Earwax? And a Vet Rant!

[xumi's mom]

Susan, sorry for laughin' but that dart gun comment just cracked me up lol!

At the time I was annoyed, but it's pretty funny in retrospect.

 

[Samber]

Exactly! You've got a good vet there. This guy did not make an effort to make me feel comfortable with him, and even more importantly, he didn't do anything to ease Xumi's fears, thereby increasing them. He kind of peered into her carrier for 2 seconds, stood up, and said "What's going to happen if I stick my hand in there?" I said "I have no idea, let's find out." He started to go for it, and she hissed. Once. He whipped his hand back out and started looking around the room... for what, I don't know. A dart gun? I reached in and pulled her out, with him standing behind me, saying "Be careful! Be careful!" Sheesh. I held her for a few minutes to try and calm her down, and she just looked at me like, "Can we please get out of here now?" After the ear exam I asked if he could trim her nails. He scruffed her and held her down on her BACK on the table. He wasn't able to hold her there (what a surprise) and said he'd only trim them if he could sedate her. OMG. I told him never mind, my husband and I could manage it at home.

I've already talked the owner, my regular vet, and requested that she only gets to see him from now on. I don't like talking trash about someone behind their back, but he needed to hear my feedback on his new hire.

Wow. i would have called him out instantly. but that's probably why people say i'm an ass. i would have called the guy a pussy for being scared of a cat. prob would have said something like "so which one is the pussy?" LOL, yeah im an asshole.