vet bills

angiexrd

MY neutered 11yr old male cat wondered into a neighbours area and this week had a fight with her male Neutered cat. She had to take her cat to the Vet for a cut on it's back leg and got to go back again for another check up. She has messaged me saying I've got to pay for her cat's vet bills.  I've been told by my Vet, you can't stop cats fighting and it's the responsibility of the Owner for their animal's care and Vet bills , Is this correct ? any advice would be so much appreciated, I m  a widowed OAP living on my own and this is so distressing !

sheramber

Just because her cat needed treatment doesn't prove her cat did not start the fight but came off worst. 

elsien

I wouldn't dignify her message with a response. 

Cats wander; it's what they do.  If her cat is out and about in her garden or nearby and gets into a fight, it's her responsibility.  If she's that bothered about it she could choose to keep her cat indoors. If she lets it out then the odd scrap comes with the territory.
Out of interest, does she take any steps to keep her cat away from other people's gardens and other cats territories because if not there's a little bit of a double standard going on there.  
Found this online - it's about fouling but I would suggest the same applies to what cats get up to while they are roaming round. 

Cats cannot ‘trespass’

The law relating to trespass in the context of domestic animals is found in the Animals Act 1971. However, cats enjoy a unique position as the Animals Act 1971 does not apply to them. This is how cats have this ‘right to roam’ and they cannot, therefore, trespass in the legal sense. Therefore, an owner cannot be legally responsible for where their cats go.

Cats - The legal issues of trespass and fouling - InBrief.co.uk