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Vet wants to charge me $250 for vitamin D testing and $130 for a comprehensive cbc & biochemistry. Sound about right? $250 for a single test sounded high - he did an "exam" but didn't weigh them or take their temperature and I didn't even see him palpate them. My cat has a rectum that is bright red and light bleeding and I specifically had to ask him to look at it - he barely glanced at it and said it is normal and to put powder on it ! -
Now I'm worried because I'm trying to get the lab results and he says he doesn't have a printer and wants to cut and paste the results after looking at it from the lab's website. The guy is too cheap to have a fax or a printer in his office. I can't afford to go somewhere else and have another exam/lab tests so I told him I need the results and now he says he'll have to print them at home because he has a printer at home and send it to me but I'm worried he even confused the blood samples or didn't order the full panels to save himself money . The guy has been practicing over 40 years & I'm wondering if I should report him to the state board - he should be retiring I think.
Meanwhile I'm right back where I started worrying about the cat's rectum and also her gums bleed too and she lost a tooth and I don't know if that's connected or what. I had my cats checked after feeding food that was recalled for excess vitamin D so I'm concerned this guy couldn't diagnose his way out of a paper bag and will have no idea what the test results would mean anyway. I'm not sure the rectum issue will show up as anything on a blood test either or if there is something else he should have looked at or done like given antibiotics.
What would you do? Ever experience this before? I didn't even realize it until I got home that they never even had a weigh in or temperature taken. Maybe I should report this guy to the state licensing board.
Now I'm worried because I'm trying to get the lab results and he says he doesn't have a printer and wants to cut and paste the results after looking at it from the lab's website. The guy is too cheap to have a fax or a printer in his office. I can't afford to go somewhere else and have another exam/lab tests so I told him I need the results and now he says he'll have to print them at home because he has a printer at home and send it to me but I'm worried he even confused the blood samples or didn't order the full panels to save himself money . The guy has been practicing over 40 years & I'm wondering if I should report him to the state board - he should be retiring I think.
Meanwhile I'm right back where I started worrying about the cat's rectum and also her gums bleed too and she lost a tooth and I don't know if that's connected or what. I had my cats checked after feeding food that was recalled for excess vitamin D so I'm concerned this guy couldn't diagnose his way out of a paper bag and will have no idea what the test results would mean anyway. I'm not sure the rectum issue will show up as anything on a blood test either or if there is something else he should have looked at or done like given antibiotics.
What would you do? Ever experience this before? I didn't even realize it until I got home that they never even had a weigh in or temperature taken. Maybe I should report this guy to the state licensing board.
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