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After reading the "What to look for in a vet" thread, I'm reminded of several things my cats' vet did...that made me nervous. I want to know if these sort of things happen occasionally, even with a good vet.
When drawing blood from the one cat's hind leg, something happened with that vein so that the vet could not take blood from that leg and had to use the other leg. The vet said the vein "exploded"
. I don't know what that meant. She didn't seem very concerned, and it wasn't as though the cat was bleeding a lot...he was fine, and she took blood successfully from the other leg.
On a previous visit, when the vet went to administer a vaccine to a different cat (I believe also in the hind leg), I think the syringe went under the skin and then back out so that the vaccine squirted onto the cat's fur.
The vet said this happens occasionally, and she had to redo the shot.
Perhaps a vet or vet tech here can tell me if these things do happen every so often?
Let me add that my vet is a very nice person who was highly recommended by a cat-loving family member. I don't intend to just ditch her without very good reason.
When drawing blood from the one cat's hind leg, something happened with that vein so that the vet could not take blood from that leg and had to use the other leg. The vet said the vein "exploded"
On a previous visit, when the vet went to administer a vaccine to a different cat (I believe also in the hind leg), I think the syringe went under the skin and then back out so that the vaccine squirted onto the cat's fur.
Perhaps a vet or vet tech here can tell me if these things do happen every so often?
Let me add that my vet is a very nice person who was highly recommended by a cat-loving family member. I don't intend to just ditch her without very good reason.