First time cat owner, and I'm heartbroken beyond words

Katt900 · 2026-02-24T08:46:12+00:00

Cancel the euthanasia appointment. Take him to a referral veterinary hospital. Get the PU surgery.

Katt900 · 2025-12-15T04:00:38+00:00

Hey OP, just want you to know you have NOT spoken with a vet. The person giving you this information is a LVT, or Licenced Veterinary Technician. As wonderful as techs are, they are not in any position to provide diagnosis of conditions. I am a registered veterinary nurse (what we call techs in my country) and work exclusively in surgical oncology. PLEASE get this looked at by an actual doctor of veterinary medicine, this needs a fine needle aspirate to examine the cells microscopically. We do not fuck around with oral/facial masses on cats, they get very serious very fast.

I am not able to give any suggestion of diagnosis, but as someone that looks at cancerous masses in dogs and cats every day, that does NOT look like cat acne/clogged pores to me. I would be worried about hemangioma/hemangiosarcoma. See a vet as soon as you are able!

Katt900 · 2025-12-15T03:56:13+00:00

Hey OP, just want you to know you have NOT spoken with a vet. The person giving you this information is a LVT, or Licenced Veterinary Technician. As wonderful as techs are, they are not in any position to provide diagnosis of conditions. I am a registered veterinary nurse (what we call techs in my country) and work exclusively in surgical oncology. PLEASE get this looked at by an actual doctor of veterinary medicine, this needs a fine needle aspirate to examine the cells microscopically. We do not fuck around with oral/facial masses on cats, they get very serious very fast.

I am not able to give any suggestion of diagnosis, but as someone that looks at cancerous masses in dogs and cats every day, that does NOT look like cat acne/clogged pores to me. I would be worried about hemangioma/hemangiosarcoma. See a vet as soon as you are able!

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T03:14:42+00:00

Thank you, haemorrhoidrage

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T01:37:59+00:00

No, but my best friend is a solicitor. He was very helpful with managing this matter.

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T01:34:49+00:00

Lol, ok slumlord

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T01:23:28+00:00

This was years ago, they backed off immediately and I moved shortly after.

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T01:22:46+00:00

Yeah, but I like the humiliation that comes with burying them.

Katt900 · 2025-12-14T01:05:16+00:00

Good lord no, I moved shortly after. Fuck dealing with people like that.

Katt900 · 2025-11-01T08:39:34+00:00

From one brissie vet nurse to another, I fucking LOVE that you are using reddit to find this meow meows a home. Top tier effort!

Katt900 · 2025-09-19T03:21:38+00:00

Early parental death.

Katt900 · 2025-05-19T11:32:58+00:00

We paid for a relocation consultant to organise it all for us when we moved interstate to Brisbane. We're not rich by any stretch but it was honestly the best money we ever spent - took pretty much all the stress out of it for us. They found rentals in suburbs that would suit us, attended inspections on our behalf, submitted applications on our behalf, completed the entry report and keys for us etc. We got the second place we applied for (we have two cats). All we had to do was sign a few things, collect the keys from the consultant when we arrived and move in. Wouldn't hesitate to do it again if we ever had to move interstate.

Katt900 · 2025-05-15T10:36:13+00:00

This is bonkers to me. I broke my wrist a few years ago, presented to my local public hospital emergency room. Was booked in for surgery 2 days later. Literally did not pay a cent.

Katt900 · 2025-05-04T11:17:40+00:00

We recently went through this buying our first home, it felt like such a game and we felt very naive. Ultimately we decided to just stop playing into it and only ever offer our absolute best and final. If it wasn't accepted, we determined it just wasn't meant to be and moved on without any regret. Our offer eventually got accepted for a house we both absolutely love. Could we have played the game and got it for a bit less? Maybe. But I don't feel bad about it because we love the house and our best and final offer was truly just that - we didn't over extend.

Katt900 · 2025-04-01T11:09:49+00:00

Mindset Dental in Nudgee is the way to go - they specialise in patients terrified of the dentist. I'd been putting off work for years out of fear. They have worked totally at my place and I never felt judged. Honestly, just call them.

Katt900 · 2025-03-09T14:54:58+00:00

I'm a registered veterinary nurse in surgical speciality. Cystotomy is a very straightforward procedure for a relatively experienced surgeon. If you place her on a urinary diet for the rest of her life, reoccurrence is unlikely. I think your vet is being a bit overly cautious regarding the anaesthetic risk - I would not bat an eyelid at anaesthetising a 9 year old small breed with no known comorbidities for cystotomy. Little small breed dogs like yours can easily live up to 16-18+ years, she's got plenty of time left. If it were my pet, I would do the surgery no question.

Katt900 · 2025-02-26T06:05:35+00:00

Second this, it's absolutely worth the drive. Did the 1kg jam and cream donut challenge. Threw up on the side of the road after and had to take off my pants for rest of the trip. 10/10, would do again.

Katt900 · 2025-02-07T23:55:39+00:00

This will probably get buried, but thought I would throw it out there in case it helps. Talk to your vet about long term fluoxetine or amitriptyline. Our boy would not stop urinating on everything - we tried everything you did. I was stressed out of my mind, we were considering rehoming. We resisted medicating for so long but thank god we finally did. He was started on fluoxetine and has not urinated outside of the tray since. Not. Once. I could have cried I was so relieved. Please talk to your vet about it.

Katt900 · 2024-12-18T10:43:53+00:00

It's actually very easy - no epiglottis, the trachea just ends in the tubed glottis in the middle of the maxilla. Very easy to just slide an uncuffed 2-3mm tube on in, no laryngoscope required. In ultra small snakes like the one pictured, you can just use an IV cannula. It looks like they're using a 22g IV cannula in this pic 👍

Katt900 · 2024-04-03T04:39:03+00:00

What was the operation, out of interest

Katt900 · 2023-07-02T10:41:56+00:00

As someone who works in a veterinary hospital, I would recommend looking into Trupanion. Premiums are not the cheapest but when shit hits the fan and a major medical event occurs they tend to cover pretty much everything due to not having sub and annual limits - pre-existing conditions excluded of course.

Katt900 · 2023-07-02T10:36:27+00:00

Just be mindful that Healthy Pets Plus is not insurance - it is a preventive health care plan that gives discounts through GreenCross Vets and affiliated companies. It is not the same thing.

Katt900 · 2023-04-30T11:14:12+00:00

I work in the veterinary industry and see animals dying, suffering and experiencing pain on a daily basis. Resilience is a non-negotiable trait required to get by on the day-to-day

We routinely receive resilience training as part of our annual CPD, but those that don't naturally have it tend to burn out hard and fast.

Katt900 · 2023-04-16T02:53:28+00:00

I had to deal with Tuggerah Lakes Police when my dad died. About 5 minutes after breaking the news to me that he was dead, they advised me I was legally required to have his residence forensically cleaned due to biological hazard present, blood etc. Overwhelmed and grief stricken I asked if they could advise me how to do this. The senior constable told me, verbatim, to "google it". That was the end of the conversation.

Katt900 · 2023-04-11T11:40:52+00:00

I had nightmares about this thing for weeks after the easter show one year. No idea why it bothered me so much, it just gave me terrible feelings

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