There are several vet clinics in my neighborhood and she, my cat, already has a vet at one of them. But, 1) I have reasons to get skeptical about her performance and the clinic itself isn't the best around here 2) I prefer my cat to have two different vets in two different clinics in case a second opinion is needed.
I just don't know how to manage this and which clinic(s) to choose.
** Clinic 1 (my cat's current doctor) **
Cons:
-
There's only one doctor.
-
The clinic is extremely small and the hospitalized patients stay in the exam room so if any sleep-in feline patient is aggressive and loud, my cat sees that cat right in the same room during the exam.
-
I am not satisfied with how she performs the physical exam on her own. Like the last time we were there she didn't look inside her mouth probably because she has seen it 3 months earlier but there was actually a wound on my cat's tongue.
-
There are less options for everything at the clinic like fewer dewormers, only Royal Canin products.)
-
Hospitalized patients stay all alone at nights. There is zero human with them.
-
Most importantly, earlier this year my got ill with high bilirubin level and infection and the vet suspected of FIP and even said it was the more likely option. She got treated with antibiotics and responded to the treatment very fast. Everything else I read on FIP says cats who actually have FIP do not respond this fast to the treatment and their levels are worse. So this makes me get very skeptical about her medical skills although she did treat my cat with antibiotics.
-
With that said, she has the longest years of experience around here. Over 11 years.
Pros: The vet at this clinic is THE only one who makes discount when treating homeless animals -- it speaks volumes about her love to animals IMO. The vet tech is incredible with animals - my cat loves him. It's the closest to my house. Because the clinic is small their attention is on a smaller number of cases.
** Clinic 2 **
Cons:
-
There's only one doctor.
-
The vet always seem to have some friends over. There is more human traffic at the clinic.
-
He's been working as a vet for 6 years.
-
I don't know what else as I don't have enough experience with them.
Pros:
- It has multiple brand options for food and medicine. When my cat was ill I took her bloodwork result to him and he was kind enough to look and give his input without any charge AND he didn't suspect of something like FIP right away but his first reaction to the bloodwork was "They catch infection somehow" (my cat was a stray before I took her in)
** Clinic 3 ***
Cons:
-
I heard one poor treatment story about them (as said by another vet) and making the patient's human pay for the cost of miscommunication although it wasn't on their side
-
They generally charge more than the other clinics.
Pros:
-
There are two doctors. They are a married couple, both vets. I can get two opinions at one visit.
-
This is the only 7/24 open clinic. Hospitalized patients don't stay all alone. If heavens forbid there's an emergency late at night, I will have to take my cat to this place so I might as well get familiar with them?
I know this was long but I would appreciate any opinion. The way I want to go with this is like, getting her vaccinated at one clinic, but get her spayed at another. If she gets two check-ups a year, one at one clinic, the other at another. But I'm not sure how the clinics will take this and which clinic I should go to for what.
[link] [comments]
from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/buu854/could_you_help_me_choose_a_vet_clinic_for_my_cat/
No comments:
Post a Comment