OriginalFlintstone
Mama Doe
As most of you are probably aware I work for P@H.
We have a couple of sick animals at the mo who have seen the vet bit I am somewhat shocked by what I have been advised.
Usually our Vets are fantastic, we only see 2 vets, however, both were unavailable this week so I had to see a new vet. We go to an independant vet, not Companion Care.
First case is a lovely little rabbit who was returned to us because she has slight scabbing in the corner of her eye and a cut on her nose. While examining her eye the vet noticed a black spot on her eyeball at the top of her eyeball, she tried removing it with a syringe, flushing it with water through a syringe, then a needle, finally her finger nail. The eye was getting redder and redder and the poor bun was getting quite distressed. She then checked the other eye and discovered it was the same and decided it was just pigment. The Vet prescribed Tiacil eye drops. One drop in each eye, one drop up each nostril? She is yet to go for a 2nd opinion.
Second is a little dumbo rat who has an inner ear infection. She became ill last week and has been backwards and forwards to the vet. When she first became ill she had a small white spot in one of her eyes. I was told this was nothing to worry about. She was prescribed Septrin for the ear infection. Over the next 48 hours the white spot in the eye covered her whole eye, returned to vet and told it was still nothing major. So I decided to take her to the CC vets I use and was told the eye is now a serious abscess. She is in today to have her eye removed but because she is now so poorly she is very high risk. I just hope she makes it so I can go pick her up.
I have put in a complaint to the head vet and to our pet manager, not sure if I'm over reacting because it seems wrong to be questioning a vet :?
We have a couple of sick animals at the mo who have seen the vet bit I am somewhat shocked by what I have been advised.
Usually our Vets are fantastic, we only see 2 vets, however, both were unavailable this week so I had to see a new vet. We go to an independant vet, not Companion Care.
First case is a lovely little rabbit who was returned to us because she has slight scabbing in the corner of her eye and a cut on her nose. While examining her eye the vet noticed a black spot on her eyeball at the top of her eyeball, she tried removing it with a syringe, flushing it with water through a syringe, then a needle, finally her finger nail. The eye was getting redder and redder and the poor bun was getting quite distressed. She then checked the other eye and discovered it was the same and decided it was just pigment. The Vet prescribed Tiacil eye drops. One drop in each eye, one drop up each nostril? She is yet to go for a 2nd opinion.
Second is a little dumbo rat who has an inner ear infection. She became ill last week and has been backwards and forwards to the vet. When she first became ill she had a small white spot in one of her eyes. I was told this was nothing to worry about. She was prescribed Septrin for the ear infection. Over the next 48 hours the white spot in the eye covered her whole eye, returned to vet and told it was still nothing major. So I decided to take her to the CC vets I use and was told the eye is now a serious abscess. She is in today to have her eye removed but because she is now so poorly she is very high risk. I just hope she makes it so I can go pick her up.
I have put in a complaint to the head vet and to our pet manager, not sure if I'm over reacting because it seems wrong to be questioning a vet :?