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I suspect it's either a method some of the vets schools teach, or it's something the Vet Board is suggesting these days. My regular vet has always treated my cats in the exam room with me there. Sometimes I help hold because I can - although in general they prefer their staff to do the holding (partly because their staff often won't flinch as much if they get scratched as many owners will, and also because they dont' want the animal creating any fears of the owner from being held while getting a shot or something unpleasant - they'd rather have that association put on the techs who aren't your animal's caregiver).
But.. some vets are different! When Magnus was diagnosed as diabetic, I had to take him in on a Sat which was not our normal vet's day - so I saw the weekend one. She took him in the back for the blood draw and testing. I thought that was unusual since they had never done that there. Although when I brought some of the others in for bladder checks during our 'inappropriate peeing' time, they were taken in the back for the catherization (most owners don't want to see that done!).
The first time I encountered it was when I took William to the emergency vet, late one night, after his eye surgery. They were understaffed and took him back for the exam, then brought him to the regular exam room where the vet came and talked to me afterwards. And when we brought Henry to a local vet the night we took him off the streets and he needed an x-ray. I wasn't surprised they took him back for the xray, but I didn't expect they were going to do everything in the back!
But my normal vet still does most everything in the exam room with me there. So.. it's either something some schools teach the vets to do, or it's a new thing that is being suggested/pushed and older vets may or may not change. Either way, while I wish they wouldn't (cause I'm nosy, and I like to 'supervise') I know some do. there hasn't been a problem with any of my cats when a vet has done that.
Sounds like a local corporate Vet here we no longer do business with.
Corporate vet huh? Well, frustratingly enough, this prompted me again to look up info on the other main ER vet I know nearby which I had always figured I would use if needed, and it turns out this is now part of VCA! I don't think VCA has a good rep do they? I don't really know. Really, it could hardly be worse than PVSEC (that's the other place I hated) it seems to me....
There probably is another ER vet around I could use if necessary. Will have to start digging....
Corporate vet huh? Well, frustratingly enough, this prompted me again to look up info on the other main ER vet I know nearby which I had always figured I would use if needed, and it turns out this is now part of VCA! I don't think VCA has a good rep do they? I don't really know. Really, it could hardly be worse than PVSEC (that's the other place I hated) it seems to me....
VCA YEP that's the place, their rep sucks are far as I am concerned.
what i think gets me most is the vet trying to say that the conjunctivitis was CAUSED by the kitten not being up to date on vaccinations...
whether a mistake of hearing or not, i worked as a vet tech, and there is NO illness out there that can be vaccinated against that can or does cause conjunictivitis as a symptom...
vaccinations will NOT prevent pink eye no matter what bacteria caused it...so even if the kitten wasnt up to date on shots it would make no difference...it wouldnt ave caused the pink eye and those kind of vaccination scare tactitcs realy bugg me!
i had a vet tell me at one point that a dog i resuced had worms because it hadnt had the 7in1 and he was going to have to re-vaccinate the dog (whod had distemper and parvo only 2 weeks prior)...vaccines dont prevent worms but he was relying me NOT knowing that so he could chage me an extra $50 + hazardous waste fee) for a vaccine the dog didnt need...
i have no problem with a vet having to take an animal into the back room should the owners be acting particularl posessive/squeemish, or the animal be acting up (i can ell you that some animals do act completly different when their person is in the room) but as an automatic respose NO....
i do have a problem when vets try to rely on a geneal lack of knowledge to take advantage of people...
I have had the good luck to find a good old "Old School" country vet who always brings me back with my cat, I participate in the treatment. To me this is the way it should be, but some owners are squeamish about anything the cat does not like. The treatment does not have to be fun for the cat, it just has to work.
But to the original question, I don't think this style of treatment means the vet is not good, it's not the style I prefer, but probably the vet has his (her) reasons for doing it that way.
The only place they have done this has been at the big specialist/emergency corporate vet. I hate this practice and I would never accept it from my regular vet.
Mine has only taken them to the back when they have taken blood, from what I recall over the past 20 years. Being it was a new vet and all that you brought your kitty to, I would want to watch how they would handle him. I need trust first, unless it was an emergency situation.
That is one reason to have a relationship with a vet. For some reason, in years past, I knew my vets very well, knew the names of the office staff, was that becasue I had a dog, and went to the vet more often? Or just more pets? Or because I was married, and had plenty of money...
I don't like anyone taking my cat anywhere without me. And if they don't allow me in the back, I won't have care there. I insist on putting my cat in the kennel, if he is staying over, once a vet tech did not securely lock my cat in, he ran around the vet's all night. And they could not catch him. They called me to "trap" him. Poor baby. We decided not to go back. And it was VCA, in Las Vegas. And pricey too, they told me his teeth cleaning would be $400, it came to $600!!! He had a bad tooth...
I go to an animal hospital for my kitty that is a full service one open 7 days a week with evening hours. They have about five vets that take turns working each day. The one I go to is an expert in kitty medicine. She is really nice and my cat likes her.
This is the first animal clinic I have ever taken my kitty to that does what you describe. My pevious vets only took my cats in the back for a blood draw. The new vet takes the cat in the back to treat her. It surprised me at first but now I am okay with it. Someone, not anyone at the clinic, told me it was easier for a vet to treat a cat when it was not in the presence of it's owner. I don't know about that but I think I will ask the next time I take her there.
As far as not being immunized causing pink eye, I am not a vet but I don't believe it is true. If you go back to your regular vet, you may want to ask him his opinion.
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