I feel a lot more concerned about the quality of the vet than I do issues such as whether it is a cat only clinic.
There can be bad vets who choose to operate cat only clinics. My cats do not mind dogs or their barking, but I don't hear significant amounts of barking at the vet anyway. Now at the shelter is a different story. On 9/30/07, catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel like the barking of dogs traumatizes the cats when they're already > upset about going to the vet anyway. Especially if they have to be left > there for any length of time with dogs barking.... I just wondered if any of > you felt the same about cat only clinics........ > t > > Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. No importance. > 2. No importance. > 3. Very important, I have actually never had a vet that did this, I > was always welcome to be in the room with the cat. My current vet > does temp and weight in the back and that's about it. > > On 9/28/07, catatonya wrote: > > How important is it to you when looking for a vet that it be > > > > 1- a cat only clinic > > 2-doesn't declaw > > 3 doesn't take your cat 'to the back' to do everything? > > > > That is what I had and lost. When Bob got sick last week I took off the > > morning to call and get him in and there was no doctor coming in at all > > until 2:00. So I tried this highly recommended new vet I'm seeing and she > > seems very knowledgeable and thorough, but doesn't meet any of those > > criteria. She is far away, but they are open until 9:00 every night and > > Saturday and Sunday. That would keep me out of the emergency vets whom I > > hate.......... > > > > I'm just at a loss as to what to do. I don't know of any other vets in my > > area that don't declaw. The new vet at my old vet's office was required > not > > to do it as part of the sale of the practice. But she just does not seem > > good at all, she does everything in the back as well....thus wondering if > I > > should put up with these things and use this new vet I feel is very > > knowledgeable or keep looking. And I have been looking and looking. :( > > tonya > > > > > > > -- > Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > > http://www.rescuties.org > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > Please help George! > > http://rescuties.chipin.com/george > > I GoodSearch for Rescuties. > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the > Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
