In fact after typing it all out it's very rambly, it's 4am and oh god i wrote an essay sooooo yeah you should skip to the end. Large story time OR you can skip to the end for a tldr. Submitted by soggy_wafers to CatAdvice Ģ023.03.01 13:28 LikeANeko Does age play a role in introducing cats? I don't know if this is a normal thing for vet clinics to do. Moreover, my cat is very anxious, and me just handing her over to a complete stranger can be scary for her. I understand that some pet parents can be interruptive and disruptive, and hence, they may have this policy, but it still doesn't feel right. I personally feel like i should be present to see that my cat is being treated well and that they are actually medicating her for the things that they will be charging me for. I find this extremely weird and a little scary. You have to pass your vet through a window and wait outside as they are being checked/medicated. One vet clinic that i have shortlisted and that seems to have good reviews has a policy whereby you cannot be physically present when the pet is being checked. But before that i also wanted to get a general check-up done. I'm planning to get her spayed at the new vet i find. My cat is not spayed yet (i know it's late, but we had to postpone due to some family medical issues). I am now considering moving to a new vet. She is often dismissive and doesn't seem to know much about cat behavior. I have found the current vet who i go to not very helpful when it comes to answering my concerns. I have a 10 months old kitten who is fairly anxious, especially during vet visits. Submitted by bird-m to Petloss Ģ023.03.01 14:11 soggy_wafers The new vet I'm considering doesn't let you be present when the cat is being checked.
TLDR my new rescue kitten died within a week of having her and I feel massively guilty and just really sad. She was the sweetest girl I ever met and I feel like we failed her. Has anyone else experienced something similar? I don’t think I will ever get over it. I can’t stop blaming myself and wish I had taken her back to the vets straight away on Tuesday morning. So the vet thinks it may have been a viral infection - although other cats who lived with her at the rescue have shown no signs. They asked if she had been exposed to any toxins, which is very very unlikely as we’ve only had her in one cat-proofed room. We were obviously devastated and totally shocked as the vet said she seemed fine the day before. She quickly deteriorated and the vet was told us her heart had stopped and it wasn’t advised that she be resuscitated as she very likely had brain damage and was too weak to pull through. Got her into a 24 hour hospital and they told us she was going into organ failure and asked if we wanted to test her, so we got her bloods but it wasn’t clear what was wrong with her. Then at about 4/5am I noticed she was stumbling around struggling to breathe and had peed by her water bowl so I knew we had to get her to the vets asap.
I slept on the floor of the room with her last night and she cuddled up next to me. The rest of the day and Tuesday she was noticeably tired but her nose and eyes seemed much better, so we just spent time with her, encouraged her to eat, etc. She had also been spayed a week or so before. But he was so chilled about the whole thing, and chalked it up to her getting ill from all the recent changes. She hasn’t eaten properly for about 24 hours at this point and the vet said not to worry too much as she should feel better soon and start eating again, as long as she is drinking water.
He gave her an anti inflammatory injection, some mite treatment for her ears, a ´spot on’ treatment and sent me home with antibiotics and other medications. I took her to the vets first thing this Monday morning and he told me it was very likely just an upper respiratory infection as she looked otherwise fine, not dehydrated or anything. She had a bit of a runny nose / runny eyes when we got her and was sneezing, which gradually got worse and started affecting her eating. They saw each other through a baby gate a few times, but that’s as far as it got. We kept her in one dedicated room upstairs as we have a dog, so wanted to introduce them slowly and properly. She was such a sweet girl and all she wanted to do was lay in our laps purring her head off and get fusses / lick our hands. I got Honey (7mnths) from a rescue centre just over a week ago and immediately fell in love with her.
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