Today, I had to put my cat to sleep after she was in an accident. While I was crying hysterically, the vet asked me for $230. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my cat was hit by a car. I took it to the vet expecting the worst but they told me that she’d be fine. I was so happy I didn't even mind paying the $50 bill. The next morning my cat was dead. Having her put down humanely would have cost $45, I paid $5 extra to have her die in my kitchen. FML
Today, I took my cat to the vet. He said he felt a strange lump that could be serious. I got really upset and picked her up, crying. The vet then told me I had to put her down. Absolutely devastated by having to euthanize my cat, I passed out. He meant I had to put her back on the table. FML
Today, I had to explain to my boss that the reason I was sobbing hysterically as she told me that I was getting a pay raise was because I was going to the vet to have my sick and dying cat put down. Good news at a bad time. FML
Today, I was nervous about taking my cat to the vet for a UTI, because money’s a little tight. Turns out the antibiotics weren’t that expensive, but he wants at least $1,000 for dental surgery she apparently “needs.” FML
Today, I had to put my 17 year-old cat down. I cried the whole way up to the vet's office and back. After finally coming to terms with the situation, and trying to forget, my dad's friend walks up to me and says, "So, I heard you killed your cat?" FML
Today, I took my cat to the vet for an x-ray. They found three dollar coins in his stomach. The surgery to remove them is $600. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I spent almost $500 adopting a senior cat and buying everything we needed to take care of him. He died 6 hours later. FML
Today, I saved a kitten from the streets, cleaned her up and asked the vet what I should do with her because she was the sweetest thing and my cat has a highly contagious illness. The vet had to put her down. FML
Today, I had to take my cat to the vet. On the way there, he managed to get out of his cage, climb into the front seat, onto my chest, and howl in my face as I tried to drive down the highway. I ended up with stitches and still got charged for missing my cat's appointment. FML
Today, I paid $325 to have the vet tell me that my 19-year-old cat ISN'T dying, she just had anxiety shits because we were gone on vacation for so long. FML
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Top comments
ihatecondoms 12
yall arent seeing this the right way, from the way this sounds they asked her to pay right after the cat was put down, while she was crying, they could have at least gave her a little time to process what happend
thelittlem 15
As sad as it is, a vet clinic can't function without funds.
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Comments (18)
ViviMage 40
My vet at least had the decency to bill me in the mail afterwards.
lizzyo17 22
Our kitten had a seizure last year and passed away shortly after we raced to the vets office. They mailed us the bill. Asking for it immediately seems very inconsiderate.
WeirdUS 30
Sorry for your loss
DanielleinDC 34
I'm sorry for your loss. I know how traumatic it is having to say goodbye to a furbaby. (It's bad enough when your cat is elderly and you know it's coming; a sudden death like this must have been awful.) The clinic I used (and still use for the cat I have now) gave us time with Miss Kitty to say goodbye. Then the vet told us what would happen and waited until we were ready to have the procedure done. I was also crying hysterically during the procedure, but they did give us time and privacy, and they did wait until I had calmed down and my boyfriend and I were ready to leave before providing the bill. I know it sucks getting a bill on one of the worst days of your life, but vets and their staff need to be paid for their work as well. And as hard as it is for us to say goodbye to our dear furbabies, imagine being a vet who has to deal with vicarious grief on a regular basis.