gabbana
June 22nd, 2008, 04:48 AM
Hi, im hoping someone can help me out with any info or maybe I can potentially help someone out there who is new to owning a pet... This may sound ignorant of me but I really did not know how important it was for a pet to get spayed at an early age. I thought I was taking great care of her by providing organic food since she was just a kitty, only purified water, regular visits to the vet, lots of love, etc..
A friend of mine finally made me aware that if a cat is not fixed they could develop cancer, diseases, etc.., meaning that I could of shortened my cats life... oh no
I brought her in to get fixed immediately, a Vet that was referred to me from a colleague. They asked if I wanted to get bloodwork done to ensure she was healthy before they removed her uterus & ovaries. Of course I said yes, but shouldn't this be an automatic with vets? Anyways, I waited 6 hours to hear back from the vet about the results, they called back and said she was a very healthy cat and the blood work was great so they would go ahead with the surgery.
Not even 30 minutes later, the Vet calls me himself and says that he just removed her uterus and wanted to let me know that he found a large mass like tumour and he needs my permission to send if off for a biopsy $79 to see if its cancerous???
He says it's my fault for not getting her spayed sooner. I was devasted & speechless, then he pulls out this bottle/jar with her uterus in it and puts in in my face to prove that he's not lying about this mass???
Im wondering is this possible?? She had great blood work, no changes in her eating or sleeping habits actually she's been eating more, running around like nothing happened potentially have cancer?
Oh I forgot to mention, this same vet told me and quoted me on paper that the total charge was 220 for bloodwork and getting her spayed, when I picked her up the final bill was $490 and when I questioned the extra charges that I was not made aware of on the quote the Vet's secretary (his wife) began getting defensive and yelling at me!! The entire experience has now left me wondering about the credibility of this Vet Hospital or this potential "tumour"....
A friend of mine finally made me aware that if a cat is not fixed they could develop cancer, diseases, etc.., meaning that I could of shortened my cats life... oh no
I brought her in to get fixed immediately, a Vet that was referred to me from a colleague. They asked if I wanted to get bloodwork done to ensure she was healthy before they removed her uterus & ovaries. Of course I said yes, but shouldn't this be an automatic with vets? Anyways, I waited 6 hours to hear back from the vet about the results, they called back and said she was a very healthy cat and the blood work was great so they would go ahead with the surgery.
Not even 30 minutes later, the Vet calls me himself and says that he just removed her uterus and wanted to let me know that he found a large mass like tumour and he needs my permission to send if off for a biopsy $79 to see if its cancerous???
He says it's my fault for not getting her spayed sooner. I was devasted & speechless, then he pulls out this bottle/jar with her uterus in it and puts in in my face to prove that he's not lying about this mass???
Im wondering is this possible?? She had great blood work, no changes in her eating or sleeping habits actually she's been eating more, running around like nothing happened potentially have cancer?
Oh I forgot to mention, this same vet told me and quoted me on paper that the total charge was 220 for bloodwork and getting her spayed, when I picked her up the final bill was $490 and when I questioned the extra charges that I was not made aware of on the quote the Vet's secretary (his wife) began getting defensive and yelling at me!! The entire experience has now left me wondering about the credibility of this Vet Hospital or this potential "tumour"....