Hello everyone,
I haven't really posted much, but you are all so helpful when I do have questions that I thought I would come on and ask yet again another question....
It's not really behaviour, but I thought this was an OK place for this question.
I have just come back from a trip to the vet with my kitty Aidan, and it was the most horrific, awful experience at a vet I have encountered. The way the people handled him, kept me uninformed, and to hear him screaming from the back room (they didn't say what they were doing, only said they'd be back, just scruffed him right out of his carrier)...I tried to go back there; I asked what was going on...but there was a lady blocking me. I literally couldn't breathe. When they brought him back to me, they said they had tried to do a fecal (to test for parasites) and get blood (for FIV/FLV) from him, but that he was fractious, and they labeled him a bite case. I know that none of you know him, and I realize the vet is an environment outside of home, but he has never *ever* had an issue with vets (I've just moved recently to Atlanta, and this particular clinic was a new vet). He really is the most mellow cat I have ever seen. The way they treated him, and the things they attempted to do, like taking blood about 6 times because they couldn't get it....I just think they jumped too quickly to label him a bite case! They could call my previous vets in the other 2 states I have lived in, and there is not one record of him *ever* behaving like this. I am afraid of what this label might mean, having it on his chart. I don't want him taken from me. I don't know what happens. Anyway, I am NEVER going back to this vet again. I told the vet exactly what I thought of what they had done, and he had a lot of lame excuses, in my opinion. I told him I didn't think the bite case was appropriate, with the way they handled him. He told me more lame excuses.
To make a long story short, I was wondering if there was someone or some organization, similar to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), but for veterinary clinics, to report incidents. I want to be able to officially report to someone what happened, and how awful I think he was treated. I am sorry if this thread comes off upset, but I am really upset still... my hands are shaking. I honestly couldn't breathe when I heard him in the back. I think some people may think I am overreacting, but I know what my feelings were at the time, and I would like to be able to report it to someone somehow.
Any suggestions? The only thing I could think of was to write a letter to the head vet, but I'm not sure how much he would really care...which is what made me think of something like the BBB.
Thanks to everyone, even just for listening. I hope I don't sound *too* crazed right now, though I do feel shaky...
I haven't really posted much, but you are all so helpful when I do have questions that I thought I would come on and ask yet again another question....
It's not really behaviour, but I thought this was an OK place for this question.
I have just come back from a trip to the vet with my kitty Aidan, and it was the most horrific, awful experience at a vet I have encountered. The way the people handled him, kept me uninformed, and to hear him screaming from the back room (they didn't say what they were doing, only said they'd be back, just scruffed him right out of his carrier)...I tried to go back there; I asked what was going on...but there was a lady blocking me. I literally couldn't breathe. When they brought him back to me, they said they had tried to do a fecal (to test for parasites) and get blood (for FIV/FLV) from him, but that he was fractious, and they labeled him a bite case. I know that none of you know him, and I realize the vet is an environment outside of home, but he has never *ever* had an issue with vets (I've just moved recently to Atlanta, and this particular clinic was a new vet). He really is the most mellow cat I have ever seen. The way they treated him, and the things they attempted to do, like taking blood about 6 times because they couldn't get it....I just think they jumped too quickly to label him a bite case! They could call my previous vets in the other 2 states I have lived in, and there is not one record of him *ever* behaving like this. I am afraid of what this label might mean, having it on his chart. I don't want him taken from me. I don't know what happens. Anyway, I am NEVER going back to this vet again. I told the vet exactly what I thought of what they had done, and he had a lot of lame excuses, in my opinion. I told him I didn't think the bite case was appropriate, with the way they handled him. He told me more lame excuses.
To make a long story short, I was wondering if there was someone or some organization, similar to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), but for veterinary clinics, to report incidents. I want to be able to officially report to someone what happened, and how awful I think he was treated. I am sorry if this thread comes off upset, but I am really upset still... my hands are shaking. I honestly couldn't breathe when I heard him in the back. I think some people may think I am overreacting, but I know what my feelings were at the time, and I would like to be able to report it to someone somehow.
Any suggestions? The only thing I could think of was to write a letter to the head vet, but I'm not sure how much he would really care...which is what made me think of something like the BBB.
Thanks to everyone, even just for listening. I hope I don't sound *too* crazed right now, though I do feel shaky...