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Post by donkeydo on Oct 20, 2009 15:00:08 GMT
I've just about had my fill with my cat vets at the minute. I was driving past my vets today and I popped in for a wormer. I asked the receptionist if I could have a wormer spot on that does fleas aswell for my 7yr old cat. He is a ferrel cat though have had him since he was 5wks old but has a temper so you have to be quick when worming or fleaing as he'll have your hand off! She wouldnt give me one as the vets hadnt seen him for a year! I couldnt believe it! So I told her to stick the wormer and I'd get it off the internet! They wanted me to bring him in (he wets himself in the car as he gets so stressed) and to charge me a consultation of £30 just to give me a wormer!
They've had £450 off me recently for another of my cats who is 17yrs old who had to have teeth out and was found to have an overactive thyroid like her mum of 20yrs. They had £140 off me last week for my 20yr old cat because they wouldnt give my anymore tablets for her as she hadnt had a recent blood test.
What made me really cross was the vet asked me was it because I couldnt afford it that I didnt want my old cat of 20yrs to have a blood test! Well I hit the roof! Because the last time they did a blood test on her they told me to up the dose and it nearlly killed her! So NO I told her its not the money. I know my cat and shes well for 20yrs! Sorry but they have really cheesed me off today!
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Post by heathers on Oct 20, 2009 15:08:43 GMT
thats just terrible.
they just trying to make money off you all ways.
my vets are great and ive never had a problem
getting drontal or frontline off them
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Post by donkeydo on Oct 20, 2009 15:12:59 GMT
I'm, seriously thinking about changing them. Their whole attitude stinks. It was the vet that asked me if it was that I couldnt afford the blood test that really hacked me off! I told her that they'd had £450 off me recently. I'd got a £2000 horse vet bill, I feed all the stray cats that turn up at my yard, so NO it wasnt the money, I'm not exactly hard up but I havent got it to throw away. It was only when I told her what I do for a living that she actully spoke to me like a human being!
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Post by heathers on Oct 20, 2009 16:08:35 GMT
i would change my vet if i was you.
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Post by sarah00000 on Oct 20, 2009 18:44:35 GMT
Yes def change your vet. There is a practice close to where I live, that the vet nurses all get 20% off thier bills. They all still go to my vets, 4 miles further away, as its cheaper!
What does that tell you!
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Post by donkeydo on Oct 20, 2009 22:23:22 GMT
I phoned the vets this evening and got to speak to the vet I'd seen previous. I told her it was ridiculous that they wouldnt give me a wormer and in no uncertain terms told her what I thought about their practice! Well shes leaving me out a wormer for me to pick up tomorrow!
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is their last chance!
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Post by heathers on Oct 21, 2009 8:06:47 GMT
so she should.well done
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Post by Milliesmum on Oct 21, 2009 8:20:24 GMT
I had a cat with thyroid trouble, and I was under the impression that they had to be blood tested every three months to check their levels, this used to cost me about £50 a go, I did buy the medication off the internet but you have to have a prescription from your vet or any reputable company won't sell you the drugs. £140 for a blood test sounds a bit steep to me.
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Post by joey on Oct 21, 2009 15:25:10 GMT
it is standard that within a Vet Practice that all animals requiring wormers that are prescription medicine only must be seen before giving them some vets do free flea and worm checks and some have a SQP (suitably qualified person) THAT can ask you the right questions and then supply as probably your vet did - this is not a con its the rules of dispensing and if this receptionist had given them you she could have been in serious trouble had anything happened to your cat once you had given the wormer she could have explained this to you in a better way also Drontal and Frontline can be bought from a chemist - Milbemax and Frontline Combo are prescription medicines and have to have a written script first to obtain from a chemist hope this helps
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Post by donkeydo on Oct 21, 2009 19:02:00 GMT
I had a cat with thyroid trouble, and I was under the impression that they had to be blood tested every three months to check their levels, this used to cost me about £50 a go, I did buy the medication off the internet but you have to have a prescription from your vet or any reputable company won't sell you the drugs. £140 for a blood test sounds a bit steep to me. tablets £7.33 5 blood test £57.30 lab/id blood test TT4 add on £27.02 repeat consultation £28.84 VAT £18.04 tablets for other cat £17.88 £138.37 but vet did a blood pressure for FREE which is usually £12 |
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Post by donkeydo on Nov 6, 2009 18:56:26 GMT
Spent a further £125 at vets today with more blood tests and tablets, a vit b12 injection and tom cobbly and all!! Cat now has slightly low potassium, so has now got to be on tablets for that! Where will it all end!
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Post by heathers on Nov 6, 2009 19:30:45 GMT
poor little might
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Post by donkeydo on Jan 2, 2010 0:23:34 GMT
I had to have my old lady cat Kitekit pts this week. Not only was the vet trying to get her bloods sorted but she was also diagnosed with a heart mumour. She was in heart failure and her lungs were filling up with fluid. I spent hundreds on her since the summer and I just wondered if perhaps we'd left her alone she'd have lived longer! Shes now buried with her friend in the garden. Still got her mum at 20yrs, been badly constipated over christmas but is much brighter now. I always thought she'd be the last one standing!
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Post by sarah00000 on Jan 2, 2010 12:37:13 GMT
So Sorry donkeydo - RIP Kitekit xx
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Post by dazycutter on Jan 2, 2010 21:44:25 GMT
go to countrywide,,, you can get wormer and flea treatment there without the third degree.. :-)
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Post by Billybob on Jan 3, 2010 16:45:20 GMT
sorry about your cat, she had a great home with you x
vets have people who care for their pets over a barrel
RIP Kitekat x
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