So, here's some backstory:
We got little Bagheera from the adoption center at Petsmart mid-July. When we brought him home, we realized he had icky diarrhea with mucus, and that his little rectum was bulging and red from straining to pass.
Ouchie!! So, he went to the vet, got Albon for the coccidia, and some anti-inflammatory/antibiotic ointment for his rear end.
The Albon worked, but the ointment didn't. Still bulging, still red after a week. So we went back. A different vet (in the same practice, they have 5) told us to keep on with the ointment.
We went back AGAIN two days later, suspecting a UTI because he was crying in the litterbox. We saw the head vet this time. No UTI, but he gave us a different ointment for the rear end, some Clavamox to prevent an infection back there, and recommended we also use Preparation H. Instructions to come back in a week, regardless of improvement, AND he didn't charge us the office fee because we had just been there two days ago.
Unfortunately, none of that helps, and by this point little baby is very grumpy with anyone coming near his rear end. :lol3: So we take him back. The head vet sees him again, and determines the tissue is just too granulated to heal itself, and that little baby will need surgery to close it up. He calls it "basically a permanent inflamed hemorrhoid." (He's only about 4 months old. )
DB and I grimace at each other, knowing that vet surgery is insanely expensive. Vet asks what's wrong, and we tell him we're college students and are basically broke. After thinking for a second, he asks, "Can you do $50?"
:blobgreen: 
:blobmul: 
$50 for a cat surgery is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for us. This vet is now getting cookies and a card.
Seems there's been a few bad vet experiences here lately, so I just wanted to share one that would make people happy.
If anyone in the central FL area needs vet care, PM me and I'll give you the address!!!
This practice also takes care of all our county's K-9 police dogs. So, he's probably a good surgeon too. :lol3:
We got little Bagheera from the adoption center at Petsmart mid-July. When we brought him home, we realized he had icky diarrhea with mucus, and that his little rectum was bulging and red from straining to pass.
Ouchie!! So, he went to the vet, got Albon for the coccidia, and some anti-inflammatory/antibiotic ointment for his rear end. The Albon worked, but the ointment didn't. Still bulging, still red after a week. So we went back. A different vet (in the same practice, they have 5) told us to keep on with the ointment.
We went back AGAIN two days later, suspecting a UTI because he was crying in the litterbox. We saw the head vet this time. No UTI, but he gave us a different ointment for the rear end, some Clavamox to prevent an infection back there, and recommended we also use Preparation H. Instructions to come back in a week, regardless of improvement, AND he didn't charge us the office fee because we had just been there two days ago.
Unfortunately, none of that helps, and by this point little baby is very grumpy with anyone coming near his rear end. :lol3: So we take him back. The head vet sees him again, and determines the tissue is just too granulated to heal itself, and that little baby will need surgery to close it up. He calls it "basically a permanent inflamed hemorrhoid." (He's only about 4 months old.
) DB and I grimace at each other, knowing that vet surgery is insanely expensive. Vet asks what's wrong, and we tell him we're college students and are basically broke. After thinking for a second, he asks, "Can you do $50?"
:blobgreen: :blobmul: $50 for a cat surgery is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for us. This vet is now getting cookies and a card.
Seems there's been a few bad vet experiences here lately, so I just wanted to share one that would make people happy.
If anyone in the central FL area needs vet care, PM me and I'll give you the address!!!
This practice also takes care of all our county's K-9 police dogs. So, he's probably a good surgeon too. :lol3:
