I'm not sure if many people remember me since I haven't been on recently since Nuts passed away.
After Nuts passed on we got Sirius, who is thankfully very healthy(Nuts and his sister Attitude both had FeLV.)
He has never pooped daily, since we got him about 13 months ago, usually going every other day or every 2-3 days but has been fine(went to vet they said some cats go infrequently so just keep an eye on him.) Well he's gone around 5 days(Paul cleans the litter box, I don't so I don't know how long exactly but less than a week) without pooping so we went to the vet with him and he is clogged up beyond belief. So we are dealing with megacolon now. He's at the vet's for the day getting enemas to clear him out.
The question is- does he need to be on the 'special' food the vet gives him forever? Does he really need it at all? He is fed high quality canned food, and dry Fromm(which he rarely eats, only if he's really hungry will he touch the dry.) If he needs the food I'll feed it but I just spent $80 on high end wet food for him over the weekend. If he can't have it any more than our local rescue will love us since they'll be getting a donation of cat food.
I'm just really PO'd at this vet since she treated us like crap thinking we were neglectful saying "We've only seen him once" and being just rude. I finally brought up he'd been there several times and that they obviously hadn't linked Sirius in both Paul(my boyfriend) and my accounts. Sure enough, they hadn't, she got a lot nicer once she saw that he had been in multiple times, and had been vaccinated in Jan. I think the next time I call for Sirius or our dog Dexter it will be 'anyone but Dr. X' because she was just rude. I don't neglect my cat or his health, just because their records were wrong(or not linked together) was no reason for her to treat us the way she did. Like I said, she got a lot nicer once she saw he had been in for vaccinations, surgery to remove a benign lump plus a dental, and for suture removal. Wow, I spent over $500 in Jan for him for the mass removal(since they didn't know if it was cancer or not) plus the dental, he's NOT neglected, he sees the vet whenever nesessary. He's been healthy otherwise so he hasn't needed the vet for anything else. Glad I thought that maybe the records weren't linked or she would have continued to be rude to us.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Taryn
After Nuts passed on we got Sirius, who is thankfully very healthy(Nuts and his sister Attitude both had FeLV.)
He has never pooped daily, since we got him about 13 months ago, usually going every other day or every 2-3 days but has been fine(went to vet they said some cats go infrequently so just keep an eye on him.) Well he's gone around 5 days(Paul cleans the litter box, I don't so I don't know how long exactly but less than a week) without pooping so we went to the vet with him and he is clogged up beyond belief. So we are dealing with megacolon now. He's at the vet's for the day getting enemas to clear him out.
The question is- does he need to be on the 'special' food the vet gives him forever? Does he really need it at all? He is fed high quality canned food, and dry Fromm(which he rarely eats, only if he's really hungry will he touch the dry.) If he needs the food I'll feed it but I just spent $80 on high end wet food for him over the weekend. If he can't have it any more than our local rescue will love us since they'll be getting a donation of cat food.
I'm just really PO'd at this vet since she treated us like crap thinking we were neglectful saying "We've only seen him once" and being just rude. I finally brought up he'd been there several times and that they obviously hadn't linked Sirius in both Paul(my boyfriend) and my accounts. Sure enough, they hadn't, she got a lot nicer once she saw that he had been in multiple times, and had been vaccinated in Jan. I think the next time I call for Sirius or our dog Dexter it will be 'anyone but Dr. X' because she was just rude. I don't neglect my cat or his health, just because their records were wrong(or not linked together) was no reason for her to treat us the way she did. Like I said, she got a lot nicer once she saw he had been in for vaccinations, surgery to remove a benign lump plus a dental, and for suture removal. Wow, I spent over $500 in Jan for him for the mass removal(since they didn't know if it was cancer or not) plus the dental, he's NOT neglected, he sees the vet whenever nesessary. He's been healthy otherwise so he hasn't needed the vet for anything else. Glad I thought that maybe the records weren't linked or she would have continued to be rude to us.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Taryn