I'm not very fond of my vet now

[juliefurry]

Well I'm thinking I need to switch vets now. I brought Ele in for the checkup on her leg yesterday and he looks it over says it looks like it's growing nicely and then takes her in back and comes brings her back and says "here she's all wormed for you now too" . She was wormed last time she was in (about a week ago). I told him this and he looks at her chart and says "oh yeah she was". Now poor Ele is sick and had her first poop accident inside on the carpet and then later on she had one inside in her crate (my fault though she was putting up quite a fuss but I just thought she was being annoying...that was until I smelled it). I would appreciate the vet telling me what he was going to do before he did it! Should puppies get sick from getting wormed? I don't remember anyone else getting sick after getting wormed.

 

[TopShelfPets]

Jager had a really bad case of worms when i got him. He had been wormed at the pound, then again on his first vet visit about a month later. After he pooped worms for about 2 1/2 weeks, i called the vet to find out if that was normal. They gave him another dose of wormer (a pill this time) and he had the runs for a couple days. But no more worms in his poop.

The vet should always ask you if what they're going to do is okay. I seriously hope he didn't charge you for the extra worming, since you didn't ask for it, and she didn't need it anyway!

 

[bubbatd]

........... without a stool check ??? No excuse !

 

[juliefurry]

No he didn't charge me for the extra worming and he did no stool check either. I did let the receptionist know that he did that without telling me and she didn't have worms (since she was just wormed) and didn't need one done. She said sometimes that just do that "to be sure" but I have brought in 5 dogs to that clinic and never once did they reworm "just to be sure". I should probably look into a different vet but everyone goes to him so I don't get very many referrals to other places. That and this is the only place that will hold a check for up to 30 days for their clients.

 

[mojozen]

What they did was unacceptable in my opinion. My vets don't even give treats without asking first!!!

 

[bubbatd]

Any vet will take a credit card ....that gives you more time if it's before the usual mailing of bill .

 

[DanL]

That is ridiculous. When we took Daisy for her 1st vet visit, we said we needed a stool sample done, which he did, and proclaimed her free of worms. No worming meds needed. She had never been given anything by the breeder. Why give meds that are not needed? Same goes for the heartworm meds that have other wormers included- why medicate for something you don't have.

 

[juliefurry]

That is ridiculous. When we took Daisy for her 1st vet visit, we said we needed a stool sample done, which he did, and proclaimed her free of worms. No worming meds needed. She had never been given anything by the breeder. Why give meds that are not needed? Same goes for the heartworm meds that have other wormers included- why medicate for something you don't have.

that's what we did at first was the heartworm med with the wormer (the heartguard) and that cleared her all out of her worms.

Grammy credit cards are a no-no in this house from now on. That's how we got ourselves into so much trouble to begin with . I'll just have to talk to the different vets and see who I like the most before deciding.