Quote Originally Posted by emilysgk
First off, for Catlady... Yes he is a real vet, no he dont do this from his home. His clinic is small, and its considered just that, not a full hospital. He does all various routine and diseases that are easily treatable and some surgery, he does spay/neuter, minor broken bone repairs, c-sections ect.. anything major he will refer you to another vet. I have seen this many times that someone has a problem that he simply dont handle at his clinic. His practice is a bit unconenventional and old fashioned, he does house calls for farm situations also. He has maybe a dozen cats that live in his clinic also, all rescued with a various reasons. I have seen him save a lot of animals, several personaly. We put a young CKCS with cancer into remission for about 9 months, when I got the dog, he had little time left, a puppy hand raised got parv followed by distemper, all before 12 weeks of age, another dog with severe neurologic disorder/spinal damage... there are many. Im not defending and saying that if I had the money I would not go to a normal vet, but he does pretty well. I probably would not have any babies left otherwise, I could not go to someone else now. Our financial situation is very bad right now.

What I was questioning was based on several things...

1) You said that he did not really examine the kitten closely that had the bladder problem before giving it fluids.

2) He gave you medication without seeing the other kittens.

3) The eye medication apparently did not have any kind of dispensing instructions on it.

I'm not saying that he can't be a good vet just because he's a small rural one. I'm just saying that ANY vet (even from a big fancy hospital) that is doing those things just isn't cool. Even a small town, old fashioned vet should be able to do those 3 things correctly.

I suppose if you're happy with your results for the price that's your option and more power to you, but for myself personally, I couldn't trust a vet that didn't do a thorough exam, and dispensed meds without instructions on them.