Quote Originally Posted by Lizzie View Post
I'm sorry you are going through this now Lisa, and I know just how you feel. You desperately want to give your cats the very best but that can run into thousands of dollars, especially when you are waging war on something ill defined. I feel guilty every time I spend more (often much more) on a foster than I should because the shelter won't, and then one of my own needs a visit to the vet. I'm forced to medicate them myself and hope for the best until the next pay check. I just had to borrow money from a cat rescue friend to pay for Maeve's extractions (which were done at a cheap spay/neuter vet she knows and trusts) because I'd shelled out nearly $1,000 on a foster. It can get very depressing and definitely frightening. This afternoon I need to leave early because I have to dig a grave for a foster who was with me only 10 days. I hate, hate doing that but I can't spend money on private cremation when it's needed for general care.

I'm hoping for the very best for Sable - isn't she the mom cat you rescued along with two kittens, one of them called Gable, or am I getting things mixed up?

I've had two viruses in my home that kept going through several of the cats at a time, coming in waves, and they each started with one cat. The vomiting/no appetite virus was Sam's Virus, and the copious violent sneezing snot flying up the walls one was Taranis' Virus. The second one has cost me a fortune in vet fees though it seems to be in abeyance at present. Here's hoping this virus wave of yours will pass soon.
I'm sorry for you also. It's not easy rescuing and trying to come up with funds when things go wrong. Sadly it seems it comes in waves. We haven't had issues for a long time and now all this!

Yes Sable was rescued with her 2 kittens Gable and Garbo. They all still reside here and have been some of our most pleasant rescues. All very loving.