I am so angry about this and I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Today at work I left for my break and came home. We have a cat at work who is 17 and her owner dropped her off today to have a pin removed from her leg tomarrow. I absolutely love this cat. She is so sweet and at her age and what she went through when she broke her leg she has been so good about it. Well when I got back from my break one of the techs came up and said "They removed the pin from her leg already."
I looked over to her cage and she was sitting up and looked as though she was never sedated. I figured they must have gassed her down for her to be up so quickly. I asked the tech "What did they gas her down?"
Her expression fell and she said "No so and so just held her while the doctor pulled it out."
I flipped!! I could not believe they did they without sedating her!! I was so angry and I rushed over to her to make sure she was ok. She purred away and rubbed her face on my hand. The rep told me she screamed so loud a customer thought it was a bird.....
So here I am at home and I feel sick to my stomach thinking that that poor little girl had to go through that. There was absolutely no reason for her to have gone through that and the surgery was set for tomarrow. I went home and cried. I feel so guilty for not being there. I would have quit if the doctor tried to make me hold her while he did that. I lost a bit of respect for him today.
I am so sick of how animals there get treated at times. This other tech is so mean to the animals when they don't "behave". She'll yell at them, drag the dogs down the stairs to shove them in the cages down there, she'll smack them if they don't hold still for x-rays. I mean an animal has to be practically sedated for her not to get frustrated with them.
I do have a stressful job and it wears your patients down but there is no excuse. I am ashamed to say I would not leave my own animals there without me being there. I think I've said enough for now.
I looked over to her cage and she was sitting up and looked as though she was never sedated. I figured they must have gassed her down for her to be up so quickly. I asked the tech "What did they gas her down?"
Her expression fell and she said "No so and so just held her while the doctor pulled it out."
I flipped!! I could not believe they did they without sedating her!! I was so angry and I rushed over to her to make sure she was ok. She purred away and rubbed her face on my hand. The rep told me she screamed so loud a customer thought it was a bird.....
So here I am at home and I feel sick to my stomach thinking that that poor little girl had to go through that. There was absolutely no reason for her to have gone through that and the surgery was set for tomarrow. I went home and cried. I feel so guilty for not being there. I would have quit if the doctor tried to make me hold her while he did that. I lost a bit of respect for him today.
I am so sick of how animals there get treated at times. This other tech is so mean to the animals when they don't "behave". She'll yell at them, drag the dogs down the stairs to shove them in the cages down there, she'll smack them if they don't hold still for x-rays. I mean an animal has to be practically sedated for her not to get frustrated with them.
I do have a stressful job and it wears your patients down but there is no excuse. I am ashamed to say I would not leave my own animals there without me being there. I think I've said enough for now.