Re: Re: pets and vaccines /Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

It's just very discouraging when these people you

trust for these decisions are so careless. Woman

there just grabbed cat out of my hands, upseting

the cat which had not been any place but one time

only and I was with him whole time. Apparently

he was difficult to handle after that and when I

came to pick him up they had put him into a

cardboard box, instead of a cage since they said

they were afraid of him, he was acting up. Well,

I wasn't surprised. Kitty felt he was taken away

from me, unwillingly, as she grabbed him from me

(while I was still ambivalent about all the

shots). I stepped back as she approached me to

get cat and asked could I put him in cage myself

since he had never been any place like that

before. She said no and grabbed him, obviously

in a hurry. However, why not? That way cat

would have known I wanted him there. He had been

neutered that day too and they told me to wait

all day until he was fully woken up before

picking him up so he was all day in cardboard box

(not cardboard carrier). I was furious. I've

had cats neutered at home with vets that will

come to house, then I watch the cat myself until

cat is fully awake. No reason I couldn't have

taken him home and watched him at home. There is

such a strong tendency in hospitals and vet

clinic to treat patient and family of patient as

if they are complete incompetent idiots.

I called earlier to see if I could come and pick

him up and they said no, told me to come at end

of day. You would think at that time they could

have told me they were having difficulty, and I

could have come and gotten him.

I need to more assertive. It's an ongoing

project to get more assertive. When I didn't

like the grabbing part and wasn't sure of shots,

I should have taken him home. Live and learn.

Of course after that time, getting him into the

car means crying begins immediately.

I will look into titers. Thanks for the tip.

--- noaholiviaian <phaselow@...> wrote:

> If you have time to research options, I've been

> able to find several

> cat 'kennels' that allow titers (proof of

> immunity) in place of

> vaccinations. I'm still looking for a dog

> kennel that will do the

> same.

>