"Pet Angel Fund for Spaying Gizzy et al"

[Roxyluvsme13]

How can you say such a thing to someone facing a diagnosis of cancer??? What the heck is wrong with you????

Your phone is expensive, but you would be just peachy keen happy having someone ELSE call long distance for you on their bill....You could have easily made the call for the money you spent on seeing Pirates twice...so get off your poor me wagon. You CAN do things, you CHOOSE not to. Every cell phone has an alarm. You can help not getting up or getting up, you CHOOSE not to. You can make a phone call, you CHOOSE not to. You can spend the money you have on your pets, you CHOOSE not to. All of it is choices you are making. Don't blame everything else, be responsible for your own actions. Don't blame your mother (although she should never have allowed more pets in the house if she wasn't willing to pay for their upkeep properly), the money was set up without her help or yours, you are the one making the CHOICE not to call.

You know why people rush to help others who are in dire need and ask? They don't come asking and then act like a spoiled expectant rude brat who won't even make a phone call once other people contribute the money and do all the work.

It wasn't meant as a rude comment.

If you knew the money situation, maybe you would understand it's rather hard to pay for your teenage daughter's cell phone cards. But you DON'T know. The phone alarm isn't loud enough to wake me up, not my problem. If my mom wants me out of bed, she can get me out of bed.

Um, I DO spend the money on my pets. Most of the time my allowance of $10 monthly gets spent on them.. As said, obviously nobody is reading what I'm saying except for the bad things.

I'm not blaming anybody, I'm speaking the truth of my life. Whether you choose to believe truth is your own choice.

I did help in setting up this fund, there was a lot of work done behind PMs that isn't mentioned in this thread. Get your facts straight before charging me of something.

I'm not a spoiled expectant rude brat. If you want to see that, then go talk to some other PT'ers whose names I won't mention due to the face that most of you will disagree with me.

If I could make the phone call, I would make the phone call. Once again.. I will repeat myself in saying that I get my mother to call tomorrow or find another way. I actually have a PT'er who has been nice enough to offer to call because my mother won't.

I threw it in because it shows that "hey, life's not fair." You can't always get rid of the "uglies" no matter how much you want to. If you want to have this closed, fine. However, it's going to keep coming up, and keep being a sore spot for every person here until it gets a resolution.

Being a teenager does not give you, or anyone, the rights to cuss at people who are trying to help you. Not only emotionally by giving you the peace of mind that your pets are taken care of, but financially as well.

I apologize to you about my comment to you, I am just so frustrated at the lack of respect you have been showing, that I think you need to look at it from other angles other than your own. Please, consider what other people see and interpret. What a 13-14 year old may not consider as disrespectul, every adult on the continent may. Before you type a string of "I hate you, I am having this closed because it's not going my way" messages, take a deep breath and say, "These people are trying to help me! I need to get up a little bit early and give back a little bit to help them too!"

And that is all I will say on the subject.

Good luck to you and your mother, and all of your pets.

Trust me, I know life's not fair. I've been saying that to myself for the past six months after what heck I've been through. And I am really sorry about what you're going through, my comment was never intended to be rude. My temper is just outraged right now from some comments spoken.

Well, maybe the resolution is for me to leave like I should have done a long time ago.

I'm not intentionally cussing at people. I threw in a word or two there, but I wasn't specifically aiming it at anybody. I don't think I've done this throughout this entire thread. I said something about such and such and used hell, but that wasn't intentionally at someone. (and of course someone will probably quote me and prove me wrong.)

I'm trying to be respectful. It's hard when others aren't respectful to you, even when they think they are. I don't consider being given opinions not at your own will because people aren't happy with you very respectful. And I don't consider being called names very respectful. And I may have called others names as well, and well, I'm sorry.

Again, not very respectful to assume things about me just from some 7,600 something posts I've made on a forum. I haven't met a single Pet Talker, so none of you have the right to judge unless you personally meet me, savvy?

I know some people are trying to help me, and some aren't. Some are just informing me disrespectably and I don't appreciate that whatsoever.

Again saying, that I have a PT'er who is going to call for me since my mother will not. Although tomorrow, or today rather, I was planning on calling.

ETA: The area code on that site is clearly wrong because from my understanding, our area code is 423, not 615

[shais_mom]

The phone alarm isn't loud enough to wake me up, not my problem. If my mom wants me out of bed, she can get me out of bed.

First off
KUDOS to those of you who called the vet office and got a semblence of an answer...
But this statement she made bothers me -
b/c if they are her animals - IT is her problem....

[cassiesmom]

I am trying to clear this up for myself. In the very first post in this thread, lvpets2002 said there are two cats and two dogs who need care and the bill will be $730.00 (or $182.50 per pet). Jenn_librarian was given a figure of $258.53 today. Maybe Linda at the animal hospital can give the most accurate amounts. The original plan was to re-home Gizmo because of behavior issues, and when that turned out not to be an option it was suggested that Gizmo be spayed. The other pets are also receiving care at the same time. If the fees for all four pets are $258.53 each (round up to $260) then that brings the total up to $1,040. Is the plan for Pet Talk members to contribute all of the needed funds, or does the animal hospital have a care fund to help with some of this? I guess I'm still confused.

[Ginger's Mom]

No, not every animal needs all of that work done. The Pre-Op, spay and pain meds are only for one cat. I don't know what shots are required for cats (are bordetello, distempter and rabies shots required?) but obviously the feline shots aren't needed for the dogs. So when you take those amounts posted by Jenn and arrange them to fit the appropriate animals it may come to around $730.00 (I didn't try to figure it out-not sure it really matters at this point).

[Vela]

Two cats need all of that, one dog needs shots and spayed, and one dog needs shots, as far as I can tell. Skye isnt spayed either. And I don't think she had had shots.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I think all that's required by TN law is the rabies. So, if we just got the spay, rabies, and the blood work, it should come to about the right amount in the fund, should it not?

The cats really don't need everything since they're indoor cats anyways.

[Vela]

You'll need to check with the vet to be sure he will do it without the shots. But if nothng else, if she can be spayed, it's better than nothing and may help with her behavior. Plus there can't ever be an oops.

[jennielynn1970]

More than likely they are going to want to do pre-op blood work, and then the spay and you'll want the pain meds, because face it, if you're getting cut open, wouldn't you want to have the pain meds. Animals feel the pain, so they do deserve the extra couple bucks (or a movie ticket) that the meds require.

The vaccinations, except bordetella, should be mandatory. Rabies especially.

I'm still floored that there isn't any shelter organization that offers low fee stuff.

[Vela]

LOL that's just silly Reggie. The cat is in danger of being removed from the home, people have contributed money and made all the phone calls. She CAN call from her cell phone, she doesn't want to. ONE phone call wouldn't be the end of the world, people have donated lots of money and done all the work for her up until now. She can go to the trouble to make ONE phone call. If she asked her mother to wake her up she probably would. You can't just make excuses, when other lives depend on you you have to make appropriate choices and take responsibility, not make excuses.

Excuses are like "you know what" everyone has one, but that doesn't get the cat spayed.

I just want to see the animals get what they need, which they aren't right now. I don't care about the rest of it. I just hate to see the hard work and efforts and money donated by everyone thrown aside for no good reason at all.

[caseysmom]

This whole thing is just beyond my comprehension and angers me so much.

[shais_mom]

What about putting the phone in her pillow case??

[Hellow]

I just deldetd my last post, yes all of this is very confusig.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Now you're going to accuse me of my animals not getting proper care.. lovely.

Just because we're late on their spays and check ups and all of that doesn't mean they're not getting proper care.

Roxy is on Raw, we actually found a dog food Lily will eat, even though it's not the highest quality, but we tried that, Skye and Gizzie have food available to them all day long, as does Dipstick, and the bettas are also wonderful. And not to mention I love them more than life itself even though nobody seems to think so just because I won't lose sleep over a phone call that my mom should make. Which now, it is taken care of.

So, don't go accusing me of the animals not getting the proper care because minus the vet and spays, they're all 100% healthy.

And obviously, if that's the amount for the spay and everything, we don't have enough money in the fund in the first place.. :/

And seriously, no matter how much you want the world to know what a horrible owner you think I am, please take this to PM.

[shais_mom]

Roxy is on Raw, thanks to food stamps,

I wouldn't exactly broadcast that b/c I'm not sure the government would appreciate you using their money for your dog to eat on ALTHOUGH it is DEFINATLEY better kibble/crap in a bag. And yes - my cats eat crapola in bag b/c they WON'T Switch.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I wouldn't exactly broadcast that b/c I'm not sure the government would appreciate you using their money for your dog to eat on ALTHOUGH it is DEFINATLEY better kibble/crap in a bag.

Edited my post.

Roxy has to eat too though.