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Just try to change your way of seeing this
situation Nina. Your vet may truly have your cat's best interests at heart, She
may have had a client in the past who was an idiot and killed their cat at home
with meds she gave out, and that made her less trustful of people now, so she
just doesn't want to take any chances with any animal's health. Also, the FDA
and USDA are very strict about which drugs get used for which purpose. Many
times it's a pain in all of our asses, like the Feline Interferon, we can't get
it here (in the USA), and it sucks. But other times, it can save animals (and
humans too), like in Michelle's case with Bramble, she lives outside the USA,
and her flea medication (Stronghold) did not say on the label "not for use
in sick or weak cats", and now Bramble is very ill from it. In the USA the same
drug here (Revolution) has that warning on the box. The government is, if
anything guilty of creating laws that protect us TOO MUCH (think the seatbelt
law). Much preferable to a government that does not give a crap at all and lets
any freak with snake oil poison us all (think Hartz). Your vet is probably the
same way, she's doing what she feels is necessary to protect you and your cats,
maybe it's going a tad too far, but I'm sure she means well. You called her and
told her you have a sick cat, and that it has a sore on it's neck from
scratching, she probably wants to be sure the cat is not really ill or getting
an infection before she gives you the meds. Back to the flea meds, the
Revolution, that's the same med that I'm talking about Michelle gave to Bramble,
you are NOT suppose to give it to sick or weak cats, so your vet is probably
correct in not giving it to you if you've told her the cat is sick. See? You
just have to change your perspective around some. Of course, there are vets who
are only in the business to line their pockets, but we'll hope she isn't one of
those. Have you tried calling other local vets and asking them if they can
sell the Acarexx to you without an office visit? I think you can use
it even on a sick cat, so you may have better luck not mentioning that your cat
has been sick, and ONLY asking for the earmite meds, not the
Revolution.
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Thank you very much Jenn. I had read that Ivermectin is now approved, can't remember where I saw it though, somewhere in my research travels. It does however still require a prescription when packaged for this specific use. Really, I want to be fair and charitable, but I feel like hitting somebody. Nina |
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