Am I being fleeced?

[QueenScoopalot]

It sure sounds like this vet is trying to overdose Rizzo on things! Granted tapeworms, though disgusting to look at, are the LEAST hazardous parasite a cat can contract. The "B" vaccine you refered to before is probably bordatella vaccine which in a shelter setting, or boarding facility is invaluable, but routine vaccination for this is absurd! I have dealt with many different shelters (as I do wayyyyy too much rescuing) and several shelters found that vaccinating cats & kittens for bordetella (similar to kennel cough in dogs) cuts way back on the U.R.I outbreaks. It certainly won't hurt Rizzo to get a tapeworm pill, but some of the other procedures this vet wants to do are a bit overboard in my opinion. Give Rizzo a noserub from my herd! Jan

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Originally posted by halliecat


Sure you don't want to move a little west?

Actually, we would both looooove to get out of Raleigh. Seriously need a change of scenery. But I have a standing veto on the Charlotte area because it's too close to my in-laws. Don't get me wrong, I love my in-laws...but I refuse to live less than an hour away from either set of parents!



Anyway, I feel much better about this vet situation now. I feel like I can calmly get a new vet for Rizzo and any potential new cats (she said, crossing her fingers), without screaming at the old one or something.

Deb--THANK you for your co-rant! I had the exact same sort of snarky, sarcastic monologue going on in my head while I was talking to the vet, and it does my heart good to know that my reaction was normal!

[Denyce]

Aw ....welll...I was going to say a word but it isn't nice for this forum.....not socialized because they are stressed at the vets....give me a FREAKING break!!! What a nut case this vet is. My Deirdre gets so stressed going to the vet that her blood sugar goes from the normal of about 60 at home to almost 300 at the vets!! I know this because a couple of times she has had to have a blood workup and it is always around 300 and my vet is worried so she has me take her blood sugar test at home (I am diabetic so I have the tester) and it is always around 60! And Deirdre is extremely well socialized for the highstrung cat she is. She allows strangers to pet her when they come over.

Just remember this...and I can't say this often enough.

Not every vet graduated from vet school with an A.

Denyce

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Originally posted by Denyce


Just remember this...and I can't say this often enough.

Not every vet graduated from vet school with an A.

Denyce

LOL *snicker* *chuckle*

Thanks, I think you just made my afternoon.

And thanks to everyone for replying and assuring me that my "maternal" instincts aren't all out-of-whack. It's really no fun to disagree with a vet. Especially since this is my very first kitty, and I don't want to break him!