Until I married Ben, I was a dog person. I mean straight up, honest to God, dog person. I grew up hunting dogs, working cattle beside them and sharing meals with them in the evening. My life with Ben has been a blur of various dog problems, habits of going on tour, and renting from one fat gray cat for eleven years. After all that I’ve been transformed into a cat person.
We lost our fat cat a couple years ago. I cried at the funeraland for days afterward. This has prompted us to take on raising a couple of sisters, Sliky and Downy. Which in turn has prompted us to try to track down a loving but reasonable vet to spay our little darlings…
Hi. How much to spay a cat?
“Is she in heat?”
*sphnicker sphnicker* I don’t know I didn’t ask her.
“Pregnant?”
I’ve never preg checked a cat, but I don’t think so.
“Postpartum or hormonal?”
Uhhh. No and aren’t they all? Why do you need to know this?
“Because it’s more if they are.”
After bailing Russell out of jail, I should have seen that one coming.
*click*
Next number. There’s a nice ad I’ll try them…
Hello. How much to spray a cat?
“Are they currently seen by the doctor?”
No.
“You must bring prior vet records…”
They are just babies…
“You must bring prior vet records, pedigree papers, if pedigree papers aren’t available, please provide three letters of recommendation..”
For me or the cats?
“You, animals aren’t the problem…and one letter from PETA. The cost will be $292.”
For both of them?
“No, just one. And we suggest pain medication, follow up massage and…”
*click*
Third times a charm lets try the most obscure little vet number in the phone book.
How much for a spay.
“Eighty-five.”
How about two?
“One-seventy.”
Cash?
“Cheaper.”
When?
“Tomorrow.”
Done.
Whew. That’s more like it. It’s no wonder we used to use Dad’s old boot for our favorite old ornery tom cats. The Bob Barker treatment has never been so cheap and effective. Now that’s what I call health care reform.
How do you save money at the vet’s office?
Simply,
Sis
Tags: bob barker treatment, cats, kittens, neuter, saving money at the vet's office, spay
I don’t recall getting a massage after my hystorectomy. Is this one of the new Medicare cuts?