debbie276 wrote:
I don't think the problem is with vets and dogs, but with vets and small birds.
the problem is really just with the vets. some are good, others are just reporting to work to do a job and take home the money. Small birds being a specialty, there are fewer opportunities to find the good vets, as there are fewer vets to choose from. I live in a very wealthy area in general, and the vets are taking advantage of that. Had another one charge us over $120 for a technician to slide the back half of a cat out of the carrier, jab the booster vaccine in, and shut the carrier door. Doc never even came in the room. Yet we paid a full visit charge, technician charge, vaccination charge, waste disposal charge, living in a wealthy area charge, need new waiting room furniture charge, want to take a vacation in the bahamas charge... And while they were very nice and had all the latest technology available there, seriously folks? And we had switched there to get away from the old crank who gave my husband trouble over putting down his 19 year old cat who had such jaw tumors her mouth had crumbled, then offered us a rescue kitten they had, sent it home with, it turns out, ear mites, giardia, something else I forget, knowing we had another cat at home, and then charged us for the medicine for BOTH cats, when THEY had given us the kitten and the diseases in the first place!
Good vets can be very hard to find, for any animal.
