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meee - 13 Sep 2005 11:01 GMT

Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of
days.
Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit, so I'm
keeping an eye on her. How long should it take to heal, and when should I
take her to the vet if it doesn't? I've also caved in and given her the
expensive food again. She was eating a small amount of the cheaper stuff,
but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding
the bin. I know, I'm a sucker.

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whayface - 13 Sep 2005 13:56 GMT

>Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of
>days.
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>but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding
>the bin. I know, I'm a sucker.

It could be what they call a "soft tissue injury". My Margie likes to jump and climb a
lot and a while back she acted like she could not walk. I took her to the Emergency Pet
Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most
likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet Monday AND
CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story). Dr Tina -
http://vethealthcenter.com/ - concurred and gave her meds and said to keep her from
running and jumping :-(

As for food people think that buying cheaper food saves money but lots of times the cat or
dog ends up eating more then they would with a better food to get the nourishment (SP?)
they would from a premium food. My mother-in-law was feeding the stray dog she took in a
cheaper off brand dog food and the dog was eating constantly it seemed. She switched to
one of the Purina brands and the dog started putting on weight but ate less because he was
getting the nourishment. Sometime its like the saying says: You get what you pay for.

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Diane - 13 Sep 2005 14:11 GMT

> I took her to the Emergency Pet
> Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken
> and was most
> likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet
> Monday AND
> CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story).

I disagree. These hospitals operate on the margin as there is not enough
to really keep them going. Just as you'd pay more to go to the emergency
room, you pay more to go to an emergency pet hospital. But trust me --
no one is getting rich off them. I'm grateful to have one in the city.

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whayface - 13 Sep 2005 15:28 GMT

>> I took her to the Emergency Pet Hospital and they took xrays and
>> the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most
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>room, you pay more to go to an emergency pet hospital. But trust me --
>no one is getting rich off them. I'm grateful to have one in the city.

There may be some good ones but even Dr. Tina (Our vet) could not beleive what they
charged. She just shook her head and told me to call her in the future regardless of time
of day and she would meet me at the vet office.

When I took Margie to the Emergency Pet Hospital they asked what was wrong and they would
not even look at her until after they charged $500 and some dollars to my credit card!!
If it was not middle of the night and if I had known where there was another Emergency Pet
Hospital I would have told them to shove it but I was new to cats and only had Margie like
a month and basically knew nothing about cats (But learned fast)!!

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Phil P. - 13 Sep 2005 16:32 GMT

I took her to the Emergency Pet

> Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most
> likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet Monday AND
> CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story).

Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups.
If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an
emergency clinic. Most vets that work in emergency clinics are
specialists - Diplomates, American College of Veterinary Emergency and
Critical Care. Specialists are always more expensive than general
practioners. The same applies in human medicine. An additional emergency
fee is also standard, even in human medicine, because emergency medicine
requires specialized equipment as well as the specialists to operate it.

Do the math:

$45.00 - office visit
$45.00 - CBC
$65.00 - Serum Chemistry
$45.00 - T4
$150-200 - x-rays- depending on the number of views
$100+ - emergency room fee.

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whayface - 13 Sep 2005 18:58 GMT

>Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups.
>If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>fee is also standard, even in human medicine, because emergency medicine
>requires specialized equipment as well as the specialists to operate it.

What does one have to do with the other? Just because I think that Emergency Pet Hospital
stinks that means I do not take them to the vet ?? How does that figure ?!?!?

All my babies are up to date on shots which they get at their annual visits, two of them
just had their teeth cleaned this summer, one had surgery to have a hernia removed when I
took him in (Which shows in his pics on their web site) & the oldest one had surgery to
remove birdshot from her belly and a pellet from her neck where someone evidently shot her
before I took her in (Which by the way the vet said would hurt nothing if left in but I
wanted removed). The youngest girl had to have a tube put in the lenght of her belly for
drainage after Sam (The only boy I have) bit her and she got an infection. They have all
been spayed and neutered also.

The one girl at the vet's office knows my voice when I call because for a while when I
first got them which was about 4 years ago I was in there at least once a week between my
four and my ex's 2. Now that I have their problems all taken care of it is just yearly
stuff so don't tell me I do not know what stuff costs or that they never go to vets !!

When an emergency vet will not even look at a cat until after they bill my credit card
what they think it will cost then tell me after xrays they THINK it is a soft tissue
injury and to take it to my vet the following Monday to have her look at it I think $500
is too much !!!

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Phil P. - 13 Sep 2005 20:08 GMT

> >Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups.
> >If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an
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> What does one have to do with the other? Just because I think that Emergency Pet Hospital
> stinks that means I do not take them to the vet ?? How does that figure ?!?!?

I think you feel emergency fees are excessively high because you don't seem
to be aware of the cost of routine care. A general practioner, during
regular hours would have charged you ~ $350-400 for the same services. The
$500 fee you mentioned for the emergency services involved wasn't excessive
at all. I broke down an approximation of the fees in my previous post.

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Phil P. - 13 Sep 2005 16:35 GMT

> Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of
> days.
> Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit,

Which paw? Does it feel cooler than her other paws? Is there a bluish tint
around the clawbeds of that paw?

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meee - 14 Sep 2005 06:58 GMT

Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be
ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is
pregnant. As I said before, I have been saving up to get her desexed, but it
looks like I may be too late. If anyone can answer me, I would appreciate,
as if she is pregnant, I would like to start looking for good kitten homes
now, as I'd rather not leave it to chance, or dump them in a bad pet shop.
Any advice on cat pregnancy would be appreciated. I am also wondering if she
has maybe hit puberty, as my dog did that when she hit puberty.
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> Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of
> days.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding
> the bin. I know, I'm a sucker.

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Phil P. - 14 Sep 2005 20:39 GMT

> Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be
> ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is
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> now, as I'd rather not leave it to chance, or dump them in a bad pet shop.
> Any advice on cat pregnancy would be appreciated.

You should have her neutered *now*. The only time I would not neuter a
pregnant cat is if she was in the third trimester because the kittens would
be viable.

Do her a favor, yourself a favor, and the feline species a favor and have
her neutered now.

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Topaz - 14 Sep 2005 20:45 GMT

> > Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be
> > ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is
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> Do her a favor, yourself a favor, and the feline species a favor and have
> her neutered now.

Good advice. Phil is right, please take her in!

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meee - 15 Sep 2005 08:20 GMT

> > > Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to
> be
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>
> Good advice. Phil is right, please take her in!

Only one problem guys. Money. We've just moved across state to study so as
our family (kids cats dogs) grows we can afford to feed them. hubby has
fortunately found a job, im looking. neutering while preggers cost $120 min.
Now before you give me the 'people who can't afford pets shouldn't have
them' spiel, if you will recall, jasmine found us, i wasn't exactly going to
let her starve, and no one else would take her. I am still saving for her
op. Any other ideas??

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