So anyways, my sister's cat is 14 years old, only recently in the last 3 months has started showing signs of aging.

She brought it into the vet today due to an issue the cat was having with her right hind leg. The cat (Adrian is it's name) was limping and walking strangely, and she seemed to be in pain.

Now, let me describe Adrian. She's a tiny (Though fully adult) calico cat with a pink nose. She's very cute, but has always, since the earliest days that I've known her, hated my ass like Abierman hates sobriety.

Even when my sister's family took vacations tasking me with caring for their cats, Adrian would jump on my lap begging to be petted, only to immediately jump off of my lap when I started to pet her, the entire time staring at me with a nasty, bitchy, condescending look. I mean, I swear this cat mocks me. I'm not just making this shit up.


So anyways, my sister schedules an appointment with the vet to see what is wrong with beelzebub Adrian, and then calls me asking if I could pay for the visit, just until their next payday (they live paycheck to paycheck--which is hard to believe since he cleared 120k last year). So, I agreed and met her for lunch today.

The vet ran an x-ray, blood test, and some other wierd shit on the cat for a bill totaling $787.53 . I was like , it's a damned cat! I mean, don't get me wrong, our pets are family and deserve the love and care we'd give any member of our family, but $787.53 for a diagnosis and a prescription for hormones?

I can sense Adrian sitting home right now on her pampered kitty bed, giggling to herself about what she's cost me today.






[Edited 12/7/06 20:16pm]

Too much money

kill it

Some cats are just weird like that. One of mine is bipolar, I swear- one minute she's all over me begging for attention, the next she's hissing and hiding under furniture.

And yeah, vet services are WAY overpriced a lot of the time.

luv4u said:

Too much uncaring attitude.

SexOnWheels said:

[Ouch snip - luv4u]

SexOnWheels said:

I asked the vet if the charges included Euthinasia

She didn't seem to find it funny so I added, "I love cats. Just not that cat."

evenstar3 said:

i was teasing!!!



though if it was my cat i'm afraid it would have to keep suffering, simply because i don't have $800 to spare on ANY animal.

AsianBomb777 said:

SexOnWheels said:

you were?

luv4u said:

I know, way too much money...but what can you do?

A few years ago one of my dogs became violently ill a week before Christmas. Within two days I had spend over $1600 for her treatment and care. All my Christmas shopping money was gone just like that.

But again, what can you do? I wasn't gonna just turn my back on her.

whose comment were you meaning to snip??

i was only teasing with mine. and i think evenstar was offended b/c she thought i wasn't teasing.

sorry.

SexOnWheels said:

oooh, i didn't know! sorry! (and sorry, luv4u )

luv4u said:

at least dan got the joke.

I paid that and more when i found my tomcat in shock after work.

Turned out he had bladder problems. The kind of problems that cost you lots. As of today he is still on the very expensive diet food.

Common, if you get a cat into your home as a family member, you will damn well pay everything that is needed to keep it healthy.


Aaaaanyways, Dan, cats are often wise creatures. It must know you like sadistic sex. Cats feel that sorta shit. Hurray for Adrian!
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SexOnWheels said:

evenstar3 said:

geez, this is like, my 5th post in GD and already i'm causing drama.


i think i'll go back to lurking.

HamsterHuey said:

i would if i could. but i'm barely making ends meet as it is. and feeding my child comes before any cat or dog, no matter how much a part of the family it is.

that being said, i DO have a great vet that takes payments.

SexOnWheels said:

Nah, I was just being bitchy. Stay in GD!

evenstar3 said:

Hehehe. I edited out my original answer to that.

You'l find OR rabid animal lovers OR rabid animal haters here. I am a lover.

HamsterHuey said:

Adrian does not deserve to be in the family!

I've requested my sister drop her off in the woods and get another cat, but she wont' have any of it.

They own another cat named Bailey, and he's a beautiful white Turkish Angora. But he's neurotic too. He likes to eat paper.

HamsterHuey said:

i love animals. i just recognize my "limitations"

JustErin said:

Yep...way too expensive. But I'd do anything for my baby.

She got bit by a spider. They gave her some "benadryl" $150.00
[Edited 12/7/06 20:24pm]

And this is why, you get dogs.

SexOnWheels said:

AsianBomb777 said:

FruitToAttractBears said:

I love dogs but I just can't get past the poop factor with them.

Also, anything that loves me unconditionally is fucked up and can't be trusted.


Once I had to babysit a Jack Russel Terrior for a week. During that week, I had it jump out of my car window, and I had to chase it around in traffic (thank god the light was red and the cars weren't moving), it practically made a little old black lady shit in her pants when it jump up and pounced her like a million times, in a circle while I chased him, and when I took it out behind my townhouse, it ran into the lake and start splashing in the water (infested with gators).

It was a very busy week for me.


Anyways, back to the poop think.
Everytime I took it walking and it has to take a poop, it's asshole would turn inside out or some shit. I mean naaaaastttaaaaay. I was like so grossed out.

I almost adopted to the dog though cause he was not being treated well by his owner. Thank god a family adopted him.

AsianBomb777 said:

Umm...you don't have to watch it. Jack Russells are know for being batshit anyway
With cats, I can't get past the whole shits-in-a-box-inside-your-house-and-tracks-it-everywhere-including -the-kitchen-counter-hair-and-shit-gets-in-your-bed-and-on-your-clothes thing.


And how you can't make them do what you want. Why you would want a frickin' animal playing mind games with you I don't know. Well, I take that back...my dad trained his cat. But he's amazing with animals anyway.

FruitToAttractBears said:

I like my cat like I like my women. Cold and distant. And a bit hairy.