat’s just it, they’re NOT!!! When last weez weported, a mover had come out to giv a bid fur packin and stowin’ ow fings while da work wuz bein’ dun. Mommy’s not heard fwum anypawdy since. So yesfurday hers called da manager (ended up callin evewyone includin’ housin’) and wuz told anudder mover is comin’ out today to do a look see and giv a bid. Then hers wuz told they needed 3 bids (they’ve known this all along and hav sat on their hands and dun nuffin’ till mommy called cuz da lawyer be sittin’ on hers hands too. So weez hav nuffin’ scheduled as yet, and housin’ hasn’t called mommy back (they wuz out of da office). Now we will get on wiff da posty in hooman speak so there can be no mistakin’ what’s bein’ said.
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We wanna talk a bit today about the saving of some animals. Now obviously we’re not talking about hoarders or abusers, but your average pet owner who is, well…..let’s just call ‘em church mouse poor. If you haven’t figured it out by now, we don’t pull any punches and we don’t sugar coat much. We are a tell it like it is family here. We got some great feedback on our stories about grief, but we also got a few expected emails that weren’t so nice. It’s okay, it’s not like we haven’t heard what they said before, but now we’re in a position to speak out and reach more than just them. As you’ve also figured out by now if you didn’t already know, we live on a very fixed income and there’s not enough to go around monthly, so there sure isn’t any emergency fund.
More than once mommy has had a kitty in need and gone to the vet only to be quoted an outrageous price and then turned away when she couldn’t afford it. And they don’t just turn her away, there’s always one of the staff there that has to tell mommy she shouldn’t have animals if she can’t afford to take care of them (you know the one, lots of vet offices have them. usually the one in charge of the books). Mommy’s not the only one this is happening too tho’. We’ve watched many a show and even read stories about poor people surrendering their beloved fur family to shelters or rescues so that the animal can get medical help that won’t be provided unless they relinquish ownership. It’s like they’re being told that if they can’t afford massive vet bills then they shouldn’t have the animal.
Obviously we know that withholding needed medical care is a form of abuse in and of itself, but where do we draw the line? Is it really right to take away the families pet if they are someone who adores their fur family member and other than the medical emergency takes great care of their beloved furry? Is it really right to say that unless you have unlimited funds you shouldn’t have an animal? Is this really how the world thinks? As more and more studies are proving the health benefits of animals for humans are we saying that the elderly and/or disabled who are on fixed incomes and would benefit from owning an animal shouldn’t have one?
Well me has a few questions me self. Why is it that vets need to charge such outrageous prices to begin with? And how is it that they who purportedly went into their profession because of their love for animals can watch one they know they can save walk out the door because it’s humans can’t afford treatment. And why is it that rescues will help but ONLY if the owner surrenders the animal and agrees for it to be rehomed? And why is pet insurance so expensive and yet covers so little? Why? After all would we take a human child from their parents if they couldn’t pay the hospital bill? For that matter would the hospital turn them away and refuse treatment? (and yes, we know there are a few hospitals that might, but there’s at least one that won’t) And if we did take the children would there be lots of write ups and news stories about how wonderful it is that we saved the child and it’s now up for adoption? Often times children who are truly being abused don’t even get removed from the home.
We know mommy would be devastated if she had to relinquish one or both of us, and we would be lost without her. Maybe mommy couldn’t afford the latest greatest treatments and in an emergency she would have to beg and plead for money to pay for our treatment (as our vet who we love, doesn’t do payment arrangements). But there is no one on this planet (or any other for that matter) that could love us more or care for us any better. Mommy struggles with money all the time, and thanks to some of our wonderful friends/framly she doesn’t have to worry as much as she has in the past, but there are still lots of things that mommy has to provide for us. But if all that stopped tomorrow, mommy would find a way to provide for us. She did for years and we never expected the outpouring of love we have received. We appreciate each and everyone of our friends/framly and love you all dearly, because of who you are, and not because of what you do.
Now we know most of you reading this post feel like we do. That sometimes a good home has nothing to do with the amount of money one has but instead the feelings for and daily care of the animal<s>. But again last night we read a story about an older cat that desperately needed dental work but it’s elderly owner couldn’t afford it. A rescue stepped in and got the cat the needed treatment, but only after the human signed it over to them to be rehomed after treatment. It was and always is a heart wrenching story. And while we are grateful the kitty got the treatment it needed we are heart broken for it’s previous owner who obviously loved him enough to let him go so that he could have what he needed to feel better. Today there are 2 elderly beings in the world who are grieving a loss as if death had come to visit.
Again we didn’t write this story to offend or hurt anyone. And since joining the blogging community we have met a lot of peeps just like us who are surviving on fixed incomes and would be in a tizzy if they had to come up with emergency vet money. But on the chance someone comes across our blog that fits into the other category, we hope they have second thoughts the next time they come across a situation such as this. Just because a person can’t afford all the trimmings and extra vet expenses doesn’t make them a bad pet owner. Just a thought.
Til da nex time…………Be Blest!!!
Service Cats U.S. 
Wow Dezi n Miss Audra diz waz a grrreat post!! Mum went thrud dat wif da accountin purrson at da Vet’z back when Mingflower waz alive. Phankfully Mingy waz healthee til she waz 16 yeerz old. Den she got Kidney Disease n Mum told Dr Dave unless she had a line of credit she cuud NOT afford to pay him ebery time she walked thru da door. Well he told da Accountin purrson to set it up n she got furry angree n Dr Dave reeminded her it waz HIZ purractice n he waz da BOSS! So Mum had dat fer 2 1/2 yeerz n Mingy’z Hu’Man Dad helped wif bill n aftur she waz gone he helped Mum wif Sage-smudge da fostur kittehgurl. N Dad Jon eben helped wif ME Vet billz when me ferst arrived wif Perrydontell Disease n Cystitis! Dr Dave haz let Mum keep her line of credit since 2004…he IZ a GRRREAT purrson! He givez credit to many in da purractice; hiz buziness partner iz NOT so generuss so we not go to her…
Once ’bout 4 yeerz ago a teen aged gurl came in wif her parrot n weepin n sayin bird waz dead. We said we wait in waitin room n Dr Dave took da gurl n bird into exam room…he saved da Parrot’z life (he waz drunk on beer; we did not ask) 😉
When da gurl asked how much he said it waz FREE ’cause she waz so upset. he told her to NEBER let Parrot drink beer or lickher again n she cried sum more n phanked Dr Dave a bazillion timez…trulee Dr Dave iz sum sorta Saint!
We wishez ALL Vet’z were like him 😉
Lub ❤ Nylablue ❤
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Wow, Nylablue dat’s pawsum. Weez not hav any vets like dat wound here. They all seem mowe concerned ’bout there bank accounts than da animals. Ow vet be one of da good ones, but hims dusn’t do payments. Weez just purray weez not evew need it. Hims got mommy a vet caawd dat allows hers to make 25.00 payments each munff fur up to 100.00. Anymowe than dat and it dusn’t work and hers has to hav da munny. Evewy year when hers takes us to get ow check up and shots, it’s zactly 101.50 and mommy has to pay da 1.50 afur weez walk outta da door. Da first 25.00 payment is due in 15 days and then evewy 30 days after dat fur da 4 munffs. Mommy be evew so gwatefull fur it tho’ cuz hers wuldn’t hav da 100.00 it costs.
Dat wuz pawful ’bout da birdy. but weez glad hims kuld be saved.
Luv ya’
Dezi
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Excellent post, as always. I do think it is wrong to make an own give up their pet to get treatment. It is traumatic for the human and the pet. I wish there were some sort of funding available for situatuions like that. I also agree that pet insurance doesn’t cover much for what it costs, I wouldn’t even bother. And Dezi and Lexi, don’t you worry, if you ever need help I know would would do what I could just as many other of your blogging friends would.
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AaaaawFank yous. And yes it’s vewy twaumatic. Weez wish there wuz sumfin’ weez kuld do udder than just blog ’bout it, but at least weez waisin’ awareness. Maybe we can change da finkin’ by talkin’ ’bout it. And weez weally purreciate yous and all ow furiends, and hope weez nevew hav to ask. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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lexi & dezi…thiz bee a grate post N yes veree troo on ALL aspects… N ya can haza mazillion $$$… but thiz does knot meen ewe will haz a mazillion $$$ all ways; N in de times oh crisis or emergencee ya find out how “little” a mazillion $$$ troo lee iz….everee one…be they fixed income or livin high on de hogz can haz de best budget in de werld, N use ther budget for ther selves, ther famileez, ther petz, ther bills….and ina flash….it can all go a stray…we think itz sad when vets//clinics/emergencee animal care// want cash up front, and ree fuze payment options…we also know theeze places probablee …knot all…but probablee haz de best interest at hart of : “pocket book”…N we haz seen theeze same places that look better aesthetically than peepulz hospitals….
N we noe furst hand bout a place that de second question outta ther mouths iz; cash chex or charge
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…….
hope de stuff getz settled at yur houz
heerz hopin everee one haza happee fryday caturday & savoree salmon Sunday ♥♥♥
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Yep you’s so wight. Specially these days munny can be gone in a heartbeat. And of course weez know havin’ munny duzn’t mean yous luv yous animals anymowe than those wiff out it. As fur da vets, yous wight on dat one too. Meez finks meez vet weally cawes, hims just needs da munny cuz hims got a furmily to support and beins it’s a small town hims dusn’t want it gettin’ wound dat hims takes payments fwum sum cuz then evewypawdy wuld want hims to do it fur them. Weez just hope weez nevew hav to use hims fur any mergencies.
Fanks fur yous well wishes, weez suwe hopin’ it gets fixed up and settled soon.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Do you know the Onyx and Breezy Foundation? They’re a nonprofit providing funds for vet care in needy cases and emergencies. 100% of donations go directly into the fund.
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Wow dat be pawsum. No weez nevew heard of them, but will fur suwe put them in ow addwess book fur future wefewence. Fanks fur tellin’ us bout ’em. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi
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It is heartbreaking when two friends have to be parted because of lack of resources! I know here in the UK it happens a lot. But there is help with some charities like the PDSA and the Blue Cross. I wouldn’t trust the RSPCA here anymore. They kill half of all animals that are surrendered to them, at least. they have also become very political, spending huge amounts of money on fighting causes that are not in the best interests of animals, but only to gain political points! I really hope you guys get your housing situation sorted soon. Poor mommy will be exhausted! xoxoxox
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Yes, weez not like it eevew, and weez fink it’s a shame when it happens. Weez fink by shinin’ a light on da subject might spawk ’bout a change. Maybe anyways.
Weez glad there be a little help available in da UK, and wish weez had mowe in da states. Sum aweas hav mowe help than udders, and weez glad ’bout dat. Weez just happen to liv in an awea dat not hav any wesources, even fur what weez goin’ fwu wiff da pawtment. Sowwy ’bout yous SPCA, ows isn’t much better here.
Fanks fur da well wishes, weez hope fings turn wound fur us quickly too.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Excellent post guys and ignore nasty emails…we are all entitled to our opinion and they are our blogs…money has thing to do with the amount of love a person has for their pet…puppy farmers being a classic example…plenty of cash and no love at all..we have had really rough times..very low and have scraped through to provide for the pets …they are family..we do what we have to…we can be hit badly too as we have so many…apart from accidents we keep on top by trying to keep them as healthy as we can…it is a sad world where a person is told to surrender a loved pet due to lack of cash..maybe vets should start a club..where peeps can donate a small amount and have it go to an account for special cases like this.. I know I would gladly pop a few dollars extra on to our vet bills to go towards such a fund..i hope soon these horrid housing problems are sorted…so damn unfair…sending our love as always Fozziemum xx
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Fank yous Fozziemum. Yes weez fink anypawdy no mattew how much munny yous hav can get in a bind sumtimes. Vets awe just so spensiv. And like yous mommy duz evewyfin’ hers can to keep us healffy so weez not hav da need fur big spensiv vet bills, and then purrays weez not get sick or need da vet fur any mergency.
Dat’s a pawsum idea ’bout those hoo can chippin’ in a little towards a fund. Weez might hav to giv sum fawt ’bout how to twy to get dat stawted. Fanks fur suggestin’ it. 🙂
Weez purrayin’ weez get sorted quickly too. Mommy sent an email and cc’d anypawdy hers kuld fink of last night to twy to get help. So weez will see what dat bwings. Hav a pawsum day. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hi Dezi and Lexi – Just want to say that I’m really enjoying your posts although they must be hard to write: you’re covering topics which are difficult subjects. But ladies, these things need to be said and kudos to you for spelling it out loud for everyone to read. Well done! I only have one cat now – Casey – but in the past (when I was working – I’m retired now) I had 7 cats; all were neutered, most were microchipped and all were covered by insurance.
But if any of them needed veterinary care I had them up at the surgery so fast, they didn’t have time to worry – and like you, they loved our vet – he was – and still is – a great vet. BUT I swear I put both his sons through college and university and paid for their exotic holidays with the amount of money I paid over they years! MOL!! Now, my finances are very different and I have to go to a charity vet now where they’ll treat the pet and you pay a donation if you can. They don’t worry if you can’t (although I feel bad) but the downside of this is that if they don’t get enough donations as they’re not a government funded charity, they can only do the most basic of diagnostics or treatment – because they don’t have the funding. Catch 22 situation.
I live in the UK by the way .
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Y fank yous Pauline. Yes weez knew yous lived in da UK, and even tho’ is just da basics weez fink is pawsum dat yous hav a chawity vet. Evewy couple of years in ow awea one of da vets will run a “low cost” vaccination clinic. But even then it costs mowe than most peeps can afford. And it’s only on one day and at a location they choose, so those wiff out twanspurrtation can’t get there, and again, it’s not weally low cost. Mommy dwove 60 miles one year and when weez got there she discovewed hers kuldn’t afford it and weez had to dwive all da way back home wiffout gettin’ ow shots. She went to da fawm store and bought them and gav ’em to us hers selff dat year. But hers not likes to do dat, cuz weez liv in a quawentine state and a vet has to giv da rabies shot fur da state to acknowledge it. Fanks fur readin’ ow blog and fanks fur leavin’ a comment. Purrlease come back soon.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hi girls. I’m so glad you wrothe about this. It is something that has always bothered me. I have the same questions and concerns as you do but no answers. Stories like the one you told about the person who HAD to give up his ‘family’ breaks my heart. I pray I am never faced with that problem because I think it would kill me to have to do something like that.
I am so upset that you still are having problems getting things going on your apartment. Maybe Mommy can get some results with the emails she is sending out. I pray so.
Luv you all so very much. Hugs and kisses.
Mary
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Yes awnty Mary these stories bweak ow hearts too, and makes us weally fink. Mommy’s not suwe how she wuld handle this cuz she wuld nevew giv us up even ifin it wuld save ow lives. Mommy sez hers finks her may be too selfish to let go, so hers just purrays it nevew happens dat hers be in dat pawsition again.
Fanks fur yous purrayers and concern, weez hope weez get sumwhere too.
Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses
Dezi, Lexi and mommy Audra
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Our vet(s) do payments if you ask…and they will tell you up front what things may cost…if not Meowmy asks, MOL!
We are not too troubled in $$ matters, but once when our now angel Suki spent 5 days in ICU, that was hard…
It would be unthinkable and horrible to have to let someone else have one of us just because we had no funds. Sheesh.
Our grand pawppy did that with clocks, though…if a customer didn’t want to pay the repair price, grandpawppy would buy it from them, fix it, and either keep it himself or give/sell it. Meowmy has several in our den! (He was a clockmaker by trade.)
But well, clocks are not living creatures.
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Yous hav a pawsum vet fur suwe. Finkin’ yous beeter keep him. 🙂 Is gweat dat yous can afford tweatments even tho’ it may be hawd at da time. Weez also hope yous not hav too, or any of ow furiends fur dat matter. And of course mommy not want dat to happen to us eevew. 🙂
Wow a clockmaker. Dat wuld be amazin’ to see. Mommy luvs clocks. Weez not hav any purretty or fancy ones, but weez do hav at least 1 clock in evewy room. MOL Hav a wunnewful day.
Luv ya’
Dezi
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Meowmy spends some time each day winding or pulling up the clock(weights)….if she furgets, she has to reset the chimes, UGH! MOL!
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OMC Dat’s amazin’ They purrawly be antiques and worff sum gween papers. But meez duz see how dat might be a bit of a pain. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi
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This is such a great post that points out some things none of us like to think about.
XOXO
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Pee Ess – just ignore those not-so-nice emails!
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Weez do, weez just fawt it wuld be an oppurrtunity to bwing to light a subject weez not fink ’bout much. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi
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Fank yous. Yes weez not like to fink ’bout it, and lots of times weez so happy da animal got medical tweatment weez not fink dat their former owners might hav been duin’ a good job and twuly luved their fur furmily member. We just always assume their owners wuz bad and abusiv peeps. And it’s not always da case.
Luv ya’
Dezi
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