AQnother client and another crappy end to the week

[angieh]

You really have done all you possibly can Elaine. It is now out of your hands - try not to worry. Easy said, I know. I commit the care of this poorly cat to Gaia and what will be will be.

[Elaine]

He is now in the hands of Vets Now, dont trust them, dont rate them as vets but what else is there out of hours?
God help you poor puss xxx

[farthing]

Elaine, I hope the old boy is ok. Not good if he is had to go in out of hour, but hopefully they will be able to cope with the illness, assuming it us that, it's a fairly basic and common one to treat.

[Elaine]

Well with out blood tests, xrays or anything else, Vets now diagnosed it to be the cats heart and fluid on the lung. They kept him on oxygen overnight and gave him dieretics. I picked him up this afternoon and took him home, the owners daughter is going to stay with him until her mum gets back on wed night.
I still think it may be an over active thyroid as this would affect his heart and lungs but I'm not a vet and I have absolutely no faith in the vets now practice in Aberdeen.

[yola]

Elaine, as you might remember, my Balie is painfully thin and has been tested for everything under the sun which has come back normal. I too can feel all his vertabrae, but I can also pick him up without him howling in pain.

All you can do is monitor the situation now and offer advice. It is one of the down sides of what you do - different people have different ideas of what are acceptable levels of pet care

[Elaine]

Originally Posted by yola

Elaine, as you might remember, my Balie is painfully thin and has been tested for everything under the sun which has come back normal. I too can feel all his vertabrae, but I can also pick him up without him howling in pain.

I do remember Yola but the point is you had him checked and wouldnt have left him with a petsitter in that condition without having done so. It is my responsibility, in the owners absence, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the pet/s concerned.

All you can do is monitor the situation now and offer advice. It is one of the down sides of what you do - different people have different ideas of what are acceptable levels of pet care

I do actually feel sad for the owner, I think it's more the case that she was in denial that there was something wrong rather than not caring. She does love the cat dearly and perhaps just didnt want to admit that all was not well. I've done my bit and had to give the owner my concerns and give her every oportunity to deal with it and she and her daughter have done so.