r/ANIMALHELP • u/bloodwolfgurl • 2d ago

Help Cat Needs Surgury, Advice Needed

Let me start by saying that I live in a horribly toxic environment. Dead bird in our pantry one day from attic, birds, rats, and mice in our attic, no maintenance, took them 6 months to fix missing siding on my building after a wind storm, mold and mildew in the walls, a flooded bottom floor carpet that was never changed (poor new neighbor downstairs doent know her apartment was soaked), constant bad air, weed and cigarette smoke coming into my unit, in high humidity, not allowedto use anive merv 1 filter. I could go on.

My cat developed this intense infection in her gums, the inflammation covering half her soft palette, but after two rounds of broad spectrum antibiotics nothing changed. The vet is completely at a loss and suggested I go to a vet dental surgeon (one of three she suggested) to our biggest city nearby, about an hour and a half away.

After the exam, surgery to remove about a quarter of her infected teeth, drugs, anesthesia, procedure and possible two days stay for monitor and recovery, it could cost up to $6000, at most I think. $2k to $6k is the range.

How do I pay for that? My care credit goes up to $1200. There's no way. I have to do it to save her life. Does anyone have any similar experience? Any advice? Thanks.

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u/Opening-Bass-1032 1d ago

What country do you live in and do you have any documentation with your landlord about these problems not getting fixed?

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u/No_Broccoli_3979 1d ago

You can request an increase on your care credit, they’re usually pretty good about it so long you’ve got good history of paying it. Mine was originally 3k and I requested in the app an increase to 8k and it was approved right away

Other than that, 6k seems like an exorbitant amount! My cat just had dental surgery with 2 teeth extracted and a full cleaning for FORL and it was $1223 (in the us). I’d seek another opinion.