I have to admit, in the past I have had a couple of the most wonderful Vets. They were of the "old fashioned" variety. They lacked many of the modern machines and techniques, but made up for it in experience, ingenuity, and heart. My last Vet and I shared laughter, shared many learning experiences, and cried together as we had to put animals to sleep. He knew I took in strays even tho I didn't have the money to be doing so. He would end up almost giving me his service for nothing more the bare cost of meds. He at the end was just doing the Vet practice as a way to keep from being bored. It was a emotional, as well as financial loss for me when he died.
It's been a couple of years and I still can't find a Vet that "fits". I had one Vet who came out and took care of my horses. I liked him, except he seem to act like as a fat old lady, I was not up to doing some of the basic shot giving myself.
I managed to baby that horse thru just fine thank you.
For the cats, I tried a new Vet in town. While I like the tech, the Vet does nothing for me at all. A short time back, I had a feral kitten/cat with a broken leg. That caused me to find out that this Vet had no xray machines. Knowing they lack full care abilities and I really dislike their office hours, I am having major doubts with them. They are pricey too. (Also doesn't help I had to do three sets of treatments and two types of meds on the last bunch of sick kittens with respiratory issues. Worse part is several still have some symptoms of it, just not major ones. There went a couple of hundred dollars I was saving for spaying their mothers. )
So I went back to the Vet, who did the horses. He was awesome with this feral cat who was so wild, she was sedated just to look at. Actually she attacked him, as he tried to get her out of the crate and then escaped to fly around the room a little. I was so embarrassed, because this kitten/cat had a bad case of fleas. He just took it in stride. She also had ear mites and he patiently cleaned her ears out well.
He knew money was tight and this was a feral cat, so he (after Xray) made it clear she would be fine left as is. If I wanted, he could operate and even talked with his new assistant who offered to do the surgery for cost, if we decided to go that way. I mentioned I wish he would do spays for costs and he stated he couldn't due to all the associated things to doing one, but he could do neuters for a greatly reduced cost with my numbers. Ya know, I am starting to like this Vet.
To me, biggest thing is trusting my Vet and being able to work with him. I don't need the hand holding and if given the supplies am good at self doctoring. If money was completely no object, I would be visiting the Vet more often, I will admit that too. Spending sums of money on my "pets" is also easier to swallow, then spending the same on the feral cats who it always seems I get spayed and they die or leave. Yet those pesky unspayed ones, never get sick or die, they just bring me new bundles of furry joy. My children remind me how much better my financial world would be, if I ignored all those hungry misfits who show up at my door. I spend over $8 a day on their food alone. Doesn't sound like so much until you do the math for a month or a year.
It's strange, I would never think of asking a doctor or dentist for humans to charge me less, but my poor Vet is another story. Never stopped to think about that.
To all the Vets who may read this... thank you for being so kind and generous to us stupid fools with bleeding hearts that sometimes over extend our bank accounts for these critters, and thus asking you to do the same for us. Your all a hero to us.
... still wish I'd gone on to be a Vet or atleast a Vet Tech.
Wondering how many cats I can squeeze into how many kennels that would leave room for a driver in the vehicle still....
Soooo like how many spay and neuter on cats could you do in a day?
It's been a couple of years and I still can't find a Vet that "fits". I had one Vet who came out and took care of my horses. I liked him, except he seem to act like as a fat old lady, I was not up to doing some of the basic shot giving myself.
I managed to baby that horse thru just fine thank you. For the cats, I tried a new Vet in town. While I like the tech, the Vet does nothing for me at all. A short time back, I had a feral kitten/cat with a broken leg. That caused me to find out that this Vet had no xray machines.
Knowing they lack full care abilities and I really dislike their office hours, I am having major doubts with them. They are pricey too. (Also doesn't help I had to do three sets of treatments and two types of meds on the last bunch of sick kittens with respiratory issues. Worse part is several still have some symptoms of it, just not major ones. There went a couple of hundred dollars I was saving for spaying their mothers. )So I went back to the Vet, who did the horses. He was awesome with this feral cat who was so wild, she was sedated just to look at. Actually she attacked him, as he tried to get her out of the crate and then escaped to fly around the room a little.
I was so embarrassed, because this kitten/cat had a bad case of fleas. He just took it in stride. She also had ear mites and he patiently cleaned her ears out well. He knew money was tight and this was a feral cat, so he (after Xray) made it clear she would be fine left as is. If I wanted, he could operate and even talked with his new assistant who offered to do the surgery for cost, if we decided to go that way. I mentioned I wish he would do spays for costs and he stated he couldn't due to all the associated things to doing one, but he could do neuters for a greatly reduced cost with my numbers. Ya know, I am starting to like this Vet.
To me, biggest thing is trusting my Vet and being able to work with him. I don't need the hand holding and if given the supplies am good at self doctoring. If money was completely no object, I would be visiting the Vet more often, I will admit that too. Spending sums of money on my "pets" is also easier to swallow, then spending the same on the feral cats who it always seems I get spayed and they die or leave. Yet those pesky unspayed ones, never get sick or die, they just bring me new bundles of furry joy.
My children remind me how much better my financial world would be, if I ignored all those hungry misfits who show up at my door. I spend over $8 a day on their food alone. Doesn't sound like so much until you do the math for a month or a year. It's strange, I would never think of asking a doctor or dentist for humans to charge me less, but my poor Vet is another story. Never stopped to think about that.
To all the Vets who may read this... thank you for being so kind and generous to us stupid fools with bleeding hearts that sometimes over extend our bank accounts for these critters, and thus asking you to do the same for us. Your all a hero to us.
... still wish I'd gone on to be a Vet or atleast a Vet Tech.
exoticsdr said:
Wondering how many cats I can squeeze into how many kennels that would leave room for a driver in the vehicle still....Soooo like how many spay and neuter on cats could you do in a day?
