I found out that they worked on salary plus commission because someone
from my regular vets office used to work there, and after I told her
the whole story, she explained the situation to me. She also told me
that some of the treatments weren't necessary. Which just confirmed
my hunch about it. If you have a suspicion about one of the emergency
vets, just ask your regular vet, there doesn't seem to be any internal
loyalties like there are with people doctors or police officers who
will cover each others asses. After I found out I threatened the
emergency vet that I would report them to the regulatory agency that
oversees veterinary clinics, and that if they felt like they wanted to
take that chance, that they had done everything right, then they would
have nothing to worry about. They argued and argued until I said
"refund my money, or I am reporting you, period, so you can either
take your chances with the regulatory agency, or refund the money".
Apparently, they were unwilling to take that chance, because they did
refund my money. They sent this snotty letter with the check that
said that I wasn't welcome at their facility anymore. Oh boo hoo,
like I would have gone back there anyway.


"Betsy" -0 wrote in message ...
1. How did you know they work on salary plus commission?

2. How did you know the treatments recommended weren't necessary?

I'm curious because I often feel taken at these emergency places. They are
the only thing open after hours, and I have not found the caliber of the
veterinary care higher than my regular vet. And the prices, as you
indicated, are through the roof.

"lakinapook" wrote in message
om...
Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to
read the results, but these items did stand out.
Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH
CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH
Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW
Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH

Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate.

I will forever be more wary and skeptical of any vet that I go to. I
had a bad experience at a different vet with another cat of mine,
where the vets worked on salary plus commission, so they reccommended
unnecessary treatments to jack up the bill. I successfully got them
to refund the portion of the bill that was for unnecessary treatment,
but not without fighting tooth and nail over it. That wasn't my
regular vet though, that was an emergency vet. This was my regular
vet clinic, and they have such an excellent reputation, I really
thought that they would be on top of it. I now know that you have to
be vigilant in doing your own research in health care matters (and I
think this applies to human medicine as well as animal medicine).