Thread: Just sacked my vets.... Any experiences.??

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Oh boy I feel sorry for you,going to put a lot more travelling on but can't say I blame you,we try to get as much of the paperwork done before people arrive & if we know a breeder is coming in with a litter of babes we normally phone them to get as much detail as we can before hand,works well so we only have to weigh & enter that when they arrive.Very naughty about the ID chip forms as well,we send the main copy off & always get a certificate of posting just to make sure.Why can't you get the ID chips,wont whoever trained you supply them.I think you are brave that is one thing I wouldn't want to do.
Is it only eight years before Amber becomes a trained vet or starts training ?
Hope you can negotiate a good deal with her.....!

Hi, My own paperwork is in order... its theres... or was, this time I took a ragdoll for a blood test ONE RAGDOLL.... they where told this, in advance... all my pets passports where for ragdolls... and I have Abyssinians, Mainecoons and BritishI do not breed or indeed own Ragdolls.. this baby is here for 6 months quarantine before he comes to the UK...


All Id chips are different country's and the UK where I took my course with Pet chip in 2004 I have chips for them in a box but I cannot use them here.. when I was doing it my self all was in order in fact you do not have to send the forms off it was all done on line.

All my new owners give me their details on their first visit but all the microchip details are in my name because over here they are dual registered so in my name and the new owners... they didn't even register them in my name..

End of the day I have bitten my tongue now for over a year and a half, I tried one other vet before and she did a blood test on one of my stud boys for FIV etc and she had to sedate him, I have got blood out of Frodo my self he is easy... and they took it out of his neck which I think is Barbaric...

What bothered me is the state also of the ragdoll who had a rabies antibody blood test and he came back to me with bandages on both legs and he was so dam miserable for 2 whole days...

I have to start looking this week... right now the experience is very raw..

Over here School is different Amber does not finish normal high school until the end of this year... when she is 18 then she has 2 years in college before she goes off to Utrecht uni to study to be come a vet.... SHE BETTER give me some good discount or she is in trouble.. You get family allowance here until they are 25... lol...

What annoys me is I am a fully qualified doctor and I can get my vaccines from a supplier I have used in the past when I lived in the UK, average combi vaccine costs about £6.00... but although I could give them to my older cats I cannot do so for kittens etc.. and Microchips also cost such a small amount... and they charge so much and mess it up.... Vaccine and Micro chipping is a vets bread and butter you would think they would be very careful what they say.... however no use crying now is it... the letter I wrote Jan the vet will leave him knowing how I feel about his surgery...

when I first used them they where a small practice in a scruffy little place but so friendly and efficient... they are so big now they do not care... The vets struggle also because the receptionist refuse to help... say no more..

We are a small practice,I always class us as "The Corner Shop" in the veterinary world
but it is great when people comment on how friendly it is & that we know all our clients personally as well as their animals.We do also take blood though from the jugular vein,a lot quicker & easier & have lot less trouble with the cats by just tipping their heads up & talking to them while it is being done,have found it a lot less stressful for all concerned. Have had the odd cat that has had to be sedated for this procedure but normally they are the ones that try to lash out as soon as you touch them,great fun & has on occasions been cat 1 staff 0...
Hope you soon get things sorted because the one thing we all need is a surgery & vet where we all feel happy & confident. My daughter has just moved away & I went with her & one of the cats to the new vets for the cats annual booster,always think it is a good way to introduce yourself & weigh things up,one of the first things we do at boosters is check ID chip,they didn't even ask if the cat had one but everyone was very friendly & an older vet came to see us when she heard there was a big MC in the consult room so we came away feeling that they cared & show an interest,so fingers crossed,otherwise she has a four hour drive to come back here,not ideal !