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Jasmine is limping
Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of
days. Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit, so I'm keeping an eye on her. How long should it take to heal, and when should I take her to the vet if it doesn't? I've also caved in and given her the expensive food again. She was eating a small amount of the cheaper stuff, but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding the bin. I know, I'm a sucker. |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:01:12 GMT, "meee" wrote:
Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of days. Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit, so I'm keeping an eye on her. How long should it take to heal, and when should I take her to the vet if it doesn't? I've also caved in and given her the expensive food again. She was eating a small amount of the cheaper stuff, but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding the bin. I know, I'm a sucker. It could be what they call a "soft tissue injury". My Margie likes to jump and climb a lot and a while back she acted like she could not walk. I took her to the Emergency Pet Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet Monday AND CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story). Dr Tina - http://vethealthcenter.com/ - concurred and gave her meds and said to keep her from running and jumping :-( As for food people think that buying cheaper food saves money but lots of times the cat or dog ends up eating more then they would with a better food to get the nourishment (SP?) they would from a premium food. My mother-in-law was feeding the stray dog she took in a cheaper off brand dog food and the dog was eating constantly it seemed. She switched to one of the Purina brands and the dog started putting on weight but ate less because he was getting the nourishment. Sometime its like the saying says: You get what you pay for. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ http://members.aol.com/larrystark/strays.htm |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:11:54 GMT, Diane wrote:
I took her to the Emergency Pet Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet Monday AND CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story). I disagree. These hospitals operate on the margin as there is not enough to really keep them going. Just as you'd pay more to go to the emergency room, you pay more to go to an emergency pet hospital. But trust me -- no one is getting rich off them. I'm grateful to have one in the city. There may be some good ones but even Dr. Tina (Our vet) could not beleive what they charged. She just shook her head and told me to call her in the future regardless of time of day and she would meet me at the vet office. When I took Margie to the Emergency Pet Hospital they asked what was wrong and they would not even look at her until after they charged $500 and some dollars to my credit card!! If it was not middle of the night and if I had known where there was another Emergency Pet Hospital I would have told them to shove it but I was new to cats and only had Margie like a month and basically knew nothing about cats (But learned fast)!! http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ http://members.aol.com/larrystark/strays.htm |
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"whayface" wrote in message ... I took her to the Emergency Pet Hospital and they took xrays and the whole shot and said nothing was broken and was most likely a soft tissue injury from jumping and to take her to my regular vet Monday AND CHARGED ME OVER $500 (These places are a rip off but thats another story). Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups. If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an emergency clinic. Most vets that work in emergency clinics are specialists - Diplomates, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Specialists are always more expensive than general practioners. The same applies in human medicine. An additional emergency fee is also standard, even in human medicine, because emergency medicine requires specialized equipment as well as the specialists to operate it. Do the math: $45.00 - office visit $45.00 - CBC $65.00 - Serum Chemistry $45.00 - T4 $150-200 - x-rays- depending on the number of views $100+ - emergency room fee. .. |
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"meee" wrote in message ... Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of days. Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit, Which paw? Does it feel cooler than her other paws? Is there a bluish tint around the clawbeds of that paw? |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:32:04 -0400, "Phil P." wrote:
Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups. If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an emergency clinic. Most vets that work in emergency clinics are specialists - Diplomates, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Specialists are always more expensive than general practioners. The same applies in human medicine. An additional emergency fee is also standard, even in human medicine, because emergency medicine requires specialized equipment as well as the specialists to operate it. What does one have to do with the other? Just because I think that Emergency Pet Hospital stinks that means I do not take them to the vet ?? How does that figure ?!?!? All my babies are up to date on shots which they get at their annual visits, two of them just had their teeth cleaned this summer, one had surgery to have a hernia removed when I took him in (Which shows in his pics on their web site) & the oldest one had surgery to remove birdshot from her belly and a pellet from her neck where someone evidently shot her before I took her in (Which by the way the vet said would hurt nothing if left in but I wanted removed). The youngest girl had to have a tube put in the lenght of her belly for drainage after Sam (The only boy I have) bit her and she got an infection. They have all been spayed and neutered also. The one girl at the vet's office knows my voice when I call because for a while when I first got them which was about 4 years ago I was in there at least once a week between my four and my ex's 2. Now that I have their problems all taken care of it is just yearly stuff so don't tell me I do not know what stuff costs or that they never go to vets !! When an emergency vet will not even look at a cat until after they bill my credit card what they think it will cost then tell me after xrays they THINK it is a soft tissue injury and to take it to my vet the following Monday to have her look at it I think $500 is too much !!! |
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"whayface" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:32:04 -0400, "Phil P." wrote: Apparently, don't take your cats to the vet very often for annual check ups. If you did, you'd realize $500 including x-rays is about right for an emergency clinic. Most vets that work in emergency clinics are specialists - Diplomates, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Specialists are always more expensive than general practioners. The same applies in human medicine. An additional emergency fee is also standard, even in human medicine, because emergency medicine requires specialized equipment as well as the specialists to operate it. What does one have to do with the other? Just because I think that Emergency Pet Hospital stinks that means I do not take them to the vet ?? How does that figure ?!?!? I think you feel emergency fees are excessively high because you don't seem to be aware of the cost of routine care. A general practioner, during regular hours would have charged you ~ $350-400 for the same services. The $500 fee you mentioned for the emergency services involved wasn't excessive at all. I broke down an approximation of the fees in my previous post. |
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Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be
ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is pregnant. As I said before, I have been saving up to get her desexed, but it looks like I may be too late. If anyone can answer me, I would appreciate, as if she is pregnant, I would like to start looking for good kitten homes now, as I'd rather not leave it to chance, or dump them in a bad pet shop. Any advice on cat pregnancy would be appreciated. I am also wondering if she has maybe hit puberty, as my dog did that when she hit puberty. ... Hi, Just a quick question. Jasmine has been limping slightly for a couple of days. Her paw isn't red or swollen, and the limp is only a little bit, so I'm keeping an eye on her. How long should it take to heal, and when should I take her to the vet if it doesn't? I've also caved in and given her the expensive food again. She was eating a small amount of the cheaper stuff, but I don't think it had enough nutrition in it anyway. And she kept raiding the bin. I know, I'm a sucker. |
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"meee" wrote in message ... Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is pregnant. As I said before, I have been saving up to get her desexed, but it looks like I may be too late. If anyone can answer me, I would appreciate, as if she is pregnant, I would like to start looking for good kitten homes now, as I'd rather not leave it to chance, or dump them in a bad pet shop. Any advice on cat pregnancy would be appreciated. You should have her neutered *now*. The only time I would not neuter a pregnant cat is if she was in the third trimester because the kittens would be viable. Do her a favor, yourself a favor, and the feline species a favor and have her neutered now. |
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"Phil P." wrote in message ... "meee" wrote in message ... Not that either of you actually replied to my post....but Jas seems to be ok. She's not limping any more....but I'm starting to wonder if she is pregnant. As I said before, I have been saving up to get her desexed, but it looks like I may be too late. If anyone can answer me, I would appreciate, as if she is pregnant, I would like to start looking for good kitten homes now, as I'd rather not leave it to chance, or dump them in a bad pet shop. Any advice on cat pregnancy would be appreciated. You should have her neutered *now*. The only time I would not neuter a pregnant cat is if she was in the third trimester because the kittens would be viable. Do her a favor, yourself a favor, and the feline species a favor and have her neutered now. Good advice. Phil is right, please take her in! |
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