punky
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- Mar 19, 2010
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I just need to vent.. hope its ok to do it here but I gotta get it off my chest..
My niece calls me all upset because when she got home from work her cat was acting strange, not his normal self coming out to meet her.. says the cat vomited everywhere and she found him under the bed. When she tried to coax him out he hissed at her.. Ok.. here is what makes me mad... she calls vet... vet says she can bring him in next morning at 8:00.. she calls and tells me this.. I said did you tell vet how serious the cat is and ask them if they thought it would be ok that she waited that long?.. she said I did but they didn't act concerned., ok, I'm just starting to get a little upset.. I told her to call them back and explain everything even what the vomit looked like, I know they can't give a diagnosis over phone but maybe get an idea of how serious I thought it was and I did not think she should wait.. again, vet said if your that worried take it to emergency vet..
ok.. our emergency vet around here does not open until 6:00pm after regular vet hours close.. so again she has to wait.. in the mean time the cat came out and started acting better, even purred a little. so I tell her to go ahead an just keep her appointment for the next morning that the vet made and watch him close.. ok.. next morning at 5:00am she's calling me, cat is throwing up again.. I said get him to vet appointment.. she gets her son off to school. and cat is hiding under bed again, once she finds him she calls vet to tell them she will be 5 minutes late due to fact she could not find cat that was hiding.. ok. she gets to vet 5 minutes late and they tell her they can not look at her cat because they got an emergency surgery, told her she can wait a few hours or go home and they will call but probably wouldn't be til after 4:00 or 5:00pm , Her appointment was at 8:00 am.. she got there at 8:05 am..
so she goes home worrying about her cat.. she decides to call a few other vets hoping to get him in sooner. Every vet in our area gave her same story.. can't until later today or tomorrow... I can not believe first, how can they make you an appointment then tell you to go home we will call you, second, how can not one single vet take it in... I thought the whole idea of a vets occupation was to save pets and help them.. apparently not in my neighborhood... I almost lied and was going to take it to the vet I go to and pretend it was my cat, only reason she could not go there is because my vet is not taking new patients.. but really,, none of the 4 places she called acted a bit concerned if the cat lived or died...
she decides her only option was to wait it out till she could take him for her late appointment... so she leaves him at her place for just an hour because of another appointment she had and when she returns home the cat threw up (sorry to be graphic) but turns out it threw up Styrofoam and a magnet from her sons toy... and he was eating, using litter box and drinking, then came to door to greet her and playing with her feet.. back to normal self.. she's still keeping close eye on him but sounds as though he had this lodged in his throat.. thankfully he was able to get it up himself.. I am just appalled at the actions of the vets around here.. and people wonder why I drive 3 hours away when I have something serious with my dogs... sorry I had to vent..... I know there are some good vets and I do have a good one. just sorry that she can't get in to her for care on her cat.. maybe i'm not understanding something about them.. I know her cat is no more important then everyone else's but that was crazy
My niece calls me all upset because when she got home from work her cat was acting strange, not his normal self coming out to meet her.. says the cat vomited everywhere and she found him under the bed. When she tried to coax him out he hissed at her.. Ok.. here is what makes me mad... she calls vet... vet says she can bring him in next morning at 8:00.. she calls and tells me this.. I said did you tell vet how serious the cat is and ask them if they thought it would be ok that she waited that long?.. she said I did but they didn't act concerned., ok, I'm just starting to get a little upset.. I told her to call them back and explain everything even what the vomit looked like, I know they can't give a diagnosis over phone but maybe get an idea of how serious I thought it was and I did not think she should wait.. again, vet said if your that worried take it to emergency vet..
ok.. our emergency vet around here does not open until 6:00pm after regular vet hours close.. so again she has to wait.. in the mean time the cat came out and started acting better, even purred a little. so I tell her to go ahead an just keep her appointment for the next morning that the vet made and watch him close.. ok.. next morning at 5:00am she's calling me, cat is throwing up again.. I said get him to vet appointment.. she gets her son off to school. and cat is hiding under bed again, once she finds him she calls vet to tell them she will be 5 minutes late due to fact she could not find cat that was hiding.. ok. she gets to vet 5 minutes late and they tell her they can not look at her cat because they got an emergency surgery, told her she can wait a few hours or go home and they will call but probably wouldn't be til after 4:00 or 5:00pm , Her appointment was at 8:00 am.. she got there at 8:05 am..
so she goes home worrying about her cat.. she decides to call a few other vets hoping to get him in sooner. Every vet in our area gave her same story.. can't until later today or tomorrow... I can not believe first, how can they make you an appointment then tell you to go home we will call you, second, how can not one single vet take it in... I thought the whole idea of a vets occupation was to save pets and help them.. apparently not in my neighborhood... I almost lied and was going to take it to the vet I go to and pretend it was my cat, only reason she could not go there is because my vet is not taking new patients.. but really,, none of the 4 places she called acted a bit concerned if the cat lived or died...
she decides her only option was to wait it out till she could take him for her late appointment... so she leaves him at her place for just an hour because of another appointment she had and when she returns home the cat threw up (sorry to be graphic) but turns out it threw up Styrofoam and a magnet from her sons toy... and he was eating, using litter box and drinking, then came to door to greet her and playing with her feet.. back to normal self.. she's still keeping close eye on him but sounds as though he had this lodged in his throat.. thankfully he was able to get it up himself.. I am just appalled at the actions of the vets around here.. and people wonder why I drive 3 hours away when I have something serious with my dogs... sorry I had to vent..... I know there are some good vets and I do have a good one. just sorry that she can't get in to her for care on her cat.. maybe i'm not understanding something about them.. I know her cat is no more important then everyone else's but that was crazy
