Some people should not be allowed to own pets.
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I just came across this on a facebook sales page I follow.
Megan Jowleposted toPets for sale in chesterfield derbyshire
hope this is allowed if not delete the post admin, i wouldn't recommend chapel vets, we rang up last night as or cat was very ill they wanted £60 to come out to just look at him, then extra money for treatment, we didn't get the vet out as we thought it was a stupid amount of money to pay, today we had to take our cat to spire vets and had to have him put to sleep, they said if he had been seen yesterday that he would of been able to be treated. i think its silly that vets want to get all this money to just look at an animal.
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Megan Jowleposted toPets for sale in chesterfield derbyshire
hope this is allowed if not delete the post admin, i wouldn't recommend chapel vets, we rang up last night as or cat was very ill they wanted £60 to come out to just look at him, then extra money for treatment, we didn't get the vet out as we thought it was a stupid amount of money to pay, today we had to take our cat to spire vets and had to have him put to sleep, they said if he had been seen yesterday that he would of been able to be treated. i think its silly that vets want to get all this money to just look at an animal.
Like · · Yesterday at 20:08
GokTweed said:
Well they don't deserve it! Can't find the web have you got a link?
It's a facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/groups/189168887774109/
backwoodsman said:
GokTweed said:
Well they don't deserve it! Can't find the web have you got a link?
It's a facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/groups/189168887774109/
Slink said:
either i need a woosh, or you are a pretty heartless person.
I jest, but I'm pretty sure based on experience, that when you take a sick cat to the vet there are 3 potential outcomes.1) The cat will require weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and eventually will recover, and you'll get a few more years out of it, before 2 or 3 happens.
2) The VET will gradually inflict upon the cat weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and but eventually you'll realise that it's actually a pointless exercise and will not recover, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
3) The Vet will be totally honest and insist there is nothing more to be done, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
Given the cost and more importantly, STRESS, of option 1 or 2, I'd like to think that if I were a less sentimental person, jumping to 3 would be a more humane, less stressful option (for cat and owner), and option 1 should only be embarked on if chances of success are 95% or more (and they rarely have brilliant odds).
New POD said:
I jest, but I'm pretty sure based on experience, that when you take a sick cat to the vet there are 3 potential outcomes.
1) The cat will require weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and eventually will recover, and you'll get a few more years out of it, before 2 or 3 happens.
2) The VET will gradually inflict upon the cat weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and but eventually you'll realise that it's actually a pointless exercise and will not recover, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
3) The Vet will be totally honest and insist there is nothing more to be done, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
Given the cost and more importantly, STRESS, of option 1 or 2, I'd like to think that if I were a less sentimental person, jumping to 3 would be a more humane, less stressful option (for cat and owner), and option 1 should only be embarked on if chances of success are 95% or more (and they rarely have brilliant odds).
That's bo11ocks - cats can suffer from all sorts of nasty and potentially fatal conditions which are treatable with no long term consequences. Things as simple as an infected bite which need nothing more than cleaning and an antibiotic shot.1) The cat will require weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and eventually will recover, and you'll get a few more years out of it, before 2 or 3 happens.
2) The VET will gradually inflict upon the cat weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and but eventually you'll realise that it's actually a pointless exercise and will not recover, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
3) The Vet will be totally honest and insist there is nothing more to be done, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
Given the cost and more importantly, STRESS, of option 1 or 2, I'd like to think that if I were a less sentimental person, jumping to 3 would be a more humane, less stressful option (for cat and owner), and option 1 should only be embarked on if chances of success are 95% or more (and they rarely have brilliant odds).
New POD said:
Slink said:
either i need a woosh, or you are a pretty heartless person.
I jest, but I'm pretty sure based on experience, that when you take a sick cat to the vet there are 3 potential outcomes.1) The cat will require weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and eventually will recover, and you'll get a few more years out of it, before 2 or 3 happens.
2) The VET will gradually inflict upon the cat weeks of intensive tests and surgery, which will distress it, and but eventually you'll realise that it's actually a pointless exercise and will not recover, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
3) The Vet will be totally honest and insist there is nothing more to be done, so it will be put down, and you'll be sad, and eventually you'll go to the rescue and save another Cat
Given the cost and more importantly, STRESS, of option 1 or 2, I'd like to think that if I were a less sentimental person, jumping to 3 would be a more humane, less stressful option (for cat and owner), and option 1 should only be embarked on if chances of success are 95% or more (and they rarely have brilliant odds).
otolith said:
That's bo11ocks - cats can suffer from all sorts of nasty and potentially fatal conditions which are treatable with no long term consequences. Things as simple as an infected bite which need nothing more than cleaning and an antibiotic shot.
I agree. No really. On a sample size of 4, 3 cats suffered longer than was needed, whilst the VET continued to make positive noises, about prognosis. Call me cynical, but the longer life was prolonged, the more options were tried the more the Vet was paid.
Maybe we were unlucky, I'm pretty sentimental when it comes to cats, and of course I wouldn't just have a cat put down for something it should survive, but I now struggle to trust a professional who isn't paid by results. If they did no win no fee, I'd actually trust them a bit more.
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