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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

480.0. "My Vet is So Nice ..." by PASHUN::BARLOW (i THINK i can, i THINK i can...) Mon Jan 18 1993 07:50

    
    
    I would like to get some ideas for something nice to do
    for my cats' vet.  I'd also like to find out if his behavior
    is as unique as I think it is.
    
    
    First of all, anytime there is an emergency, I call the vet
    and they tell me to come right down and they have my file
    ready and a room ready when I get there.  My cat Pretty Girl
    fell out of a tree once and her paws were all bloody.  He
    never made me feel rushed or anything.  He looked her over 
    really well to make sure nothing else was hurt and gently
    cleaned her paws out with disinfectant.  My cat Spike had funny
    puncture wounds on him and Dr. Holub did the same for him.
    
    Then my cousin, who is not a client of his, was flying cross
    country with her 4 cats and 2 dogs.  My cousin was REALLY
    worried about her animals freezing to death on the plane, as
    her vet had told her that thousands do.  I called my vet's
    office to see what they knew.  Dr. Holub got on the phone
    and spoke to me for probably 20 minutes, knowing that my
    cousin was not a client of his and that he wasn't going to
    be paid for his time.  He explained how to carry on animals,
    in spite of the airlines "regulations" and that he attends
    cat shows every weekend and no one he knows has ever had a cat
    die on the airplane.
    
    Friday, Pretty Girl was bleeding rectally. He looked her over
    explaining everything he did, petting her the whole time.  Turns
    out, Pretty Girl has roundworms.  He got out a book and showed 
    pictures of the lifecycle of roundworms and talked about how to 
    get rid of them.  I could go on and on about his kindness to her.  
    I left feeling much better.  Compared to all the vets I've known
    before,this guy is amazing.  Are all vets like this and I've
    just had not-so-nice-ones before or is this guy unique?
    
    
    Rachael

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
480.1		MAYES::MERRITT	Kitty City	`Mon Jan 18 1993 08:02`	13
	Rachel...we always do special things for my vet because he always takes very good care of my animals and gives me GREAT discounts!! Some ideas I have used to show my appreciations were to buy them a few cases of cat food because I know they feed some feral cats that live in the back of the clinic. Or you could send them a little extra donation to help strays that are brought in...or even make them some homemade cookies or buy some candy for the vets and office help!! And I have sent them a special thank you note from all my kitties!!! Sandy
480.2	extra caring goes a long way!	SPEZKO::RAWDEN	Go ahead, make my dinner!	`Mon Jan 18 1993 09:21`	26
	Rachael, you are not alone with praise for your vet. Mine (Dr. Barbara Heald) is one of the greatest! Not only does she take excellent care of my cats, she also takes the time to thoroughly explain things. When Dr. Heald was called upon to put my cat down (12/91) she cried human tears. She also sent a lovely sympathy card. The best part was she knew how desperate I was to locate another cat (it was Christmas and the shelters were empty) and she and her assistant found us Chubs and Zelda. Chubs was so matted and filthy - Dr. Heald (and Dr. Tucker) took him in, shaved him, cleaned him up and returned him as good as new at No Charge!!! I'm probably one of the few people on earth that likes to go to the vets with my brats. Mostly the reason is because I find Dr. Heald so fascinating and fun but most of all, she really loves my cats (well, except Lea). :^) Find out what your vet likes. Some have sweet tooths. I make brownies and cookies and bring over a large batch now and then. In fact, it's something that's on my list of things to do.... Between my vet and my surgeon, I'm going to fatten up the population of southern New Hampshire. :^) If you are any good at crafts, maybe a little something handmade would be well accepted?
480.3		OXNARD::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Mon Jan 18 1993 11:01`	3
	My cats have a vet like this, Dr. Brent Walker of Los Altos, Calif. He and his staff are worth their weight in platinum.
480.4		DELNI::MANDILE	Toepick!	`Mon Jan 18 1993 11:11`	2
	A nice letter of appreciation and thank you's could be a nice start, along with some homemade goodie...
480.5		PASHUN::BARLOW	i THINK i can, i THINK i can...	`Mon Jan 18 1993 13:01`	7
	Thanks for the suggestions! I'll write a letter and if I ever get the time to bake ... Rachael
480.6	how about some cat toys for your vet?	SPEZKO::RAWDEN	Go ahead, make my dinner!	`Thu Feb 04 1993 05:50`	14
	When we went to the vets last week for the yearly checkup, I brought along a "cat dancer" toy. Surprisingly enough, my vet had never seen one of these. Perhaps you could buy a couple of toys for your vet? If he is anything like the vet we use, there's a menagerie of animals living at his house that will play with toys for hours on end! My vet is great! I was joking with her and said "We still don't have a redhead". She said "Hah! That's what I used to say!! Hang on a second, I'll bring my new cat out for you to meet him". He's a cute little orange kitty who suffered complications during birth. Something to do with his the umbilical cord and stomach problems. The owners brought him in to be euthanized because they "didn't want him". My vet operated on him and spent weeks nursing him back to being quite healthy. Well, she kept him and named the little guy Squish! :^)
480.7	What's one more to the headcount...;-)	STUDIO::COLAIANNI		`Thu Feb 04 1993 07:59`	11
	So, when are you bringing Squish home Cheryl? ;-) Your menagerie will be "almost" complete once you get a redhead! Let's see, I have to put something in about a vet.....Oh yeah, the vet I used to use, take sin strays and they live at the office until someone adopts them also. There! That was a close one. How'd I do Jan? ;-) Love, Yonee
480.8		GAVEL::PLX83::fallon	moonsta's everywhere!	`Fri Feb 12 1993 10:15`	5
	That is a nice thought about bringing in the teasers, but i have to say that I know Brian personally and he has more teasers than he can manage! Actually he breeds American Shorthairs with his wife Cindy. They are at a show almost every weekend, so they get to see all the toys! Karen