Panic over!!!!!! Kahlo`s absolutely fine
No thanks to my vet!! And i`m absolutely steaming!! :evil: Sorry this could turn into a long rant.................................
The actual hole i found was one of his scent glands!
BUT.......... the reason it was full of debri was because the stupid vet who neutered him used nylon stitches & didn`t put it in the notes, hence no-one told me to go back to get them removed. The skin had started to grow over the stitches which had caused some swelling causing all the dried blood etc to get stuck in his gland area. The vet then announced "Oh dear, I`d better take these out"! Poor Kahlo was ever so good but the procedure was obviously very painful for him & he`s now had some metacalm. I`ve also given him some guardian angel to help relax him a bit.
I was given no apology & the vet just said "Oh well hopefully he`ll be fine now"! :shock: :evil: I then walked out...........................
I know this mistake wasn`t serious, serious but this is the final straw in several mistakes my vet has made over the past year. Firstly, when Angel was spayed about 10 days after i noticed she was developing a swelling near the scar. I took her back to the vets & said "I think she`s herniated". They did a scan, 2 vets studied it & said "No, it`s just an abcess", so sent us home with a course of antibiotics. Twice more i went back as it was getting larger, twice more i was given antibiotics as `it was just an abcess`. THEN, Mark took her as i was poorly, another scan was done & it was announced that she had an extremely large hernia & required immediate surgery!!
She then spent a further 2 wks living in our bedroom whilst we nursed her back to health! We never even recieved an apology!
Secondly, when Tia was spayed a few months later they went against my request for internal stitches & did external. Tia pulled these out over night & had to undergo a second GA & be re-stitched! Which they did with `external stitches` again!! :shock: She was then sent home in a buster collar & i spent a further week nursing her & syringe feeding her as she was deeply depressed & in pain!
There are also several things we are unhappy about with re: to the ongoing treatment one of my cats is recieving.
I hope people don`t think i`m over reacting but my animals really are my babies, i would go to the end of the earth for them & when they hurt, i hurt!!!
I now plan on spending tomorrow phoning various veterinary practices until i`ve found one more knowledgeable. I will not be going back to that practice again!
Sorry about the rant from a very upset Su.x