I am very upset only last night someone rang about 6.40 p.m. (not from our area but could not get hold of anyone else) to say a cat had kittens and one of them was not very well as it had eaten some litter. I advised them to contact a vet and they needed to act quickly as most vets close at 7 p.m. They said they had no money so I said ask the vet to ring me.
At 9.40 p.m. a vet rang me to say someone had just contacted him about a sick kitten and advised him I would pay. I confirmed that if he was prepared to see the kitten we would pay, and asked him to phone me once the kitten was there. 20 mins later he contacted me and said the 8 week old kitten (I was initially advised by the owners dad it was 1 week old but had asked how a one week old could eat litter, but that is another story) was very ill had been so all day had blocked tubes and was suffering and screaming in pain, (I could hear it). I asked if the kindest thing was PTS he said yes, I then said if something could be done no matter the cost we would pay and did not want it PTS just because it was the cheapest option. He said I could try something but it will cost hundreds and you will probably end up with a dead kitten and again said the kitten is suffering. Reluctantly I authorised PTS. I feel terrible, I will once I get the bill and the owners address send her a free voucher to have mum spayed, hopefully she will.
Not my week as the day before I asked someone who had found a cat to take it to our vets, within minutes I received a phone call from the vet and I had to authorise PTS as the little one had a broken back.
