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[kilaen]

 Our deceased cat, Frisky, had diabetes. Since he was a very grumpy cat, it was difficult to give him insulin consistently, and impossible test his blood by ourselves. So, until his blood sugar was regulated, we had to bring him in to test it every month or so.

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[lisasimpsonfan]

I am so sorry your guy had a vet like that. I don't know if I would have been able to control myself if someone hit my cat.

[kilaen]

If I hadn't been so shocked, I probably would've slapped her silly yelling "HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?!"

[dbaxdevilsfan]

OH HELL NO.

I'd have been all over that bitch. She can't handle a cat meowing and slaps it? Unacceptable. Would she have slapped a 5 year old if she had been dealing with a child? I certainly hope you filed a complaint. I don't care if she was having a bad day, you don't take it out on your patient - human or not.

So sorry your kitty died. :(

[kilaen]

We filed a complaint, but I never really knew if something happened. It was a small practice.

Aww, it's alright...He was a pretty old kitty.

[cairstiona]

Would she have slapped a 5 year old if she had been dealing with a child?

I remember a post here a while back where a pediatrician pretended to slap a baby...and the community didn't see what the big deal was.

[thisdaydreamer]

Holy crap I would have hit the roof. What the hell is she doing working with animals?!

[juju_bean]

Yea, that would've been my response as well.

There was no reason not to let you hold the cat yourself... One of my cats is a sourpuss around strangers so I would never let a stranger restrain her, I'd do it myself.

I hope she's not working with animals anymore because that was an extreme reaction to normal cat behavior.

[sevenday]

The only reason I would agree to let a vet tech restrain my cat is, in theory, they know how to safely restrain the cat with no harm to cat or person. It doesn't seem this vet tech OR the vet knew how to do this. I would be beating feet to someplace else, stat.

[rusti_knight]

They have a good reason not to allow a client to hold their animal themselves. It's called insurance and lawsuits.

If you restrain your own animal and get hurt, the vet is liable. Which is why most of the time, vets and their techs are unwilling to allow owners to restrain.

(That, and also, not saying that you in particular are terrible at restraint, most owners don't know how to properly and safely restrain a fractious animal. It's just plain safer for all involved for a trained vet tech to do it.)

[invisiblegirl2]

My sympathies, thats horrible!

And this is why, when I go to a new vet, I always ask if their policy is to take animals to the "back room" (out of my sight) to administer treatments. If it is, I request that she stay with me. If they wont, we leave.

[lianetherider]

The main reason we take animals to the back at my clinic is because most owners don't want to see their pets' blood/urine/fecal retrieved from the animals, but we always will do it in front of them if the owner insists. I just think that most people prefer not to see how undignified Fluffy looks while we express his anal glands, lol.

[blissfullyme]

Not to mention how much AG expression stinks :)

[lianetherider]

Oh dear mercy, yes. Rotten fish, anyone?