A woman was shocked to find her cat being sold on Facebook marketplace for £50 after taking him to the vets. Kelly Samuels, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, said she took her cat, Casper, to Vetsavers last Tuesday because she thought he had an abscess, and he was treated with antibiotics and painkillers.

His condition worsened on Thursday, so she rushed him back, and he stayed overnight. On Friday morning, they still hadn't removed the abscess which left the worried woman thinking he had a serious condition.

She said she was convinced he had a kidney problem which would cause him to have a painful life and require expensive long-term treatment.

Unable to afford the treatment, she gave him to her father, and said that if it was serious and causing him a lot of pain, putting him to sleep was an option.

Ms Samuels claims the vet then told her father her pet "would need long term treatment for his kidney which would be a hefty cost and no guarantees it would work," but offered for the animal to be signed over to the vet's care so they could arrange for him to be looked after.