cat scratched my roommates dog
hey everyone so i was out with a friend last night and came home to a text from my roomate. she asked that i contribute to their vet bills for their dog that my cat scratched. is it fair for me to pay 1/3 of the bill?
background information: i live with a lot of roommates (5 of us total). i have been talking about adopting a cat every since we all moved in together.
one of my roommates boyfriend decided to adopt a dog one day without any warning or communication. he spends majority of his time at the house (basically a sixth roomate) and everyone is fine with it.
i decided to adopt a cat a couple months after they adopted their dog. me and my roomate had a conversation about house dynamics and she assured me that my cat had every right to be in the house and their dog doesn’t (again the bf doesn’t actually live here)
all of my roommates are okay with me leaving my door open so my cat can roam the house. he is a bit cautious about going downstairs to the living room but has been exploring more and more.
we have been slowly introducing the two animals. we both have been holding our animals but allowing them to see each other. we have had a barrier between them and allowed them to get as close as they are comfortable with. last time we did this my cat was belly up a couple feet away from the barrier, so definitely getting more comfortable. recently i got a cat tree in the living room and my cat will go up there while the dog is in the living room.
last night i went to dinner with a friend, and left my door open. i guess my cat was in the living room (rightfully so) and so was their dog. my cat scratched their dogs eye and they had to go to the vet and they want me to contribute 1/3 of the bill. i don’t mind contributing but i feel like they should have been monitoring the situation better. the animals have never been face to face without us holding them, or a barrier. there have been a couple of times where their dog has ran into my room and my cat has hissed. also when we have the barrier gate up their dog busted through it and ran up to my cat, he hissed and i was there to remove him from the situation. i guess im upset that they let the animals be face to face without me there since they have never done that before. we definitely should have had a conversation earlier about what we will do if there are injuries between them. she mentioned they would cover some of the bill if something had happened to my cat, which i appreciate but i do have pet insurance for my cat, they do not have insurance for their dog.
hey everyone so i was out with a friend last night and came home to a text from my roomate. she asked that i contribute to their vet bills for their dog that my cat scratched. is it fair for me to pay 1/3 of the bill?
background information: i live with a lot of roommates (5 of us total). i have been talking about adopting a cat every since we all moved in together.
one of my roommates boyfriend decided to adopt a dog one day without any warning or communication. he spends majority of his time at the house (basically a sixth roomate) and everyone is fine with it.
i decided to adopt a cat a couple months after they adopted their dog. me and my roomate had a conversation about house dynamics and she assured me that my cat had every right to be in the house and their dog doesn’t (again the bf doesn’t actually live here)
all of my roommates are okay with me leaving my door open so my cat can roam the house. he is a bit cautious about going downstairs to the living room but has been exploring more and more.
we have been slowly introducing the two animals. we both have been holding our animals but allowing them to see each other. we have had a barrier between them and allowed them to get as close as they are comfortable with. last time we did this my cat was belly up a couple feet away from the barrier, so definitely getting more comfortable. recently i got a cat tree in the living room and my cat will go up there while the dog is in the living room.
last night i went to dinner with a friend, and left my door open. i guess my cat was in the living room (rightfully so) and so was their dog. my cat scratched their dogs eye and they had to go to the vet and they want me to contribute 1/3 of the bill. i don’t mind contributing but i feel like they should have been monitoring the situation better. the animals have never been face to face without us holding them, or a barrier. there have been a couple of times where their dog has ran into my room and my cat has hissed. also when we have the barrier gate up their dog busted through it and ran up to my cat, he hissed and i was there to remove him from the situation. i guess im upset that they let the animals be face to face without me there since they have never done that before. we definitely should have had a conversation earlier about what we will do if there are injuries between them. she mentioned they would cover some of the bill if something had happened to my cat, which i appreciate but i do have pet insurance for my cat, they do not have insurance for their dog.