Last Saturday when I was having my nails done, my nail technician asked me to find her a kitten for her 3 nieces. I asked her specifically if she okayed it with their mom and she said yes, just to avoid any problems. She said she wanted a free one and I told her that most people who post them in the paper ask for $25-$50 so they don't get research laboratories grabbing them.
I searched high and low and finally found a beautiful female tortie at a disgusting kill shelter in Trenton. They don't give them any shots and don't test them for Feline Aids or Leukemia. The cost was $50 BUT...you get $25 back after it's spayed. Not bad. Yesterday I got a reprieve of 3 hours from work and decided to go look at the kitten. She is beautiful and very loving and also the only one left. So, being the good person that I am in trying to HELP her, I put down the last 50 bucks, took the cat home (she's 3 months old) and found out she had fleas!!! I drove around in the pouring rain and got flea shampoo and immediately gave her a flea bath. This cat (I refuse to name her as I am NOT keeping her). She is now in my spare room and my cat boxes are all over my apartment. My cats are pissed!!!
Well, she leaves me a voicemail message saying, "I HOPE you didn't take the kitten!! My friend said her landlord wasn't too keen on the idea!!" There was NO mention of any permission of a landlord or I wouldn't have plunked down the last 50 bucks I have to my name till I get paid next week!! It also means I can't get my computer fixed. Can things get any worse???
I asked her to take the cat in and give me my money back via voicemail and email. She gets CASH everytime she does nails so I KNOW she's got it. She has 2 other older cats and a house, so it wouldn't be a problem. I can NOT in my heart, justify keeping this kitten after I just rehomed 3 of my own!!
My blood boils everytime I think of it. She sent me an email this morning with all sorts of excuses like she didn't tell me to actually pick one up, that she was going to pick up a newspaper and see if they had any there. That's a bunch of bull because she told me if I find one, could I keep it in my spare room till Christmas. I threatened to drop it off at her nail booth and told I'd pick up my money then.
So, what should I do??? Everytime I go in the room and see her, she's all over me, purring and I start to cry. I can't afford to have her tested and fixed. She makes me feel guilty for rehoming my other cats.
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Have you tried getting in this woman's face and demanding the money? Would that be a possibility?? Bring the kitten to her and collect your money - if you are feeling generous, agree to keep the kitten until she finds a home for it??
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