Re: [AlpacaTalk] RE: Update on Eye Injury
I'm hoping a good vet moves in near you!
Yes, our vets are really wonderful. In fact, ours was out last year
delivering two dystocias in one night, at around midnight. Wait, maybe
it was one each, two nights in a row. One was a torsion, the other
was... Oh I can't remember. Cervix not dilated maybe? We had another
one of those 3 years ago, different dam. But both were maidens. Anyway,
he is always available, and happy to help.
Maybe you could check with the closest university with a vet school and
see if they have a program for sending grads to small communities, like
they do for human doctors! I think University of Tennessee has a vet
school.
Heather
On Sep 13, 2008, at 1:22 PM, houckj@aol.com wrote:
> <<Congratulations on Allie's eye!
>
> I'm sorry but that vet sounds like a complete jerk! There are many
> vets
> who do keep only office hours, but we are fortunate to have two large
> animal vets literally within minutes of us who are available at all
> hours, 24/7.
>
> Heather>>
>
> Thanks Heather, I am beyond relieved. I was really so very worried and
> freaked out about it. Not to mention the worry about how in the world
> I
> pay for a $1000 operation and transport. It was imperative that this
> eye heal up!
>
> Yep, she's a complete jerk alright. She had commented when I called
> her
> at midnight when Allie's lower jaw/mouth was swollen up to the size
> of a
> basketball and I thought suffocation was minutes away that she didn't
> have time to keep up with dogs, cats, and horses and certainly did not
> have time to learn a new species. I assume from that comment that she
> treats dogs and cats - right? So I called her Friday morning to tell
> her that the cats I took in that were in need of a home had tapeworms
> and could I get the meds from her to treat; and also that my elderly
> dog
> was looking real bad. I was starting to get scared. I have been
> treating him myself for a chronic stinky skin condition that has
> caused
> him, a beautiful imported long hair german shepard, to lose most of
> his
> hair and chew large raw places on himself. I have noticed in the past
> few weeks that he just looks very old all of a sudden, worn out, very
> skinny, in addition to very thin hair, and a lump on his throat has
> started to bleed occasionally. The past few days he has "that look" in
> his eyes that tells me something is very wrong. Cancer? Diabetes? I
> don't know, but something is wrong. I have had him on thyroid meds for
> the past 2 yrs when he was looking this bad 2 summers ago and that
> really helped.....for a while. I asked her if she could draw blood and
> check his thyroid and also just a general screening and exam to see if
> perhaps he has cancer. I told her that he looked really bad and had
> "the look" in his eye. Anyone who has ever loved a dog knows that
> look,
> and I was scared and worried enough to ask for help. That was Fri
> morning. She didn't call back until mid day Sat. Gave me the # of the
> vet clinic she works in "half a day a week - sometimes, depending on
> her
> schedule and their schedule" and said she would be happy to see him
> there.
>
> I am constantly amazed at people around here. I could never in a
> million years be so cold. She didn't call on Fri when I could have
> called the clinic and made an appt. Nope, waited until Sat afternoon.
> But it doesn't really matter anyway. The car I am currently driving is
> too small to even transport the dog to a clinic.....the baby seat in
> the
> middle of the back seat effectively rules that out and I have no one
> to
> leave the baby with, so the baby and the baby seat must go everywhere
> I
> go.....which is why I called her to see if she could see him
> here.....she is after all a mobile vet And again, lives right around
> the corner from me. I'd say she has made it quite clear that she
> doesn't need nor want my business. So I will say once again.....
> *this* is why I have done without a vet for so long. It must be nice
> to
> have so much business that you don't need or want any more. Personally
> my business and income have been in the tank for about 2 yrs now and I
> bend over backwards to accomodate my clients. But I bend over
> backwards
> to help people, client or not, needing business or not, it doesn't
> matter to me.....if I can help I will and do.
>
> You're very lucky Heather, to have such great medical help close by
> and
> willing!
>
> Warmly, Janice in GA
>
>
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