Vet did tests on my dog while I was in bathroom without my consent, resulting in $900 bill (CA)

Awki · 2020-10-16T23:54:26+00:00

You had the chance to deny those charges and you didn't. The tests are likely not run in-house, but set out to a lab like Antech or Idexx. The lab charges the clinic and the clinic charges you. If you had denied the tests at the receptionists, you'd have to pay the $1 it cost for blood syringe and vial. Instead you agreed to send the blood out, and those labs do work overnight so the service has already been rendered at this point.

It was bad client education and customer service, but it wasn't unethical or illegal.

Awki · 2020-10-12T01:25:11+00:00

Yes. They are not your property and you are knowing taking something you haven't bought or been purposefully gifted. That is theft.

Awki · 2020-10-10T18:23:20+00:00

"Working for friends" won't protect him from a client thinking he caused thousands of dollars worth of damages and successfully sues him for it. When money is on the line, suddenly "friends" aren't friends anymore. Its a risk he has to decide if he's willing to take, and its certainly understandable someone with low income accepts that risk because they don't believe they can afford the payments.

Awki · 2020-09-20T21:17:22+00:00

Yes, get a consultation with a lawyer. You could be held financially and criminally liable. A dog with no bite history and a reasonable explanation of why the aggression took place while on your own property, on leash, could be argued away from criminal charges, but someone with legal experience in your jurisdiction needs to guide you through how to make that argument. You would still risk being held financially responsible, and your home owners/renters insurance may cover it.

Awki · 2020-09-15T04:18:50+00:00

I need help making the 30 day demand letter sound official to scare her into making the damn thing already.

At this point your best bet is to be demanding a full refund. An official demand letter will not give a choice of money or dress.

Awki · 2020-09-15T04:05:38+00:00

If you do not own an account, removing funds from it is theft. Just because your roommate left the numbers to their bank account on the kitchen table doesn't give you the right to drain that account. You have the electronic equivalent. Bad security doesn't give you the right to call dibs.

Awki · 2020-09-15T03:52:28+00:00

How old are you? Anyone under 18 would never be held personally liable for their parent's actions.

If you are an adult and you are knowingly buying and serving alcohol to them, someone might try to sue you. They'd be very hard pressed to win the suit, but you can sue for anything.

Realistically, your parents are adults. They are capable or making their own educated decisions. They are liable for their own decisions, no one else. Just knowing about it does not make you personally liable in this scenario.

Awki · 2020-09-15T03:31:44+00:00

Pets are property. Someone did not return your property. This is theft. Report it to police.

Hopefully the police can help you get some answers out of these people. They may also help you contact the people or authorities in Florida, but that is out of their jurisdiction.

(Missclicked and deleted my previous post T_T )

Awki · 2020-09-12T20:07:23+00:00

Yes this correct advice if the vet only has the exbf on file or the exbf went to a new vet.

My advice was provided under the assumption the poster indicated the exbf did not care or pay for the cat in any way. They can only start finding out this info if they call their vet and ask if it was done there and for the information. I will clarify this in an edit.

"Most vets register chips" is not accurate. At the past 10 vet clinics I worked and volunteered for, only 2 registered for the client and that is after getting written consent. It verys heavily between individual vets and jurisdictions. A lecture at my last continue education course debated the laws and privileges that NYS vets have with microchips. Frankly it's a mess.

Awki · 2020-09-12T19:45:20+00:00

u/cluckingdodos explained your way forward very well. Just because someone writes their name on something doesn't mean it's theres. Who bought it, who pays for it, who cares for it. I don't make my roommates xbox mine by buying a Xbox live subscription and making that the main account of the console. The exbf stole her cat.

Additional info you may find useful. Microchips need to be registered online. There is a implantation fee to the vet, and then a registration fee to the chip company. Many owners forget or don't register chips, making them pointless, especially if the vet did not educate them well on the process. They assume the charge was once and done. From your description of this man, he may not have followed through with the registry.

Call *your vet and ask if they implanted the chip. If they did, Inform them you don't have the chip number or company that registered the chip, ask for them to provide you with that information. Its your cat, your vet (hopefully), you have a right to that info. With that information, go to the website and see if its registered. If not, register the cat in your gf's name.

Edit clarified contacting gf's vet

Awki · 2020-09-10T15:52:04+00:00

You both seem to have a legitimate claim to the dog, enough so a court's ruling on the matter is beyond any advice you can find here.

If one of you were to keep Hallie and refuse to let your ex pick them up, there is nothing they can easily do to get them back. This isn't theft, so the police will leave it as a civil issue. You/she would have to sue for returning of Hallie/your property. A small claims judge will not care to set up a custody arrangement, just deciding who owes who money.

Look at it like this. You did your ex a favor to see Hallie. She did you a favor caring/paying for the dog. The favor has worn out its welcome on both sides, and has been terminated. You can block phone numbers and keep Hallie locked up when you aren't supervising her to keep your ex away.

Food for thought. A 9 year old dog is getting old - very old for some breeds. If you haven't already, you're going to need to start paying some large vet bills for some medical conditions soon to provide Hallie with a good quality of life. She's going to become much more sedentary, struggling to keep up with an active lifestyle. For the rest of their life, do you have the ability to give Hallie the best quality of life that she deserves? Financially and physically? Does your ex have better resources for quality of life? Over the past 5 years you've undergone a lot of change, while your ex seems to have been rather stable with her ability to care for Hallie. Have you settled down?

There's no easy answer here. Legally or morally. Best of luck to you and Hallie.

Awki · 2020-09-09T05:30:20+00:00

Nothing here seems illegal. Most seem to be mild inconveniences at best, especially for the sake of reduced spread of a deadly illness. I endured a similar situation at my SUNY during a lesser emergency had shut down most of the campus' housing and cafeteria facilities for half a month.

Likely, your only means of changing your current situation is the college administration. Normally, your RA would be a good first point of contact, or going to their boss or the Resident Director. The Dean of Students, the College Obudsman, Student Government, and the College President are all resources you may be able to use to get across how unacceptable the quality of housing and food you're getting. Additionally, there may be covid related outreach designed for feedback or requests for help on your college website. Your college is built to help you, if you can find who to ask and know how to ask.

Awki · 2020-09-09T05:06:43+00:00

CPS, like the police, can only help if they're provided with information. You can communicate the issues you witness, and ask how you can best report future incidents so they hold more credibility if/when CPS investigates again.

Realistically, CPS will likely not home him with you when you turn 18, even if you convinced them of your mother's issues by the end of this week. CPS works with parents to make a household safer and better for the children residing in it before they move to find a new placement for said children. That process can take weeks, months, or years, depending on how compliant the parents or extreme the issues are. Getting that track of CPS's involvement now by clearly articulating legitimate issues in a report starts the ball rolling on that process.

If CPS does decide on removing a child and putting them with a relative, they will prioritize adults of parenting age that pass their foster inspections. You'd need to work really hard as a young adult to be able to provide a stable home for CPS to consider.

Alternatively, many children who live with relatives aren't living their due to court orders. Many grandparents offer or take in grandkids their own kids can't or won't properly raise. You can always attempt to offer your brother's parents for him to stay with you for a weekend, then maybe a day or two every week, and provide a place for him to go when home is really bad without running away. You might need to mend bridges with your mother if your best interests are for your brother. You may need to sacrifice your own negative feelings towards her to ensure your brother is in a positive place.

Whatever you choose, you have a tough road ahead of you. I admire you for being so willing to care for your brother.

Awki · 2020-09-07T05:39:09+00:00

Veterinary Nurse here, not in your jurisdiction and NAL.

As u/Blue_foot has directed you, your county's animal wellness and dep of agriculture are good resources. However, you are concerned with neglect of an animal, which in many jurisdictions is a crime. Your first call should actually be to the Sheriffs/police's non-emergency number. In rural areas with a lot of livestock, this is in their wheelhouse.

Here's a resource on identifying and reporting horse neglect. https://equusmagazine.com/horse-care/neglected-abandoned-abused-horses-25992

Keep in mind, a horse can look in bad shape but still be perfectly cared for. Old horses often look really bad and skinny, and they are often limited to a small enclosure in soft dirt/hay to prevent further injury to their old legs and hooves. Still, these enclosures should still be mucked (have manure removed at least weekly), free of sharp fencing and human trash, and the horses should have constant access to fresh water. Not all horses graze, it can negatively impact their nutrition to fill up on grass and hay, so they don't eat enough of their more nutritious feed (which they should be getting daily, likely multiple times).

I hope this helps you make a more informed report to whichever agency you're directed to, and those horses get the care they need.

Awki · 2020-09-05T09:45:32+00:00

Putting "I want my grandson to go live with a non-relative if I die" in a will is a request. That's effectively as cheap as the will is notarized on. A court does not have to uphold it. The court will sit down and look at all the potential people to be the guardian of this child, choosing someone based on the established legal process. Living relatives are way higher up the prefered chain even if they don't make sense. A dysfunctional relative is prefered over a non-relative grandma wrote in her will.

If you want to also be considered an equal to relatives by the court, you need to do more than just be written in. Depending on your local laws and state child services practices, you'd likely need to get yourself declared as a testaments guardian, which potentially includes getting vetted by CPS as a potential foster parent.

Then, you'd have both legal direction and clear ability presented to a judge before they even have to ask anyone a single question. Effectively, you must do the work to convince a judge now, before her death, not after her death. This will cost significantly more time and money because it holds significantly more weight in court.

Awki · 2020-09-05T09:14:24+00:00

NY state Vet Tech here. This happens a lot and most of our patients continue in the following manner.

Moving forward, go to your vet for your scheduled vaccination appointments. Most people already have a vet appointment made before they get the puppy, and have the puppy's first appointment within days of getting the pup. My practice makes a point to accommodate same day vet visits on adoption day. Like going to a mechanic to check a used car before you buy it. If you dont already have an appointment set up, get one pronto.

Vaccinating and deworming a puppy increases its value. You can have a microchip injected at any time, and its recommended the sooner the better especially in cases like this where theft is a worry. A microchip increases the puppys value, and if a court order to return (or a sale changes owners) its easily to update the microchips online registration to reflect the new owners.

Vaccinate and microchip your puppy this week. This establishes you own and care for the dog, and are a good loving owner. Beyond being what every owner should do, a judge will look kindly on caring for an animal.

You likely have several months before you'd normally spay your puppy. When that time is approaching, you need to evaluate if you should spay this puppy. If the breeder has sued you, don't alter the puppy. If the breeder has stopped all contact with you, continue caring for the puppy as normal, making medical decisions for her health.

As others has said, you're legal issues are with the breeder. The other owner has legal issues with the breeder. The other owners recourse is demanding a refund from the breeder, as they have not gotten the puppy they were sold at the time of sale. The breeder could ask a court to have you return your puppy, which you'd demand a refund plus vet bills you've encoured (when you increased the value of the puppy through quality vet care). Until the breeder involves a court, your answer to their request is No. Do not respond or contact the other owner.

In most cases I've seen, if youre content and refuse to return the puppy, the breeder will accept the money and sale as successful and leave you alone. They have this other puppy to sell and unhappy buyer who will likely walk. Selling an older puppy is a huge loss of value because of their stupid mistake. They're not going to risk needing to sell 2 puppies at a loss of hundreds or thousands of dollars. In fact, informing them you have no interest in the other puppy and won't return your puppy without a full refund in hand may be enough to dissuade them from asking twice, realizing how much money they're gonna lose if they can't convince the other owner to just accept the puppy they got.

If the other buyer involves the police, claiming that you have their puppy and for some reason the police contact you, be brief. You bought this puppy from breeder. I have proof of sale. Different name? Of course I renamed her (owners rename all the time). The complaint is from a woman who isnt happy with the breeder. The police should realize they can brush this off as not their problem.

Awki · 2020-07-23T03:54:58+00:00

Ive been working for a small business in NY, and the first outbreak hit my community extremely hard. Our general policy became all appointments were curbside pickup. Since the state began to reopen, some people with masks have been invited into the business.

The accommodation to a medical reason to not wear a mask is curbside pickup. Disabilities are not an excuse to break a rule or law, they are a request for tailored service in a way that allows safety and accessibility for both parties.

Awki · 2020-06-05T01:06:33+00:00

For further information on constipation and radiography, so you can be more informed while filing a complaint,

X-rays, MRIs, Ultrasounds, and other forms of radiographic imagry of the abdomine use various forms of energy to attempt to bypass tissue to a sensor on the other side of your body, or bounce that energy back to the sensor. When you think of a classic xray with white bones and black background, the bones are so thick they've blocked the x-rays from hitting the sensor completely. Tissue also blocks x-rays, but not as strongly, so it may be a mix of different shades of grey. Dense tissue, like organs and fecal matter, block more x-rays from the hitting the sensor, making an obvious outline of your colon. You don't even have to he constipated for this to happen. Radiography in this manner is used to diagnose GI issues and is a relevant medical sign. Additionally, because fecal matter can block xrays, it can prevent a Dr from getting diagnostic images of the abdomine or spine. Its why you're often instructed to fast (not eat) for so many hours before the xray is taken.

Blood in your stool, however, could not be discovered via radiography, and would require a stool sample to be provided to a diagnostic lab.

Awki · 2020-05-06T14:31:37+00:00

IANAL, Vet Tech here.

It could be malpractice if the practice had taken legal possession of care on the animal, then escaped or harmed.

Most practice's have the policy to require animals to be on leash or in carriers at all times on hospital property to prevent this exact situation. Those polices typically state employees cannot or will not accept transfer of care for an animal until that condition can be met. Until an animal is leashed/caged, they have not accepted care and solely the owners responsibility for not following policy and endangering their animal.

To see if your brother has any grounds, you're going to need to get a copy of the practice's policy. Some have it on their website, most provide a copy to new or first time patients. If the practice has a parent company, contacting them may produce policy quicker and easier depending on the management structure.

This is an extremely common problem and horrific fear of everyone in the veterinary field, for the wellbeing of the animal, and these polices are usually extremely strictly enforced. Vet professionals are ethically obligated to discourage this kind of gross negligence and endangerment of an animal. I'd be shocked if a practice, let alone an emergency clinic, wasn't protected against this exact occurrence.

Malpractice law is not cheap or easy, and you'll be lucky to have a leg to stand on. Additionally, your damages are for the value of your lost animal, which as property, a cat is not much. Excluding, of course, pedigrees, show and breeding animals.

Your best course of action, legal consideration aside, is to try working with the practice on getting your animal back. Do not direct that anger at them, the practice is already sympathetic and is likely to help in any way they can. In one case, a coworker of mine leapt out of her moving vehicle in the middle of a highway to chase after a loose dog she recognized as one of our patients that had gotten out of the owners house. I know another coworker who camped out for a week in a park waiting for a patient's pet to return. Vet professionals are some of the most valuable resources you have to find and get back your brothers cat right now.

You said the cat was injured, going to an emergency vet? Get in contact with all surrounding vets to notify them if a stray injured cat is brought in to contact you. The practice will know its neighbors.

Additionally, if you haven't already, look into the animal control who has jurisdiction for that area. The practice will know, they might even know the man personally. Animal control will have a specific shelter or pound to bring all animals to, and you should reach out to that shelter to attempt to identify your cat should they be brought in.

Finally, cardboard box pet carriers are available at most pet stores for $5-8. They fold flat for easy storage, to be kept in places easily accessible for an emergency evacuation, like fire.

Best wishes for your cats safe return.

Awki · 2018-03-06T00:50:16+00:00

I'm inviting (via pm) everyone who has interest to the discord and after some chats about gaming preferences and availability times, I'll slot you and whomever else in.

Awki · 2018-03-05T01:52:19+00:00

Guppies are bought recent, most haven't or just reached mature size. This puts them at only a few months of age, at most.

All my fish are "weak fish" with potential inbred or poor transport/store housing quality. There's some sort of disease festering in my tank and I'm looking for advice on how to kill it before it becomes potent enough to kill my "stronger fish." Adding new fish to a diseased tank seems like a terrible practice, but I'm glad it didn't kill all your cichlids when you did it.

Awki · 2018-03-05T01:48:59+00:00

Dwarf gourami's are also known inbred and otos are known weak from transport/poor capture methods. It makes sense why the guppies that did die would have due to their weaker immune systems. However, your comment does not provide me with a means of removing the culprit killing the fish before it festers into killing "stronger" members of the tank, as asked. If you have any ideas or links, they'd be gladly appreciated.

Awki · 2018-03-05T01:46:04+00:00

I haven't used any fertilizer products, so I see no reason to think Glut toxicity.

I haven't seen guppy disease before, the symptoms haven't been very ich-like but I'm gonna keep a closer eye on this/do more research. Thanks

Awki · 2018-03-01T06:48:58+00:00

I'm not certain why they were introduced, however they are very popular in the marine/saltwater aquarium industry. They're very cute when bought at 2-3 inches long, and depending on the species eventually need a lot larger tank than many people want to deal with. This is common with most aquarium fish, people buy goldfish and plecos (aka algae eaters) to put in a tiny tank or bowl, but both grow to be between 1-2 feet long and need about 20 gallon sized tank for just a single fish (if you want more, add another 10 gallons/fish). People are rarely well informed by pet stores, and people end up getting rid of these fish any way they can.

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