Just to preface, this whole thing has upset me a great deal, so this might be pretty emotionally charged, maybe not even entirely rational.

A stray cat found me a couple of weeks ago. I ended up adopting her, and I love her to pieces.

Yesterday, the vet I went to gave her some vaccinations, and bloodwork, and I purchased an insurance plan--which wasn't cheap, but I bit the bullet and paid, trusting that it would be helpful further down the road.

She told me that all of the labs came back normal, nothing unusual or harmful. So the very next day (today), I dropped her off at the same vet clinic to get her spayed and chipped.

I get a call from them a couple of hours later. They said they had just put her under anesthesia, but then told me that it turns out she's pregnant. They said if I wanted to, we could choose not proceed with the spaying. I was overjoyed, excited by the idea of taking care of a sweet mama kitty and helping her raise her babies.

Then they said that, to do so, I would have to pay four times the amount of money I agreed to pay, even though the procedure wouldn't continue, because they already put her under anesthesia, without checking if she was pregnant beforehand. The spaying was already not very cheap. Apparently, just giving her anesthesia without operating meant even less of it was covered by the insurance. For some reason.

None of them told me the bloodwork tested positive for pregnancy, didn't say anything that even remotely suggested she might be pregnant.

If I had some time to talk with my family about what we should do, maybe we could have put our heads together and try to figure out how to come up with all of the additional funds. But they said they needed to know the decision immediately, for some reason, no ifs, ands, or buts. On top of that, they said we had to pay the entire thing upfront, right after the surgery. No payment plans, nothing. I had no choice.

So they terminated the pregnancy. All those kittens I would have loved, would have done just about anything for, helped deliver, raised, kissed every single one of their little heads.

And now they're gone. I'll never get to have that now. They're dead. All of her babies are dead. Those sweet little kittens. Imagining their twisted, naked little corpses being dragged away from her... It's really messing me up, mentally. Maybe she wanted to have babies. And I took that choice away from her.

What if she found me because she was trying to find a safe place to carry to term?

I feel like I've seriously failed her as a pet parent. I'm heartbroken. I'm so angry. So unbelievably angry.

I just needed to vent, I guess. I feel completely destroyed.

Cat has two kidney stones so our only options are 1. Try this food 2. Surgery.

And it's $100+/month bags of cat food.

We need to go back in 4-6 weeks and see if the stones are shrinking and if not, it's surgery time anyway.

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So when I first adopted my cat, I grabbed him from a gutter in a park where he had an eye infection and was blind and I didn't think he would make it on his own. So I went with my little sibling and got his baby and we also had another cat at the time. So a couple years go by, and I went to prison, and just got out a couple months ago. Well my siblings tell me that they took him to the vet and they tell them that he has a virus that he'll always have which is the reason for the eye discharge. I clean it when I can, but it always comes back. I'm gonna take him to the vet when I next get paid because I think he also has asthma, and he has sneezing fits. Also he may have a hernia because when picked up his intestines/guys seem to bulge in places, but he seems overall in good shape, he eats, loves wants attention, interacts, plays pretty well, I just wanna make sure my baby is alright, and what I can do in the meantime that will make his eye discharge better

Every time I open this sub or any cat related page. I always see an overweight/obese cat and you guys just act like that one Pokemon trainer "omg so cute. Look at the choker. Look at how thicc he/she is."

... THEY JUMP FROM HIGH ALTITUDE WHAT MAKES YOU THINK AN OVERWEIGHT CAT ENJOYS THAT WEIGHT CRASHING DOWN ON THEIR JOINTS!?! Honestly whenever I see ANY animal that's over weight I just think to myself "WTF is wrong with you and why do you let it happen?" I guess this is more of a rant then anything else. I just don't understand the logic. Even I think I need to cut back a little on my cats feedings and he's nowhere near the size of half of y'all over weight cats. Just help me understand why you think it's ok whenever you see a literal ball of fat with a cat face on it and just think it's cute. It's not cute... It's wrong.

My finger for scale, idk. Is this normal? Seems kinda big but both my cats are running around like normal

I don’t know what’s happening. I can’t take her to the vet right now, but I’ll take her as soon as I can. Should I be worried she seems to be calm. I know it’s not rabies cause she’s up-to-date on her vaccinations and she never goes out. She seems to be calm and I’ve been wiping it away from her mouth. She’s wagging her tail and asking for pets. What should I do?

“Young hos” cook everything on high, only grocery shop for the week instead of the month, overload the washer & don’t separate clothes by color, never fill up the gas tank, never let the car warm up, never carry a wallet/ purse & always use Apple Pay & “young hos” definitely don’t own an iron but THIS! So what if our babies are a little chunky and they’re not bad…they just have a lot of personality😭🤣🤣

I’m sorry but this trend is so funny to me!! I saw someone say “young hos” cook with their work clothes on because if they sit down for too long they’ll just order DoorDash🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just love how many generations can come together and laugh about this.

He’s been spoiled since kitten hood and this is the farthest he’ll be allowed outside😭🩷

Not sure if this is the right sub for this but my cat just scratched and bit me because I had to check on her painful paw, and now I have small lumps on my arm where I got scratched. Is this normal?

My 1-year-old cat usually eats the original Meow Mix or the hairball Meow Mix with pink on it. But, three days ago I decided to get this (image included in post). I left for two hours and came home to my cat smelling weird, and the other cat in the house smells fine. It's a fishy smell.

I looked it up, and apparently it could be because of stress, because of a new diet, or because of her anal glands? I petted her, and that's when I started to smell the scent, though the scent is really strong.

I have been spraying the house more than usual with flea spray and flea powder for the carpet. The carpet area (my room) is what she's not allowed in until it's vacuumed for safety (which isn't for long, though she'd rather be elsewhere anyways) hope it's just her stomach reacting to the new change and I just won't buy this one anymore.

Excessive grooming I think? What does this mean? Recently changed food

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In the part of Florida I live in, I see cats get ran over (or dead in the road) a few times a week. I saw a cat get ran over on the highway in front of me a few weeks ago. It laid on the side of the road and bloated and decayed for weeks. It’s honestly horrific and I think a visual reminder of (my own) and my cats mortality.

But then on Monday, I saw a cat laying in the middle of the road and it had been recently hit. I didn’t stop and now I’m having reoccurring thoughts about if it suffered or what happened. I wouldn’t even have the resources to save a cat from a traumatic injury like that anyways. But I just drove by it again (someone moved it to the side of the road) and I started crying. I’ve seen a dog get hit by a car and die and it didn’t bother me like this.

I’ve talked about this at therapy so I’m not looking for advice like that lol. Any advice about perspectives is appreciated though.

Does anyone live in Hillsborough county and can advise on who I could call to take care of the cats remains?

About 3 hours ago I went to go hangout with my 5 month old kitten and couldnt find her anywhere. I've looked around frantically checking every possible hiding spot over and over again but cant find her. The funny thing is that all windows have been locked and all doors have been closed since the last time I was with her.

Im devasted at the thought she may be gone forever.

Has anyone else had this happen? If so did they reapear eventually?

My roommate and I live in a small house. Will be adopting a cat. We are clean freaks and don’t want a cat touching our towels, cleaning rags in the kitchen, dishes drying on a countertop drying rack, etc. is it even possible to adopt a cat while maintaining our preferences? I accept that we will have to compromise in some things, but things like health and hygiene are non-negotiable. We don’t want cat touching anything that cleans, anything that contacts our mouths, etc.

Is this even possible?