Update on Kitty (AKA Jasmine)--Why wait until a crisis??
So this story goes back to late February....sigh.
I contacted the vet's office 3 times, phone and email, asking to be put in contact with the surrendering owner. The owner finally emailed me on 3/16 saying:
I got your e-mail from my vet's office here in Laurel, MD. I am not sure if you know my cat's story but I adopted her almost 6 years ago from the Humane Society of Baltimore County. We did not know she was diabetic when we adopted (she may not have been at the time) but we noticed the classic symptoms about 2 years ago and with the help of Dr. Rody we have her health under control. We have found that caring for a diabetic cat is really pretty simple and not nearly as expensive as we would have thought. Recently my husband and I have had a baby girl who is not taking so well to the cat. We have been keeping them apart as much as possible (baby upstairs and Kitty downstairs in the basement) but it really is not a fair solution for either one of them. Kitty is very social and keeping her in the basement is really distressing her. She is not using her litter box and has ruined most of our carpet. I really think this behavior is a combination of being kept in the basement and the adjustment to the baby. We have come to the point where we have to find her a new home. We will be very sad to let her go but we have to pt our baby first and find and fair situation for Kitty. I am hoping you can help us with this task. We really don't want to take her back to the shelter.
I wrote this woman back a very long email, explaining Diabetic Cats in Need and what we do. I asked her to complete the surrender questions and to send pictures. I also asked for access to vet records and to the cat for a home visit.
Nothing back.
This morning I got a call from the vet's office, telling me the cat had been surrendered to the
Baltimore Humane Society. I called the shelter to find out whether Kitty was at risk of PTS. Tammy told me that they do not PTS for space or time, only behavior (mostly dogs) and health. I said "Precisely, do you consider diabetes to be a non-adoptable health condition?" Tammy said no, and that they were looking for a foster situation for Kitty. She also said that they were hooking up with Siamese rescues, so I gather kitty is a Meezer or has some Meezer. Tammy took my name and number and told me to communicate with someone else in their adoptions area--Amanda.
I told Tammy to put a note on Kitty's chart that she was not to be PTS. If they scheduled Kitty for PTS, I would get her out within 24 hours. I would need the time to find a rescue on their pull list and get Kitty out. I had already arranged with Nicole at the vet's office that Kitty could be boarded there, or Nicole would even take her home for a bit. I explained to Tammy that I do not have a shelter or foster facilities.
Went out for the afternoon. When I returned, I had a message from Amanda (the other person in the adoptions group) telling me that I should call her and let her know how soon I was going to come in and pick up Jasmine the diabetic cat. (Guess that's a new name, or maybe her old name.) Either the help I offered got garbled, or she's scheduled for PTS.
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Can anyone tell me how pissy
to be when I email this "owner" back to try to get the questions answered and photos?
Seriously, someone talk me down off this ledge.
Given Kitty was surrendered, the vet's office sent me the records, but as usual, the handwriting is pretty atrocious and unreadable.
I guess the only way for me to get caught up on my DCIN work is to light a fire under my butt like this.
