Do vets really care?

From: (-L.)

(PawsForThought) wrote in message
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From: itter (MacCandace)

Another thing is people expect vets to be able to work miracles.
Sometimes there isn't anything more you can do for an animal. A good
vet will tell you this outright. A not-so-good vet will keep taking
your money. It's hard to tell the difference, sometimes.

-L.

I think a lot of what vets do is guesswork...well, human docs also, but
vets
have the distinct disadvantage of not being able to talk to their
patients,
ask
them how they feel, where it hurts, etc. I think it would be very
frustrating.

When I was in my early 20s and had just moved to Phoenix (almost 30 years
ago
now) and was looking for a job, I applied with a vet. I don't even
remember
if
it was as a tech or office help or what but I went to his house and he and
his
wife interviewed me. I told him how much I loved animals, in an effort to
get
the job, and he told me that wasn't really a good thing in this
case...that
it's better to remain detached and impersonal when dealing with the
animals
so
you don't get upset by what you deal with. I didn't get the job and it
has
always made me wonder, with every vet I have ever gone to, if they care
about
animals at all or if it's just a job. I suppose it's some of each but
that
comment has stuck with me all this time...sometimes I look at my vet and
wonder
if he gives a crap at all and if he cares about his own pets the way I
care
about mine.

Candace

Yeah, good question. What I will never understand is how vets can declaw
cats.
If they truly cared about the health and well-being of the cat, they could
never declaw it, you know?

Lauren

I agree, but many vets don't think it is a bad practice. I once
worked for a vet who declawed all of his own cats and lets them
outside. His main-line excuse was the "declaw or euthanize" blackmail
line. Yet he did declaws routinely - 12 week old kittens, 10 year old
cats - I've seen it all. I once figured out that he brought in approx
90-100K/year doing declaws alone. IMO, THAT is why he continued to do
them.

Wow, that is a lot of money. I bet you're right and that's exactly why he did
it
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Hello all

Thank you all so much for your replies, I was moved literally to tears as
much as when I wrote the first message. THANK YOU SO MUCH, it lifted me up
and I am now able to help Yogi in a more positive frame of mind than when I
wrote it.

To update you with the latest I have since been back to my 'normal' vet to
get Yogi a B12 injection to help his diarrohea and enable him to get
sustance from what he eats. when i arrived my vet looked sheepish, when he
said you have been to Glasgow then? I explained that I had and that it was
to explore all possibilities for Yogi and he should understand this. He then
said is he back on his Neomercazol and I said Yes. I think this vet now
knows that he has done wrong as he said he had had a letter from them, which
I hope told him that he should not have taken Yogi off the thyroid
medication, this I believe has led to Yogi's dramatic weight loss during a
time when he least needed it.
Meanwhile Yogi is tucking into Pilchards in tomato sauce a favourite of his
since kittenhood. I have introduced Garlic and Fenugreek in the hope of
staving off infection as time goes on. At present I am unable to prevent his
diarrohea and he seems to be hungry all the time, I presume from this that
he is 'starving' and just keep giving him food (and water when I think he
has lost too much fluid.)
I tried writing to a couple of you individually but my emails were returned
and my husband said this is because you are ensuring you dont receive
spam...understandably I can assure you!
The person from Cornwall and Karen particularly touched me and thank you to
two, Karen you are a soulmate of cats and thank the world there are people
like you out there for them.
Thank you everyone, I will let you know what happens.
Linda

Hello all

Thank you all so much for your replies, I was moved literally to tears as
much as when I wrote the first message. THANK YOU SO MUCH, it lifted me up
and I am now able to help Yogi in a more positive frame of mind than when I
wrote it.

To update you with the latest I have since been back to my 'normal' vet to
get Yogi a B12 injection to help his diarrohea and enable him to get
sustance from what he eats. when i arrived my vet looked sheepish, when he
said you have been to Glasgow then? I explained that I had and that it was
to explore all possibilities for Yogi and he should understand this. He then
said is he back on his Neomercazol and I said Yes. I think this vet now
knows that he has done wrong as he said he had had a letter from them, which
I hope told him that he should not have taken Yogi off the thyroid
medication, this I believe has led to Yogi's dramatic weight loss during a
time when he least needed it.
Meanwhile Yogi is tucking into Pilchards in tomato sauce a favourite of his
since kittenhood. I have introduced Garlic and Fenugreek in the hope of
staving off infection as time goes on. At present I am unable to prevent his
diarrohea and he seems to be hungry all the time, I presume from this that
he is 'starving' and just keep giving him food (and water when I think he
has lost too much fluid.)
I tried writing to a couple of you individually but my emails were returned
and my husband said this is because you are ensuring you dont receive
spam...understandably I can assure you!
The person from Cornwall and Karen particularly touched me and thank you to
two, Karen you are a soulmate of cats and thank the world there are people
like you out there for them.
Thank you everyone, I will let you know what happens.
Linda

Meanwhile Yogi is tucking into Pilchards in tomato sauce a favourite of his
since kittenhood. Linda

Is this the kitty with CRF? If so, be careful with giving him tomato
sauce. Tomato sauce is acidic and can lead to or worsen metabolic
acidosis in a CRF kitty. Is you vet keeping track of TCO (total carbon
dioxide)?

Meanwhile Yogi is tucking into Pilchards in tomato sauce a favourite of his
since kittenhood. Linda

Is this the kitty with CRF? If so, be careful with giving him tomato
sauce. Tomato sauce is acidic and can lead to or worsen metabolic
acidosis in a CRF kitty. Is you vet keeping track of TCO (total carbon
dioxide)?