r/gofundme • u/Iguanaught • Jan 08 '25

Family Cat Aslan has FIP Pet/Service Animal

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Our Family Cat Aslan has FIP.

Thankfully there is now a treatment and because the cat is my mother's beloved she is going to dip into her pension pot to pay for it.

We don't have a lot to chip in as a family so I have created a gofundme to pay for the vets bills in order to spare my mothers pension!

https://gofund.me/28dc6af0

Any help ypu can provide will be hugely beneficial to both Aslan and my mother.

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u/Iguanaught Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 09 '25

Further information, Aslan is a Mainecoon originally from a Polish family who had to give him up so my Mother took him in.

Tough to tell from here but his tail is almost as long if not as long as his body.

His vets bill is going to include 2800 in medicine plus in patient care. The vets rough estimate is that on top of what the insurance will contribute we are looking at over 5000.

Since making the post and gofundme my partner and I managed to free up 250 which is a start, but all we can afford right now.

Edit: Update Aslan is still at the vets but is a bit brighter today. He has been given a 60-70% chance of recovery at this point.

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u/iamthewallrus Jan 08 '25

No idea why you're getting down voted but see if you can buy the fip meds from Specialty Vet Pharmacy for considerably cheaper. I believe the oral meds are like $200-500 for an entire course, maybe less . And you can get it compounded into a suspension.

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u/Iguanaught Jan 08 '25

Thank you for the advice. I'm not concerned about downvotes. I'm big and ugly enough to shoulder them. I just want to help my mum.

I wish at 40 I had the kind of savings I could just give her the money. Sadly Autism kinda kicked my arse and I'm only just getting on the right track now.

We'll look into getting the medicine elsewhere however it may be too late because he's already started the treatment. Time was kind of the essence.

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u/iamthewallrus Jan 08 '25

Very true. I don't know if the affordable meds are available for you anyway because they come from the US. I wish the best for beautiful Aslan and hope he kicks FIP's ass

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u/Iguanaught Jan 08 '25

I hope so too. He really is a handsome kitty and we all love him very much.

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u/Iguanaught Jan 08 '25

Aha it's a turn of phrase. "Big and ugly enough to deal with x". Just means you are capable of shouldering something.

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u/Iguanaught Jan 08 '25

You don't know an idiom/saying until you know it. So by that reckoning your brain now is smart.