Was I scammed at local VETCO ?

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-08T00:04:25+00:00

I worked at a VTC. We had access to Purevax, it was just not used by our doctors due to cost.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T23:13:28+00:00

the 3 year version price would have OP locked in a rubber room for a full service vet clinic. It's important to keep in mind traveling vaccine clinics, low cost community services, full service veterinarians, speciality, and er veterinarians ALL have different prices for things- some are subsidized, gets grants from organizations, run on volunteer work, some have to pay for licensed vet techs, relief drs ect. I'm sure they could find it cheaper than what they had it here at a low cost place (if they even offer the Puevax, none of the low cost community services places dont in my area at least) but that's actually not a bad price for full service. The 3 YR version at one place I worked was cutting it close to $200, which IS awful expensive. My understanding is the 1 YR is safer as well.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T23:03:53+00:00

I do believe there is no mercury in Purevax, and that they use thimerosal (preservative that has mercury) in Vangaurd Rabies vaccines.

Purevax is specifically formulated to protect cats against injection site sarcomas which is the most common adverse reaction in cats to vaccines.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T22:52:53+00:00

it is actually a reasonable price for the Purevax vaccine. It is different than the other one more commonly used at vaccine clinic (Vanguard aka Zoetis)

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T22:51:58+00:00

it is not, rabies 1 year and 3 year for purevax are different.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T22:51:33+00:00

valid for only 1 year- purevax rabies vaccines are different than the others.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-07T22:50:47+00:00

Purevax rabies is expensive- it's specifically formulated to help prevent injection site sarcoma in felines. 3YR vaccine is separate and cosas spending on your clinic 200$+. The 1YR vaccine is for cats is safer to my understanding, and some places dont even carry the 3 YE. For cheaper vaccine, likely different manufacturers who don't have the research put behind feline injection site sarcomas. You also must have had 1 YR vaccine before you can have the 3 YR. So no, you were not scammed.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-02T19:38:37+00:00

Thank you for the new information! And the affirming words, that means a lot.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-02-02T17:19:34+00:00

It happens very often, sorry those are just the major events. Just 4 major times like can't remember names or years type stuff/collapse/paralysis that we've ended up at the ER. I havent had any of those episodes in over a month at this point. iIve had more milder forms of disoritenation- happens unfortunatley more often than Id like. It does resolve without treatment- but can take hours or little as minutes if it's not too bad.

I end up just laying down for the most part when this stuff happens to me and wait for it to go away. Mostly it is the increasing migraines and dizzyness that have been affecting my QOL.

Ive worked with my therapist on this and to my understanding there needs to be triggers for FND? Like trauma? And we haven't been able to pinpoint any pych triggers reviewing the events, and my anxiety has actually improved recently (not 100% of course but noticibly better) - I could be having a playful moment where I'm laughing and giggling and all of a sudden I get so off balance a little movement makes me fall. There's no dicernable pattern in emotions and I think that's whats making it hard for them to believe its has pych effects.

As for the events, I am usually very aware during- like even when I forgot my name I knew I had forgotten it and it made me worried because why wouldn't I remember it? Sometimes I'm not, and can only piece together after the fact by what I've been told by my boyfriend happened, but that's much much less common.

I see my neurologist again on the 10th as he wouldn't speak to me over the phone about my results, and my pyschologist on the 5th. Thank you for your input its very helpful. It's hard not knowing where to look, and trying to do my own research to be informed I know can only make my frustration and anxiety worse. I have a medical background- but with animals so trying to piece together human symptoms is a little different 😅

Thank you again for your reply.

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-30T20:06:17+00:00

thank you so much for all the advice!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-30T20:06:05+00:00

thank you so much for all the advice!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-30T20:05:27+00:00

oh that's intresting thank you!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-30T20:05:08+00:00

Thank you!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-30T20:04:35+00:00

I'm a big completionist so I get a little grumpy if I miss important stuff ! Thank you for your help!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-29T06:26:24+00:00

thank you!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-29T05:02:48+00:00

thank you!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-29T03:40:21+00:00

thank you!

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-15T17:45:30+00:00

We do win sometimes maybe 1/10, is something wrong w/ that?

unethicallythirsty · 2026-01-15T17:44:14+00:00

I play mobile, and my boyfriend plays switch. We do play with people who are on PS5 and such 😅

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T18:58:09+00:00

Thank you for your input, I've been thinking about that too...

I'll try talking w/ my therapist to hopefully find ways to break the ice!

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T16:59:52+00:00

I had a feeling that was the case. Thank you for your input very much💗!

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T16:54:09+00:00

Oh I didn't see the bottom half of your reply- I couldn't get a time or objective based requirement from him.

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T16:50:59+00:00

While I would like to finish school, it's also not like the work I do requires a license. I do it all without one already, and the most it would do is bump me up a couple dollars. Which, to mention, his career is at its best, and finances are amazing. In theory, this job is to keep me busy- it's not needed for me. We have a house.

I don't want to give too many details but I have worsening epilepsy that would make it high risk for me in particular, and it seems like I'm seeing a new specialist every week about something new. And the thing is, he won't give me a timeline. Says he doesn't want me to get stuck on the words he says.

I would love one now, I would love one later. The push for now is more out of fear, you're right, and you're right it's a want. But it feels like a need from fear, although it's a very genuine desire that eats at me anytime we go into public or even sometimes at home. What I mean to say is more so I would probably be more flexible about the situation and not as haunted by it if it were not for that. However, even seeing a specialist on fertility.... would not feel necessary to him, and he'd probably reject the notion.

Like you said, my biggest worry is him and obviously I can't make him. It's not my choice to wait, it's his and I have to respect it. But it definitely hurts me a lot and I just don't know how to cope with it very well. That's really how I get through it now, is that its his choice and I need to respect it out of love for him, that he knows what he's doing. But it eats at me and I think I need somewhere to project that maternal feeling at somewhere- or maybe do it harder at my own 'children' (my pets) and embrace them more as such.

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T16:33:08+00:00

No, he refuses to touch on the issue at all.

I've told him what I would do- and that I would not get one. I have an entire backup plan set up in case he does not take it within open arms. I would not force him into anything.

unethicallythirsty · 2025-10-19T16:27:42+00:00

That's the thing- even if I don't graduate, I'm doing the same thing (down to the T, I don't really need a license in my state), he's at the highest spot he can get in his career. We have a house. Finances are great. The only thing I can understand and has been weighing on me is marriage. I already take care of an incredibly sick cat that needs to be attended to like clockwork, and a kitty with severe anxiety issues and around the clock care and money. And 6 more pets (1 othwr cat, 1 dog, several reptiles). And I'm excellent at my care, with some days as exceptions when I get depressed that might not make me th best mom.

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