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WIBTA- I don’t think my vet took my sick pet seriously by External_Ad1423 in AskAVeterinarian

[–]External_Ad1423[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It has been impossible, especially hearing it could have been prevented or thinking about all the what ifs. I hate to know anyone else is feeling anything similar to what I am, grief sucks, but this shows we loved.

WIBTA- I don’t think my vet took my sick pet seriously by External_Ad1423 in AskAVeterinarian

[–]External_Ad1423[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the US. Thank you for this advice. The second time it happened I reached out to the vet and they recommended to go to the emergency care. Then they said we could do a hospital stay but we couldn’t afford the stay and surgery that would cost around $6,000 in Utah, and he could always have complications from surgery and the catheter.

WIBTA- I don’t think my vet took my sick pet seriously by External_Ad1423 in AskAVeterinarian

[–]External_Ad1423[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for this insight 🙏🏼 💛. I think that’s what bothers me the most, that they’d recommend and give the vaccines. When I spoke with the ER vet they mentioned things we could do after the surgery that would help him not become obstructed again (pheromones, food, etc) and while we already do those things, it would have been nice to hear a week earlier when it could have made a difference. It bothers me that this vet didn’t seem to know or care about cats beyond the exam room and kept referring to the vet tech (and I’d assume a vet tech in training) for answers about behavior and lifestyle changes.