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Hi. My mom's friend has just adopted a female black domestic short hair cat from a rather... questionable shelter.
I wouldn't say they're questionable exactly. But the're guidelines for adopting animals are very strict. The vet that my mom's friend was recommended to actually was the same one that my family uses for our two dogs. Not that I have a problem with this. But the problem is -they suggested they give my less than 10-lb Chihuahua Valium and I really don't like this. I took some of my dog's Valium once and it made me feel really ill (Valium is safe for humans) it was calming, but I don't like how it made ME feel, so I hope to one day switch vets for my dog.
I informed my mom's friend (Dee) and she understands that maybe a more holistic vet would be a good choice. I don't know if she can afford to go raw, and I would really like her to ask a vet about that and I myself am not experienced on giving advice on raw-feeding.
But I can give her advice on grain-free formulas. My sister's a vet tech and she's in training - I feel like I have a bit more knowledge on animals when it comes to her, even though she's in school, because I've been browsing a bit longer then her... She just recently decided to become a vet, but if anything happens, I'm going to ask my sister, to help Dee find a suitable vet in her area (which is close to where I live, Port Saint Lucie)
Moving on, the shelter smelled really bad and Dee said that they gave her a bag or Royal Canine - and I know this is for sensitive stomachs but it's got a lot of grain and filler product, and Dee and I were talking and we don't know if Tova (her cat) was moved form home to home and just wasn't able to properly settle in to a household or not?
But Tova's happy now. The 'shelter' said that she'll (Tova) always have bad digestion but I don't think that's true. Also another thing that I don't like about the shelter is that they said that Grain-Free = high in calories as I inquired about a Grain Free Diet that i could feed to my overweight Chihuahua Bryan and they said he needs a weight-loss food and suggested a very low quality food. So I am going to look for a different vet for my dogs.
Dee just wants to get Tova's past paperwork that the shelter told her about, because Tova was allergic to her vaccinations. We are in Florida, and Dee lives in Port Saint Lucie, I live in Stuart, if anyone knows anyone in the area that could help (because there really isn't a lot of options for us that's affordable and 'good') please let us know.
Tova is declawed in the front but has claws in the back. Dee takes very good care of her, she's learning, and she actually rescued her from a very stressful situation. Please don't send any negativity. Thank you.
(By the way - Tova CAME DECLAWED. DEE DID NOT DECLAW HER. DEE WOULD NEVER DECLAW A CAT AS ITS VERY UNETHICAL AND IN-HUMANE.)
I wouldn't say they're questionable exactly. But the're guidelines for adopting animals are very strict. The vet that my mom's friend was recommended to actually was the same one that my family uses for our two dogs. Not that I have a problem with this. But the problem is -they suggested they give my less than 10-lb Chihuahua Valium and I really don't like this. I took some of my dog's Valium once and it made me feel really ill (Valium is safe for humans) it was calming, but I don't like how it made ME feel, so I hope to one day switch vets for my dog.
I informed my mom's friend (Dee) and she understands that maybe a more holistic vet would be a good choice. I don't know if she can afford to go raw, and I would really like her to ask a vet about that and I myself am not experienced on giving advice on raw-feeding.
But I can give her advice on grain-free formulas. My sister's a vet tech and she's in training - I feel like I have a bit more knowledge on animals when it comes to her, even though she's in school, because I've been browsing a bit longer then her... She just recently decided to become a vet, but if anything happens, I'm going to ask my sister, to help Dee find a suitable vet in her area (which is close to where I live, Port Saint Lucie)
Moving on, the shelter smelled really bad and Dee said that they gave her a bag or Royal Canine - and I know this is for sensitive stomachs but it's got a lot of grain and filler product, and Dee and I were talking and we don't know if Tova (her cat) was moved form home to home and just wasn't able to properly settle in to a household or not?
But Tova's happy now. The 'shelter' said that she'll (Tova) always have bad digestion but I don't think that's true. Also another thing that I don't like about the shelter is that they said that Grain-Free = high in calories as I inquired about a Grain Free Diet that i could feed to my overweight Chihuahua Bryan and they said he needs a weight-loss food and suggested a very low quality food. So I am going to look for a different vet for my dogs.
Dee just wants to get Tova's past paperwork that the shelter told her about, because Tova was allergic to her vaccinations. We are in Florida, and Dee lives in Port Saint Lucie, I live in Stuart, if anyone knows anyone in the area that could help (because there really isn't a lot of options for us that's affordable and 'good') please let us know.
Tova is declawed in the front but has claws in the back. Dee takes very good care of her, she's learning, and she actually rescued her from a very stressful situation. Please don't send any negativity. Thank you.
(By the way - Tova CAME DECLAWED. DEE DID NOT DECLAW HER. DEE WOULD NEVER DECLAW A CAT AS ITS VERY UNETHICAL AND IN-HUMANE.)
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