Cat needs eye removed, anyone any idea of typical costs?

brians_daughter

gettingready wrote: »

OP - where in UK are you?

Real;ly sorry to hear about your kitten.

If you are in LOndon, try Celia Hammond as they will charge a fraction of regular vet fees.

We are in the north west

We will just have to find the money, all that matters is he's happy and well.

I feel soooo silly though, assuming we had covered every eventuality.
I thought that seeing as he'd been checked by a vet and we had the "kitten fund" AND pet insurance that anything that could be/go wrong would be minimal.

He's worth whatever it costs more than 100 times over

gettingready

How was he "check over by the vet" and when? Was he given all clear then? Was he already yours then?

We bought the cover when we brought him home, 3rd sept first trip to vets was thurs 13th (10 days) and 9 from when we first noticed.

Sorry but in this case I would ask the "breeder" for help with the costs as the kitten was obviously unwell already when you took him on. If the vet said/wrote in his paperwork that this problem was 3 weeks old... and now insurance will not cover it.

Who are you insured with anyway?

What date you insured him? 3rd september? And when did the vet say the problem was 3 weeks old, on what date did he say that?

Dollardog

My last dog had to have his eye removed in around 2006, he was a big dog, so would have taken more anesthetic than a kitten, he had cancer on his eye ball and needed to see a specialist vet for a second opinion. I think the cost then was around £400, of course it will have gone up some since then.

Hope you get it sorted for him.

MissKeith

Last year my kitten had to have her eye removed due to an abscess, cost of the op, aftercare and drugs/painkillers was around the £500 mark. I had a similar situation to yourself, a neighbour found a pregnant stray and we took on one of the kittens, insurance wouldn't pay out because the condition developed in the 'cooling off' period. She's now a very healthy, happy little thing and luckily I had savings to fall back on.

brians_daughter

gettingready wrote: »

How was he "check over by the vet" and when? Was he given all clear then? Was he already yours then?



Sorry but in this case I would ask the "breeder" for help with the costs as the kitten was obviously unwell already when you took him on. If the vet said/wrote in his paperwork that this problem was 3 weeks old... and now insurance will not cover it.

Who are you insured with anyway?

What date you insured him? 3rd september? And when did the vet say the problem was 3 weeks old, on what date did he say that?

He was seen by a vet the day we got him. Went to get him chipped and registered, vaccinated etc. vet gave him a general examination and said he was fit and healthy.

Insurance -the paperwork states cover only actually starts on day 15 for illness unless its in an accident etc.

Brought him home and insured him from 3rd. Noticed eye problem 12th, 1st visit to vet 13th.

The second vet (how confusing is this getting!!) said, on Thursday this week, that with an ulcer of the size of the one the kitten has its his opinion that he's had an infection for over 3 weeks. I explained he'd been checked over when we got him on the 3rd. He replied and said if infection starts at the back of the eye it may not be picked up, as the kitten wasn't showing signs of distress/infection until we took him back to the original vet!!!

I've asked the kittens mothers owner and she's said not a chance in hell. I happened to see her last week and mentioned we'd took him for jabs and chipping and had been given "a clean bill of health" - obviously she was quick to recall this...

valk_scot

How about the PDSA? If you're on a lower income they will provide subsidised treatment.

Otherwise ask the vet if you can pay in installments. Most vets don't want an animal to suffer, they'd rather do the op and wait a little for the payment. Be upfront, offer as much as you can for the first installment and also have a figure in mind per month to offer.

brians_daughter

MissKeith wrote: »

Last year my kitten had to have her eye removed due to an abscess, cost of the op, aftercare and drugs/painkillers was around the £500 mark. I had a similar situation to yourself, a neighbour found a pregnant stray and we took on one of the kittens, insurance wouldn't pay out because the condition developed in the 'cooling off' period. She's now a very healthy, happy little thing and luckily I had savings to fall back on.

Glad your kitty is now fit and healthy... That's reassuring.

We had savings, but in last 3 months we've had to replace a boiler, today's cost me £650 for my car to be fixed, 4 lots of school uniform (all started different schools this time) my hours have been cut at work... The list goes on and on!! I'm flitting between here and listing things on eBay!

brians_daughter

valk_scot wrote: »

How about the PDSA? If you're on a lower income they will provide subsidised treatment.

Otherwise ask the vet if you can pay in installments. Most vets don't want an animal to suffer, they'd rather do the op and wait a little for the payment. Be upfront, offer as much as you can for the first installment and also have a figure in mind per month to offer.

I'm hoping the vet will offer something like this, to be honest it's more of a cash flow issue than money issue iykwim? My hours go bak up again next week so by the middle of October I could cover £500 (assuming that's a rough figure)

gettingready

Brought him home and insured him from 3rd. Noticed eye problem 12th, 1st visit to vet 13th.

UNfortunately the devil lies in details - 3rd to 13th 10 days, before the insurance kicked in.

Really sorry....

Cat will be fine with just one eye, I have one "virtually adopted" one that had one eye removed and does not see on the other one, stray baby cat found with very advanced cat flu, brought back from the dead by the woman who looks after him....

He is doing absolutely great - was 4 weeks old only when he was found, on the street, with part of his foot bitten off too so really in a bad way.

Your little one is at home, will get the care he needs and he will be fine...

atrixblue.-MFR-.

didnt want to read and run, if your on a low income some vets offer installment payments rather than one lump some upfront.

my mums cat timmy lost his eye in battle, well say lost it got scagged and the innerds were poking out of it, the vet put most of it back in and he had some vision in his eye, only for him to escape the house a few months later go back into battle on his turf with another puddy who got his eye well and truelly that time, vet removed the rest of the damage and he was left with a BLUE eyeball completely blinded in it, it didnt bother him, only thing that did bother him wich the vet was itching to do since she met timmy was cut off his nutts, so when he had his eye op he had his nutts taken away, totally free of charge and the vet said it was a pleasure doing it as it gave her the payback of all the times he had scrammed her in the past!, when he had regualr visits after that, he tamed down and got to like the vet, and the day he was PTS they vet cried as much as mum and dad did.