Any advice where to get cheap vet care?

They can be fixed as young as 6 weeks, so I doubt he is too young. How old is he?

Is there a vet school nearby?

Second the Vet school, good care and usually cheap.

Call your local anamil shelter they may do it for cost rather than charging you an arm and a leg for it. Explain your situation regarding how you found it and took it in to find it a home and usually they are quite receptive of the situation. A friend takes care of strays that seem to get dropped off at a nearby dairy she lives next to and her local vet has something set up with her so she isn’t spending thousands on cats that aren’t hers but she feels bad for and wants to get fixed and shots so not have too bad of health problems.

I won’t tell you how much my last “I’m not keeping it but I’ll have it fixed” cat cost me. The Humane Society will recommend a vet that does this “cheaper”, and they will know about summer spay clinics (literally set up just due to the heavy summer volume…may even be mobile in your area) for cheap or “free” (usually a donation).

Good luck with the kitty @tedd!

I am not concerned with having the kitten fixed at this point. Long term if its still in my hands, then sure… but it is a non-issue to me at the moment. My girlfriend is a professional zoo keeper and even commented that she wouldn’t have him fixed for a few months because he is too young.

What is an issue, is making sure that should he have any parasites or infection diseases, he does not pass them onto my current cat and dog.

I would definitely call a shelter for referrals…..but a Vet school is the best option. Find the nearest one and drive there. Look for a University nearby that has a vet school. They are usually the state colleges (not always but that’s a clue.) For example, “Ohio State” vs “University of Ohio” or “Oklahoma State” vs “University of Oklahoma”. The state colleges usually have the vet schools.

And from someone that has had a lot of rescued animals….tell the person who keeps this cat to get insurance…it does pay off in the end.

@tedd If your g/f is a zoo keeper, I am not understanding why she can’t do this for you. Why did you take the cat somewhere to get checked for ear mites? Advantage would have taken care of mites, fleas and ticks usually after the first treatment

Is there a vet associated with wherever your g/f works?

@SpatzieLover My g/f checked the kitten over and told me about the ear mites (as well as cleaned his ears). Unfortunately to get the medication the vet I initially took him too had to “test” his ears first (in retrospect one of the shelf brands would’ve probably been a better route to go, but I wanted to get the kitten looked at by a Vet to make sure nothing was really wrong with him).

There are vets where my g/f works, and in fact she’s good friends with a few and one has said he would look at the kitten. Unfortunately though he doesn’t have like his own practice or anything, he just works for the Zoo (as an intern still), and couldn’t give the kitten any medications or anything since the kitten isn’t part of the Zoo collection. We’re pretty much banking that the kitten has worms, apparently most of them do (and are even born with them). The far bigger concern though (since that could be easily medicated in my other pets) is Feline FIV/Leukemia, which have no cure.

In the US, Farm stores carry ear mite kits. Here’s a link. http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10551&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&pageSize=20&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&error1=&ip_text=ear+mite+medicine&ip_textHH=ear+mite+medicine&ip_requestUri=WcmDisplay&ip_categoryId=&ip_mode=&ip_perPage=20

@tedd I’m certain the kitty has worms. I spent a LOT of time & money ridding my kitty of them. She’s finally all clear almost one year later ;)

If you can get free vet help where your g/f works do so. You can order the meds via the Vet’s prescription online. If he can write prescriptions or another vet will, you can just fax or scan it in and complete your order.

FIV/Leukemia is a big deal, however, I never have had a cat tested…just vaccinated.

And with the exception of antibiotics, rabies vaccine and a few other medicines, you can also get most immunizations at farm stores. If you know what needs to be done, check at the farm store before you run off to the vet. .

@snowberry Yep, our farm store carries a lot of the meds we use. And when they don’t, Amazon or one of it’s sellers does. I save hundreds annually through buying online and at the farm store.

@tedd When we got out kitty, I “Advantaged” all of our cats, just to be on the safe side.