On: Cat vs. panel heater: which is better?

[BLKNSLVR]

I recently had to choose between these two options:

  1. Removal of splinter from pet cat's eyeball: $1,650
  2. Removal of cat's eyeball: $1,400

Blew out my pet budget for a long while. I have the photo that the vet ophthalmologist took - they were cool enough to send it to us.

[pbhjpbhj → BLKNSLVR]

Apologies if it's insensitive, but I'm curious what the financial cost of "putting cat down and acquiring new cat" would be; mere intellectual curiosity.

[BLKNSLVR → pbhjpbhj]

$50 to get a vet to put a cat down. And roughly the same amount to get a desexed, flea-treated moggy from a shelter.

[dkersten → BLKNSLVR]

Oh wow. I’m sorry for you and your cat, that seriously sucks.

[BLKNSLVR → dkersten]

Despite adding a month to the mortgage, it was a good news story. Cat full recovered within a day or two, and the joy my kids get from this gosh darn cat makes it worth the expense. (just as long as it doesn't make a habit of getting eyeball splinters - freaking gross).

Very thankful to have the means that enable a spur-of-the-moment $1,650 expense not affecting too much of the future.

I'll have to write the story of this cat one day.

[dkersten → BLKNSLVR]

Good to hear that everything worked out ok!