We lost a very sweet member of the family this past month -
our sweet cat Oscar. He had emergency bladder surgery and while he survived the
procedure, his kidneys failed him four days later.
To some who are reading this, he was simply a family pet but
to us, his loss has been a large shock to our little family. What caused the issues was the food that we
chose to feed him which was Purina cat food that you would buy in the grocery
store. The guilt that I have had over
feeding them what I thought was the “best” food has not subsided yet and I’ve
become a helicopter parent to our other cat Felix.
We were blessed in the fact that we did have money to
cremate Oscar (there is not a pet cemetery on our side of the state) and pay
for his vet bills that totaled over $1,400.
If this had happened while we were trying to get out of debt, I think we
would have had to make even harder choices about Oscar’s care.
I will say if you do have any furry children and you don’t
have a burial/funeral plan for them, please make one. We had no idea that when
you cremate a pet, you have to pay MORE to have your own pet returned back to
you versus having the ashes of your pet along with others. Also, we did not
have a pet savings fund and took a payment out of our IVF fund to cover the
costs. Since we could not afford pet
insurance years ago, we now plan to have a Felix fund to help with any future
costs.
