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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2003Have about had it with our vet
Companion Pet Clinic in Beaverton, OR I spend an absolute fortune there and when it comes down to something ever so slightly difficult, I think the fn guess. I spent $150 for exam and medicine. Simba was having problems urintaing, howling while doing so and his urine looked red. I take him in and they keep him overnight to get a urine sample. Of course, antibiotics were prescribed like all the freaking other times. Well, after two weeks of that, Simba is still having problems. He is taking orever to pee, so I take a very close look at the urine, mostly looking at the color, when I notice a very tiny worm moving in the middle of the spot he just peed on. This means that worms were likely the problem all along and they should have found it. Furthermore, you don't treat worms with $45 antibiotics. I'm pissed and am going to let them know about it. I may take my business elsewhere. Tom >Companion Pet Clinic in Beaverton, OR > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Tom I don't often get mad -- but that would make me furious and I'm certain I would explode. I hope you find someone who knows what is what . Besr wishes. MLB thnx > >Companion Pet Clinic in Beaverton, OR > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > certain I would explode. I hope you find someone who knows what is > what . Besr wishes. MLB > I'm pissed and am going to let them know about it. > I may take my business elsewhere. Sounds like a very good idea; if this happened once, even if you complain, that's no guarantee they'll be any more competent in the future. Another vet sounds like a very good idea....I would suggest asking friends with pets to recommend one they're happy with, so you know right off the bat you're going to someone good. And I don't think asking for a refund of your money would be an unreasonable thing to do as well; that's *malpractice*, pure and simple (particularly as the cat experienced pain and suffering due to their neglect, and his body may be getting tolerant to the overuse of antibiotics so that they won't work as well when he really *does* need them)!!! Best of Luck, Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak I'm sorry to hear about your poor puss, Tom. I suggest you take Simba to another vet - immediately - and ask about the possibility of him having bladder stones. An x-ray should show them up if they exist. Of course, it might be something else, I'm just making a suggestion. The little worms you saw may not necessarily be connected with Simba's urination. Perhaps they're a separate issue - in which case he'll need to be wormed as well. Hope everything works out well for you. -- Becks http://www.toontalents.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charles Montgomery Burns -- "Oh, meltdown. It's one of those annoying 'buzzwords.' We prefer to call it an unrequested fission surplus." ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~: > Companion Pet Clinic in Beaverton, OR > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Tom back to the same vet for another $175...and he will need to go back again. > I'm sorry to hear about your poor puss, Tom. I suggest you take Simba to > another vet - immediately - and ask about the possibility of him having [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > > > Tom > back to the same vet for another $175...and he will need to go back > again. Do you really feel he's helping? Because if not, it wouldn't hurt to at least get a second opinion....I'd just hate to see you throwing good money after bad, especially if Simba may not actually be getting the care he needs. Just a thought, I'm a bit concerned for you both, is all.... Ann worrier for the world -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak By the way, how did I end up in an apparaent UK group? :) > I'm sorry to hear about your poor puss, Tom. I suggest you take Simba to > another vet - immediately - and ask about the possibility of him having [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > > > Tom > By the way, how did I end up in an apparaent UK group? :) LOL....I think we're a pretty mixed bunch here, we pretty much span the globe! :) (I know Marina is from Finland, and I'm pretty sure someone else is from Sweden - is it Hugo kitty? - so I can only imagine what other countries are represented, as I'm still getting to know everybody myself!) Ann -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak >> By the way, how did I end up in an apparaent UK group? :) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > countries are represented, as I'm still getting to know everybody > myself!) Er....actually, that's rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, *oops*....I'm not sure who's from where in this group, come to think of it, but I think we're pretty mixed here, too (I'm an American in UK, so I'm obviously pretty mixed up myself).... :} Ann who's in *far* too many cat newsgroups for her own good ;) -- http://www.angelfire.com/ca/bewtifulfreak > >> By the way, how did I end up in an apparaent UK group? :) > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Ann > who's in *far* too many cat newsgroups for her own good ;) yeah I see you here there and every where Ann LOL free.uk.pets.cats now R U in there too? if not why not :-) |
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