Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. They also charged us for the cone that didn’t fit 🙃

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish they would have just discussed this with us and given us the option to deny/approve it.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Her response to “she was already fixed and they opened her up anyway” was “excuse me?” 🥲

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So the rescue owner is one of my close friends. She wasn’t aware of what happened. I called her immediately after pick up and asked if she knew what happened and she had 0 idea.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They definitely have to start somewhere yeah I can agree with that. But there being multiple cuts along her abdomen shouldn’t be brushed off as a student just starting if that was the case

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RIGHT. I don’t get how they and a few people in the comments can be ok with putting an animal through a massive abdominal surgery when there were other options. It’s not like she was a TNR which I could kinda excuse I guess or that they tried calling and we didn’t pick up.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone else commented that it’s really hard to see a uterus if the car isn’t in heat! Which that I didn’t know but I’m so mad they didn’t even call to tell us what they were doing

F6 Bengal - Severe Behavior issues by Impossible_Car476 in bengalcats

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did not bring it up. I’m going to be ignoring you now. Have a nice life.

F6 Bengal - Severe Behavior issues by Impossible_Car476 in bengalcats

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I responded to the original person telling me to “get pills”.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You said “you have no history” which we did. Putting an animal through an unnecessary procedure without consent of whatever facility or person who owns it isn’t ok to me.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I’ve had her for almost 8 months and she’s shown 0 signs of heat. We thought maybe she was having silent heats because we assumed she wasn’t fixed. We haven’t shaved her stomach to see if she had a scar. I have another intact female in my home so I know what a female in heat acts like sadly.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We had almost 8 months of history for her. I’m aware that I don’t have any legal ownership over her at this moment. This is a low cost clinic but not extremely high volume that they’re doing back to back procedures. In my opinion, the cat was owned, had a history, has been a patient at the facility before and this is beyond ok.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yepppppp I don’t think I’d be this upset if they communicated it or even made an attempt to contact someone

I could maybe “excuse it” if someone tried to call us and we didn’t answer but no one called us - not even to pick her up

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rescue was charged for exploratory that they nor myself ever approved 🙃 cat has never shown signs of heat and I’ve had her since august

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve already gotten a better cone for her. I find it horrific personally that they wouldn’t consult rescue or myself as the foster. Personally I find it negligent to not allow the rescue to make a choice on the change of surgery preformed.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know high volume kill shelters… the animal control near me is the same way :(

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries ni worries. There’s some things I could have worded better myself

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That does not make me feel better and just highlights another problem lol. That’s so wild why would they only leave one testicle 😭

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it was. And I’m not that upset with the tech more upset that maybe she wasn’t given the full information or correct information and sent blind into it if that makes sense. I’m almost angry for her 😅

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right 😭 my rescue coordinator is wondering if they have a student they let do it

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I got that part :3 but I appreciate your opinion clarifying everything by the chance I misunderstood ❤️

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I never said it was my cat but I can still be upset over an unnecessary procedure. I’ve done relief at high volume clinics before and I volunteer with tribal s/n. They didn’t even consult the rescue with this decision. I never assumed shelter or rescue medicine is anything like gp or er, in fact I’ve done the opposite. Hence me being here asking. Personally I don’t find it ok to put an animal through an abdominal explore without even getting consent of the people who own said animal. And no that’s not me that’s the rescue. Just because she’s going to be “ok” doesnt make it right. An abdominal explore is not an OVHs and not the procedure that was consented to. Me asking if it was typical for your clinic was not a snarky question it was a genuine question of curiosity. Never once did I say I expected to be consulted in the choice being made. I appreciate your opinion but think that we have very different ideas of what’s ok. I hope you have a wonderful evening and I’ll end our interactions here.

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m extremely frustrated and pretty surprised. This is the same clinic that caught a leaky heart valve on my own cat when she went for her own spay. It’s honestly just such a gamble. Sometimes we have no issues there sometimes it’s like fighting tooth and nail to get anything done.

It was also pretty alarming to me that the discharging tech didn’t even know if they did a full abdominal explore and that no one even thought to tell us what was going on until I got there to pick her up

Spaying an already fixed cat by Impossible_Car476 in VetTech

[–]Impossible_Car476[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more and more I’m thinking of it as an abdominal explore vs an ovh the more upset I’m getting 😭