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I think sometimes we all expect our vets to be Dr. Doolittle and of course, they're not. Animals can't explain how they're feeling. Vets have to rely on a combination of their own intuition and the owner's.
I have also been in consultation rooms with one or two that patently didn't have a clue what was going on. Our first cat died in their care. They never really explained properly how he died. And their fees are a few orders of magnitude away from ernie's. Being a big practice, the whole "different vet every time" thing just leads to a feeling that there's no continuity of care.
It's simple really...I'm just going to use a different vet for Molly. And our cats will be going there too if we prefer it. Where you choose to spend the pound in your pocket is the best way to change behaviour.
Can I suggest that you get insurance? I'm insured with Animal Friends (I like that they give their profits to animal charities), but there are other good ones too, PetPlan is well thought of. Just make sure you buy a policy with 'lifetime cover'. Without it, if your animal gets a long-term illness, at the end of the policy year when you come to renew, the company will view that illness as pre-existing and exclude it from cover. With lifetime cover, the cover continues until the animal is better, or you go to a different company.
I've explained to the cat that medical bills aren't part of the hotel's terms and conditions and it should make it's own provisions.
Kof9. If you don't mind me asking, are your animals insured. Not a criticism but why do you not just get your medication from the vets then? It's a serious question - I'm always fascinated by why owners are keen to save the insurance company money. I realise some policies are limited to a certain amount but, in most cases, this isn't really an issue.
Oh, and I do travel around a bit as a locum but, given that I have no idea where that post code is, I'm guessing I've never worked round there 🙂
LOL at IanMunro. What did the cat say to that?
What did the cat say to that?
Cats come pre-installed with the killfile plug-in.
IamMunro - you joke but I had senior partner in a large GP practice bring his dog in for me to examine. When I pointed out a list of quite serious and concerning symptoms the dog was showing, he looked me in the eye and said he didn't believe in an "NHS for pets". He provided food and housing for the dog and that was all he was prepared to do. He never came back for a follow up.
I came very close to reporting him to someone in authority!
FBK, yes she is insured but she was one (probably) when I got her and the condition was pre-existing. Honest Karin didn't lie to the insurance company, so the condition (and all urinary tract problems) is excluded from cover, and I pick up all the bills.
he looked me in the eye and said he didn't believe in an "NHS for pets"
Typical GP 🙄
They google stuff in the consultation room too. Useless overpaid eejits.
My partner looked into all the known illnesses (she works at a vet) but I left that side of things to her. Although as above, do recall her saying that most pedigree's have some kind of Hereditary issues.
Just reading the above makes you think.............
Insured with Pet Plan but he does seem like a hardy character, especially compared to our greyhound 🙂