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If memory serves I think Livingstone st branch closed due to abusive and threatening behaviour towards the staff. Now thats gratitude eh?

Agreed ... you know maybe it wouldnt be a bad Idea for us to have are age group next to are user names` if anythink it would give us an idea of which way to judge people on weather they should know better or not

Why isit rude and uncalled for? It's my opinion, if you can't take peoples opinions it's probaly best not to post on an internet forum. You're okay to be rude about the RSPCA but once someone questions your actions they're rude and uncalled for? And as for it not being sensible and making myself look a fool, how is that? Please explain why I am foolish because I stated you should have had pet insurance and all this would have been averted.

It honest not rude or uncalled for... Its your pet, your responsibility. There a charity who take in animals who hav been mistreated and find them loving homes, not pay public bills

Can I just enquire have you given the cat up or are they returning it to you?

I'm currently on benefits following an accident. I make sure that my bills are paid first and Tarot is fed and insured. Whatever is left each month is for my food. It costs me £11.29 a month to insure her. My excess is £89 but she is worth every penny! I'd be lost without her.

It honest not rude or uncalled for... Its your pet, your responsibility. There a charity who take in animals who hav been mistreated and find them loving homes, not pay public bills

Nice to see people asking how the cat is.

Thats what I was trying to do, but not sure from the previous posts if he will be getting the cat back! I hope so and also the ball of fluff is well.

can i just sum up whats happened.
To start with i am currently unemployed and my wife works full time for the NHS and she has done for 12 years.

we have had the cat for eight years and always had no problems with vet fees and she has had operations and all sorts and this was paid for no problem.

but now we have recently had a baby boy and the money situation has changed big time, and we have had to seek help from the CAB and they have been in touch with all the people we owe money too and offered them £1 a month for all the debts we owe they also advised that even a small bankruptcy maybe needed if we are not accepted to pay £1 a month to the companies.

since our baby has been here the cat has been really stressed anyway and losing fur which we was told by the vet when our baby was first born that it was stress and she went down hill from there.

then she started losing weight but wanted feeding more and more but also started being sick for no reason a few times a day and then the blood in her urine started.

we couldn't pay for vet fees and we asked help from all different animal places and charities and nobody could help because we was not on benefits, all they could say is pay weekly or monthly to the vets but they couldn't understand that we only just had money to live and pay bills never mind our cat.

this was becoming bad and all we wanted is the cat to have medical treatment, so the rspca was our only hope.

pet insurance was out of the question as we would still have to pay the vet fees and then claim it back off them and as i have put above the money is not there so we wouldn't be able to pay it first.

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the complaint about the rspca was because we asked for help many of times and they said no but then on the night we phoned them we was told an officer would come out, and when we phoned back later that night to say the cat had got worse they told us no officer was coming out.

that when i sent a complaint to the RSPCA ceo and then the next morning the RSPCA officer phoned to say she was on the way after us being told nobody was coming.

when the officer came she was fine till she got a phone call when she was at our house from her department telling her we had made a complaint to the ceo, and to our amazement she turned around and said i dont think i should take the cat now seeing as you have complained about my fellow officers.

so she was more concerned about a complaint being made about her colleagues instead of a sick animal who there suppose to care about.

like i have pointed out there is people out there who wouldn't care if there animal was sick and just put them out, and we are not we wanted the cat to have the treatment she needed and seeked help.

the cat is now having the treatment she needed so bad.

they are there actually for people who cannot look after them for what ever reason, and they do pay peoples bills daily and there mostly the people who claim from the government.

and really people who are claiming from the government are not earning enough money to look after animals properly so they should not have them unless they can. FACT...

You dont have to explain, you did what was best for the cat, most peole would of just booted the cat out the door and leave it to some one else to sort out.

dont listen to the nasty comments made on here. you did what was best for the cat.

thanks so much at least someone understands what we are talking about.

Bit of a sweeping statement! I am one of those people at the moment after my circumstances changed and my dog is looked after properly, and insured!! There are lots of people on here that "know" my dog and will back me to the hilt that she is more than properly looked after. She doesn't have cheap and nasty food, she eats better than I do truth be known!

You've also just shot yourself in the foot with that comment as it implies that maybe you shouldn't have any animals either.

I'm glad the cat is getting sorted out though.