Hi everyone,
My brother's cat Challa was diagnosed with stomatitis, a chronic inflammation of the gums, that requires teeth extraction. This is a painful disease that affects his eating and enjoyment in life, Challa is a young cat and has not been the same since. The vet said that due to the severity of the inflammation, she is expecting that all of his teeth need pulled. This procedure is very costly, close to $2000, and my brother made a go fund me page to try and help with the cost. I wanted to post his fundraiser here in hopes to help him out.
I realize that times are tough right now, I don't want anyone to feel obligated to donate or guilty if you don't. If you happen to be in a position where you can donate a little, any little bit helps. Thank you!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-challa-get-lifesaving-dental-surgery?lang=en_US&ts=1786933754
4 Comments
Kattiydid@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 26d
As a tip, it's good policy to give pictures and a bit about your cat before asking for help. Being apologetic for asking also helps I think. No one wants their cute cat pictures feed to become just people begging for handouts. Make the posts about the cat with the ask at the end with an apology. Give cat tax first, ask for help after.
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
There are pictures of him on the site, but I realize now I probably should have got more pics of him and posted on here. I've never done this before and wasn't sure how best to ask for help. But seeing how ppl don't like my post I realize I could have done it better. Thank you for your tips.
Kattiydid@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 26d
Sorry you're getting downvoted, I know how expensive pet care can be. In that vein I highly recommend getting pet health insurance. It's not perfect, just like human health insurance isn't perfect. They'll try to deny things they should cover and you have to fight them to get them to pay for it but it would help cover a lot of the costs for things like this. It won't help after the fact because unlike humans they are not required to cover pre-existing conditions, pet health insurance is still under pre Obamacare terms unfortunately. I'll send what I can but I unfortunately know how expensive pet care can be because I just lost my sweet boy to cancer this year and spent 20 thousand trying to save him. Learn from my experience and your own experience and get your pets insured before they get sick so that the coverage is there when you need it.
WeebLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
I'm sorry to hear about your cat. I agree that pet insurance is a good option. This is my brothers cat and unfortunately he struggles to pay his own bills and I know he won't consider getting pet insurance.. And I appreciate you sending what you can.