u/HalleluYahuah

My teenager kitty Gus came home with an unauthorized piercing above the elbow this morning.

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He was doing his usual loud meows for the wetties(his a.m. wet food) and I kept feeling something race over my foot and toes....

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It was fishing line. I followed the line to right above his elbow and there's a bright colored feathery looking bait hanging out his arm. The hook didn't go through all the way, worse case scenario. The barb is just under his skin.

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There's no huge puncture, no blood, you wouldn't even know he's got an owie.

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Why is it around 500-600 where I live to remove it?!?! I feel powerless and so sad. I've called every clinic, ER, and urgent care and told them I barely have 300 I can afford for removal or my country husband will attempt removal himself. My husband was crying bc it's his favorite cat. It's ridiculous that to look at him is minimum 180, then sedation is 250 and these fees don't even include removal and antibiotics.

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I just want to rant bc I feel like the services prey on your heart strings and are predatory and are priced ridiculously.

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The systems are all broken and greed driven. I'm heart broken.

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Pray for Gussy, he's a tough spicy kitty.

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Location Vancouver, WA.

On a walk today with my dog on south coast of England, I came across two different fields which had an electric fence around the perimeter (keeps livestock in, and - i assume - predators out).

Both had brown/dead grass underneath.

The first one was in an open area, so there's no way it relates to less rain fall or water access than the lush greenery which surrounded it.

What is it, and why?