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Apr 1, 2023
12:00:28pm

BlueVU A Reprehensible Half-breed

But what if you're told by the seller something untrue about it?

(That it was just mild Feline herpes?)

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BlueVU

Previous username: CougarFitz
Bio page: BlueVU
Joined: Feb 24, 2011
Last login: May 5, 2024
Total posts: 13,890 (577 FO)

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Time

Any animal legal experts on the board? A week ago my wife and I went to look at

BlueVU

4/1/23 11:43am

April fools?

Chester Copperpot

4/1/23 11:45am

Afraid not.

BlueVU

4/1/23 11:46am

So you made a poor financial decision on an adopted cat and you want to blame

Chester Copperpot

4/1/23 11:49am

Would you say that if this was about a car?

BlueVU

4/1/23 11:59am

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4/1/23 12:02pm

I get people feel differently about animals, but I honestly could never pay that

Chester Copperpot

4/1/23 12:05pm

That's okay if you couldn't. We want to try.

BlueVU

4/1/23 12:28pm

If I've learned anything here, New Slim needs therapy.

BlueVU

4/1/23 3:22pm

Good April Fool’s Joke

4/1/23 11:45am

I wish.

BlueVU

4/1/23 11:47am

A struggling animal shelter seems like the wrong entity to sue.

Joe Banks

4/1/23 11:55am

Caveat emptor

VenturaCoug

4/1/23 11:58am

But what if you're told by the seller something untrue about it?

BlueVU

4/1/23 12:00pm

Not my area of law, but you’d probably have to prove fraud or negligence.

VenturaCoug

4/1/23 12:06pm

I guess you could also claim negligence if they breached some standard of

VenturaCoug

4/1/23 12:09pm

Vet bills outside of putting the animal down are always elective in my mind. No

VACougMD

4/1/23 11:58am

No cat is worth a trip to the vet. Put it down and try again. And I hope your

Backcountry

4/1/23 11:59am

Two things, 1 you bought a known sick cat from some nonvet, to comfort your wife

TeeKaa

4/1/23 12:01pm

RE: Two things, 1 you bought a known sick cat from some nonvet, to comfort your

BlueVU

4/1/23 12:07pm

Dude chill

Joysey

4/1/23 2:24pm

I would say no, unless you can show they knew what he had and lied about it.

StantonMac

4/1/23 12:01pm

Thanks for an actual answer.

BlueVU

4/1/23 12:02pm

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4/1/23 12:03pm

The even bigger worry is that your other cat is going to get it now too.

4/1/23 12:03pm

Exactly.

BlueVU

4/1/23 12:04pm

Don’t do it. But definitely let them know of the illness so they can treat

Joysey

4/1/23 2:28pm

Sorry to hear about your wife. Hope things get better for you. And I am sorry to

4/2/23 12:41pm

Have that cat put to sleep and move on. It’s the ethical thing to do.

4/2/23 1:08pm

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