Poor stray Kitty at my daughters house
 

Poor poor Kitty. theres these stary cats at my daughters, and one was hooked to a fishing pole. she seen it running across the yard and the pole was going with it, once the pole broke lose she caught the cat and looked all over it. She could not find a hook. well that was a few days ago, shes been going out to feed the cats and the one wants to eat so bad but only licks it then gags. We are now thinking the hook is in its throat or stomic. I called some ER vets and they are not in. Im sure to have this cat checked out is going to cost some money. The cat does not play like it use to, but is laying around a lot. but still very loving. I was over there with her yesterday and we tried to look down the cats throat, we didnt see any thing .I had her call the dog pound and town vet to see if they would take it in and or care for it. they said to call back monday.............poor Kitty.My daughter has been trying to save all the money up that she can for when shes off having her baby so she will be able to keep her bills up , while shes off, now she has to make a choice if shes going to spend that money on this cat. I know how she feels becaus we also have about 4 stray cats here. and theres a few of them that I would like to take to the vet. But they are not in a emergencie case as this one. It makes me mad that people take in these cute little kittens then once they get big they just drop them off.So please pray for this Kitty that theres not a fishing hook stuck in its throat and or stomach

-----> IMO
 

You should be able to contact a local BIG Human Society and see if they will do a low cost (maybe $20 per cat) spay/neuter. When they do the spay/neuter they have to examine the cat (by law) prior to the procedure. When they do the exam, they'll discover the problem (since the cat is displaying symptoms of having issues) and advise you from there. Further, if you take this cat to any shelter (even most no kills, do eventually kill-HONESTLY. What do you think they do w/ their overflow? They send those animals to a local shelter that most likely doesn't hold the same policies they do!) it will most likely be put to sleep. In some states it's illegal for you to dump an animal at a public facility (like a vet's office) that is deemed yours. And most states consider a stray that is picked up by a person and is in their custody for more than 72 hours, that animal belongs to them. That is why there is a waiting policy for animals that go up for adoption. So, by law, if she's feeding it; watering it; and giving it some form of shelter it's her cat and she's responsible for it.
Due to her personal situation, I think she should not spend that money she has for herself the bills and the baby on this kitty. AND I LOVE cats! Oddly, I'm more of a cat person than a dog person! But she's really gotta do what's right for her. If she can't raise the money (sound like she's only got a small window her for this cat's sake) then I would probably have her take it to an emergency room vet office and tell them that if they don't take the cat off of her hands that she's just going to let it go outside their office. Personally.
What are they going to say?
(oh, and she'll have to say something to the effect that she JUST found this cat and explain the fishing pole issue.)

Poor little kitty, I sure hope she's OK.
Please keep us posted. I wish there was something we could do.
My Vet would see her, but we are so far away. :sad: