"tunic" wrote in message
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hi,

i followed your suggestion and took the cat to another vet.
he did a urine analysis and concluded (with complete certainty- as much as
the other vets had for the opposite conclusion) that there were calcium
oxalate crystals in the urine.


I knew the first vet screwed up the stone analysis, goddamit. Struvite
doesn't form in urine pH at 6.1 or lower.


fortunately i have already stopped feeding him s/d food for a few days now
(i'm giving him waltham's urinary which is supposed to prevent both kinds
of stones) and he has managed to pee (i dont know if this was due to the
food's effect or it was simply coincidental)

the PU vet cut the stiches today and stiched again a broad cathetere for 2
days to prevent a symphysis from occurring

i am really outraged with all this,


I'm ****ed as hell -- and he's not even my cat! If he were my cat, I'd
probably need to be restrained. This was not simply a mistake. It was
gross negligence by failing to have the stone analyzed properly before
prescribing a treatment.


i dont know what to believe. can these
people be called scientists? i think not.. maybe they think my cat is a
guinea pig and can do experiments to him

I'd tell the bungling vet that you want to renegotiate the bill or else she
can negotiate a malpractice suit for performing an unnecessary
*irreversible* drastic surgery and causing you and your cat unnecessary
pain, suffering and stress - not to mention the cost of surgery and repeated
vet visits.

I would take legal action, not only because of you and your cat's
experience, but also for the health and welfare of other animals that this
incompetent vet might affect.

Lets hope he's on the road to complete recovery.

Phil