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Wow... Almost two weeks ago, I had to put to sleep a a tiny, nearly 1-year-old cat I'd only adopted at the end of March of this year. One day she was lethargic. When I examined her, I found a prolapsed rectum. I dook her to a local animal ER. Yes, they could operate, but quoted me a price of $5,000. I didn't have anywhere near that much, and had no way of getting it. Even to have them euthanize her would have been over $200.

I was frankly shocked at their gold-plated prices. What they recommended I do, and what I ended up doing, was to surrender her to Animal Control and have them euthanize her. She was a tiny cat with a BIG personality. I spent most of that evening crying and telling Callie what a good girl she was and how sorry I was to be doing this.

When I got home, I googled this problem, and found a discussion of it n TheCatSite.com. Some of the posters there said that Preparation H can help a little bit, if it wasn't prolapsed very far (Callie had over 1/4 inch of tissue hanging out). Also that constipation and/or parasites can be factors. But I never saw any parasite nasties on her rear end.

I also found out later that one of the other local clinics has extended hours, although they're not an animal ER, and hopefully they would have quoted me a much lower price.

If I had had that kind of money to spend, I would have spent it to make her well again. I hated like h3ll to euthanize her... she was an extremely sweet little cat.

Look, I don't expect anybody to work for free. Hoewver, I do appreciate that many vets offer low-cost spay/neuter/vaccinations.

There is Care credit, which turned me down, and which I think is a ripoff and a crock of crap. Unfortunately, vets don't take payments anymore.