You never said whether or not you were in the room when they put the cat to
sleep but judging by your story it sounds like that is a bit fat negative.
It is disgusting a vet would put you through this and he had no right to
give your cat away. I would contact a lawyer and sue this vet. I'd also make
sure the Medical or Veterinary board that oversees licensing or the practice
of medicine in your state knows about this vet. Hopefully they can yank his
licensing because if he did this to you then he has probably done it to
others. I'd also check with the Better Business Bureau to find out what
complaints have been filed against this vet in your state. I'd also find a
new and more reputable vet and have your cat checked out. Just like a new
cat I would have them check for the typicals like FELV, FIV, etc. Since he
was given to some woman (probably by your soon to be ex-vet) she may have
encounted cats with the disease.

As for the mourning, you can at least now start to heal knowing that you
have gotten your beloved feline back. You can now celebrate her life and
hopefully take the necessary legal action against this vet. Good luck and
congrats on getting your cat back.

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"AJ" wrote in message
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Hello everyone, I am posting this here because I am totally stunned,
and distraught and in need of some input from fellow animal(cat)
lovers.
I brought my 6 year old tabby in to the vet on December 17th because
she was not eating and vomitting up bile, and was basically lethargic.
after about 5 days at the vets office he told me she was a very sick
cat and her blood work as well as US revealed kidney and liver
problems. He stated that she was not reponding to antibiotics, or IV
fluids, and wanted to continue with more tests.
At this point my husband and I decided to have her put to sleep. Our
bill was already escalating, and there was no improvement. Let me just
stress that this was an EXTREMELY difficult decision to make. Our four
kids were also extremely attached to her, most of all our six year old
daughter.
It has been five weeks now and my daughter is still crying over her
death.
Anyway we adopted our kitty from the humane society at 10 weeks, where
she was microchiped before leaving. Well yesterday I received a call
from the humane society saying that they had my cat there! I explained
the situation, and she asked me to describe our cat. After describing
her I was asked to come in right away.
When I arrived I was shocked at what I saw, it was my cat Abby!
Supposedly some woman dumped her off along with two other cats. The
woman claimed she had been given to her by a friend. Her belly was
shaved and her leg. The woman said that the cat was vomitting so she
brought her to the vet, where all testes came back negative. I have
been an emotional wreck for the past 24 hours. I mean we have all been
grieving her passing. We even set up a memorial with a picture I had
taken of Abby and lit candles around it daily.
Anyway I went in today and brought her home, the hardest part was
trying to explain to our kids that she was not actually dead, that the
vet lied!
What do you all think of this? I am stunned. I tried calling the vet
but his answering service refuses to call him, they say this is not an
emergency.
I cant for the life of me figure this one out.
What do you all think?

AJ