Re: UPDATE : Miss Lily Whiskers and more purrs please. :(

On Aug 30, 9:53 am, leoparduswei...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Well, Miss Lily Whiskers is now minus 2 inches of her tail. :(( I
picked her up at 4.30pm, and brought her home. She came through the
anaesthetic OK, and seemed OK when I got her. I brought her home, and
the first thing she did when she got out of th carrier was smack her
newly bandaged tail against the table leg. Blood went everywhere
because the bandage was soaked in 30 seconds flat. So straight back
off to the vet we went.

She is boarding at the vet overnight because he can then keep her
confined in a cat pen. I am deeply unhappy about this, simply because
I want my baby home where I can keep an eye on her and I miss her.
Logic states that it is much easier to leave her at TED because she'll
be confined and quiet rather than trying to order the dog about, get
out through the cat flap, chase mowsies and batter her tail silly,
but.... :o((

I don't know what to make of this locum vet. He certainly seems very
competent and good with the animals, and Michael (normal TED) would
never leave the practice in the hands of someone who wasn't up to his
exacting standards, but I don't like him. That's probably because I've
got used to my vets explaining what they are doing and what drugs they
are using and why, and this guy seems to work in a very brusque &
dismissive manner with the owners which I don't like. Also, the
surgery is not manned 24 hours which I *REALLY* don't like although
the animals are checked reguarly...

Please send purrs that she has a reasonable night, and I get some
sleep and that I don't worry *too* much. :((

Thanks
Helen M

So sorry to miss the original tale of Lily's mishap, Helen! =o( Poor
baby, she's had a hard life!

I hope her poor tail heals up soon, and that you won't worry too much
about her in the meantime. Nuts to the brusque, dismissive vet.

Melissa

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