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On Apr 8, 3:23*pm, "Joy" wrote:
The bottom line is, we both (and nearly all of us cat slaves, at one time or another) made what seemed like the right decision at the time. *We did what we both would be best for our beloved cat. Thanks Joy I keep telling myself why should I consider it at all? I did what I thought was best at the time and it's not like worrying about it can change things is it? And still I do Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Lesley" wrote in message
... On Apr 8, 3:23 pm, "Joy" wrote: The bottom line is, we both (and nearly all of us cat slaves, at one time or another) made what seemed like the right decision at the time. We did what we both would be best for our beloved cat. Thanks Joy I keep telling myself why should I consider it at all? I did what I thought was best at the time and it's not like worrying about it can change things is it? And still I do Lesley *** Yes, I know what you mean. I do find that the times I think like that get farther apart as time goes by. It's too bad we can't just say "That's in the past. I can't change it now." We can say it, but it would be nice if we could feel it, and just move on. Joy |
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Joy wrote:
I had a very different vet experience years ago, when my cats were indoor-outdoor. The girl next-door, who was the one who fed my cats when I was away, knocked on my door and asked, "Is Herbie black and white?" She knew perfectly well that he was, so I knew something was up. Then she explained that a black and white cat had been hit by a car around the corner from me. I walked around, and the cat had crawled up into the underside of a parked car. Some neighbors were standing around, and one of them crawled under and got the cat when I said he was mine. The mother of the girl who had knocked on my door drove me to the vet so I could hold Herbie in my arms. I guess my regular vet wasn't open, because we went to her vet. He immediately examined the cat, took x-rays and said he had a broken jaw. I had called my son to come pick me up, so the neighbor could leave. After the vet gave the cat something for pain, he put him in a cage in the back room. I was allowed to go back and pet the cat and talk to him while I waited for my son. When my son arrived, he was directed into the room where I was. He looked and said, "Are you sure that's Herbie? The markings don't look right." When we got home, Herbie was lying on the couch. I called the vet and said that I'd be willing to pay for the care of the cat anyway, although I really couldn't take him. He said they'd find a home for the cat, and there would be no charge! Wow! They don't hardly make 'em like that anymore! -- Joyce Mother teach me to walk again Milk and honey, so intoxicating -- Sarah McLaughlin |
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On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:40:27 -0700, Phoenix
wrote: Takayuki wrote: On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:32:28 -0700, Phoenix wrote: We miss Louie a lot. He was one of our BEST cats. That's heartbreaking. Believe me, Tak, Louie's last surgery WAS heartbreaking. He had been hiding and off his food for a day or so, and John took him in. They palpated a mass, recommended an exploratory. John, as usual, put him in the induction chamber & petted him, then went to wait. As soon as they had poor Louie open, it was clear he had an inoperable cancer. John had to make the decision, all by himself, to not let Louie wake up, and thus, not to be able to say good-bye. The entire household was devastated. He was 16, but seemed to be in good health, up until the very last. I think it was a kindness to not let him wake up, even if it was hard on his people. When Betty was on radiation, it meant that for a brief while she was put under on an almost weekly basis. Each time, she woke up from her strange nap to find herself going back home for more days of love and cuddles. Until one day, she didn't. So I know that whereever she wakes up, she'll always be full of love and forgiveness. |
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On 30/03/2012 11:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:
Let you in the exam room with your cat? Persia's vet in Tennessee did. The only exception was when she was microchipped. The vet took her in the back, ostensibly to weigh her. When he came back he said the deed was done, she's chipped. He didn't want me to watch because he said the size of the needle freaks some pet-parents out. (It's about the size of the end of a ball-point pen.) Otherwise, I was in the room, able to comfort her while she was being poked and prodded. Her vet in South Carolina makes you sit in the waiting room while they do whatever it is they're doing. I don't like that. I want to be with my baby to reassure her. Don't get me wrong, I like this vet very much. She's saavy and she diagnosed the hyperthyroidism pretty quickly and immediately went into action. When it turned out Persia was allergic to Tapazole (Methimazole) she found the clinic for me for radioactive isotope therapy and arranged everything. So yes, I like her. But for routine exams I'd really like to be in the room with Persia. I buy her R/x food from a different vet, closer to me. I've noticed all the pet-parents there are sitting in the waiting room, too. Does your vet let you come into the exam room with your cat(s)? Wouldn't have even considered there was any other way until you just mentioned it. I've always just walked into the exam room with the patient each time, in much the same way I always come into the exam room with The Yowlet when he's there to see the hoomin TED. It hadn't ever occured to me to do otherwise, and vet has ever raised an eyebrow or tutt-tutted. In fact, I think the words of the current TED has always been "Come on through." If they asked me to leave the room, my first reaction would be "Why?". Naturally, I've never been present for *surgery*, but for the initial exam, temperature reading & blood draw, *always*. Yowie |
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On 2/04/2012 11:25 AM, Bastette wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: "Magic Mood wrote in message ... . Even on the "final exam" (and they've never charged us for that one). We do have to pay for that, but unlike a normal consultation where we have to pay immediately, we are allowed to rush out to our cars weeping our hearts out and have to pay later. Two weeks is allowed, otherwise you'll be chased for the money. The place I took Smudge to had me pay *beforehand* - that way I could run weeping out to my car without worrying about payment. And then I wouldn't get a very unpleasant bill in the mail a couple of weeks later, reminding me of the whole nightmare. Ours does that too. They're good peeps. Didn't rush us out of the exam room once the deed was done either. Just let us leave in our own time. And were very good with the Yowlet when, at the last minute, he decided he didn't want to be in the room as Fluffy passed, but let him back in once everything was over (and I was trying *very* hard not to be hysterical). Competent vet care should be available from anybody who passed their veterinary degree. Knowing how to treat the hoomins when they are having to make emotionally fraught decisons on behalf of their loved ones, IMHO, the difference between a *competent* vet and a *good* one. Yowie |
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On 8/04/2012 2:32 AM, Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Apr 6, 2:59 pm, "Christina Websell" wrote: ---------- Are they massive rip-off merchants? You needed a vet, and they provided that service. My vets are expensive because they are there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and have scanners and all sort of expensive equipment This vet is only 9-5 and half a day Saturdays- if they had all the equipment your vet has then I might have done things differently as it was they were just stabilising her so I could take her to an emergency hospital several miles away if scanners etc had been on site she might have stood a better chance. No vets around here have 24 hour 365 service they all use the emegency hospital And yes I think over £300 for a perfunctory examination, a drip, a shot of antibiotic, blood test,, euthanasia and non-individual cremation (and what that vet said to me when she was trying to hard sell individual cremation has given me nightmares ever since) is a bit much but it's not about the money- although they seemed to think so I felt a lot like a bloke in a Victorian novel having to establish his financial credentials with his intendeds father. I am dealing with a cat getting seriously sick really suddenly and having most of my discussion with the vets being me explaining how much of an overdraft I have, how much I have on my credit cards etc- I got the impression if the sums were not adequate we would have been shown the door.....although oddly when the conversation turned to sending her other the Bridge after her blood test came back ("She shouldn't look as healthy as she does" as the vet put it) it helped me decide- if that vet was urging me to go down that path rather than persuading me to spend more then I knew her chances were far far from good 'cos up until that point she'd been asking if I could cover £800 to start probably considerably more for treatment Ours is a 8am-6pm weekdays, 8am-12noon Saturdays clinic, here a consultation is $80. Between the hours of 6pm-11pm on weekdays and 12noon-11pm Saturdays and 8am-11pm Sundays, it costs $120 to get the vet in to the clinic on top of the consultation and outside those hours, it costs $300. When Fluffy had her ulcer and was not acting right, I got her down to the clinic at 9pm. As the vet was already there dealing with a road accident, he was very kind and decided to split the after-hours fee between us and the owners of the road accident victim. I probably could have got persnickity and say "but you were already there" but had it not been for that poor other animal, I would have been up for the $120 anyway, so thought it a Good Deal rather than a rip-off. Yowie |
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I've now been told of a vet not charging for euthansia in the UK- a
friend of mine took a cat in who needed surgery and when the vet made the incision he found the cat had cancer so much so he advised the slave it would be kinder to let the cat go- when the slave went to settle the bill he was charged for the surgery but not the euthanasia...... Beleive it or not this was at the practice I took Dunzi to! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Apr 9, 12:03*pm, "MaryL" wrote:
vet has never charged me for euthanasia. *It is not something I expect, Seems like it's not standard to charge in the US but is in the UK Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Lesley" wrote in message
... On Apr 9, 12:03 pm, "MaryL" wrote: vet has never charged me for euthanasia. It is not something I expect, Seems like it's not standard to charge in the US but is in the UK Lesley *** I think it depends on the original vet. All those I've encountered have charged. Joy |
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