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Last week we took our cat Oscar to the vet after he came in limping and in serious pain we think he may have been hit by a vehicle.

 

The vet which we have been before with our other cat said he would have to stay in and have Xrays

buit there would be no one there out of office hours and he would be on his own,

but it wasnt reccomended to transport him anywhere.

 

The day after the Xrays were done the vet called my partner and said his leg was broken in 7 places and would cost £1000's to repair

after a discussion with my partner we decided the only fair thing to do was to put him to sleep.

 

My partner called the vet back who then persuaded her that for a reduced price of around £200

they could amputate the leg and that he would not suffer from loosing a leg and many cats are like this,

also that he is a young cat and why wouldnt you give him a chance (A bit pushy to be fair as my partner described it).

We agreed to go for the surgery,

 

 

on the day we were going to bring him home I was told you need to speak with the vet about him.

 

She called back after 2 hours and said that Oscar had had to go on a drip that morning as he was dehydrated

and was not eating any food and that he could have internal bleeding from the accident.

 

Also she said that she suspected there could be internal bleeding and possible kidney failure due to shock,

but her plan was to send him home anyway unless i heard anything different.

 

We went to pick Oscar up that evening and was told that his bladder was showing signs of damage

as there was gloucose and blood in his urine and that he had eaten a little bit of food.

 

I don't know why alarm bells didnt ring because the nurse took us to another building to get him

and she said he hadnt eaten anything not even tuna that they tried to give him.

 

After he got home the vets was closed, no 24 hour cover

and was told any problems to take him in the day after

and that he would be quite sorry for himself for a few days.

 

We couldnt get him to eat anything and all he was doing was drinking lots.

 

In the morning he was still only drinking.

We were working that day so we left him plenty of food and water down.

 

My partner came home to check on him at lunch time and he had passed away:???:.

 

I feel that the VET should not have let him out in this state saying that she thought he could have internal bleeding,

and I am feel really guilty for the pain that we put him through,

 

 

where should we go from here as I feel that the vet in question has caused unncesary suffering to Oscar

and that our original conclusion of putting him to sleep would have saved alot of pain for the poor lad.

 

Any Ideas on what to do from here as I don't want anyone elses pet to go through what Oscar had to,

its not the money it is more the principle of this.

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Unless they opened the cat up to investigate condition of organs and to see if there was any internal bleeding, they might not know. The Vet should have told you that removing the leg, was no guarantee that there were not other issues.

 

Register a complaint with the senior Vet at the practice in writing and see how they reply. I suspect that they will reply that they did nothing wrong. There were no obvious signs of other injuries and a cat having been in an accident could have undetected internal damage.

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Very sorry to hear that Oscar had such a sad end to his life.

 

I would have thought that "road accident" for an animal would scream internal injuries and the Vet should maybe have investigated that side of things as well.

 

A friend of mine had a cat who was had been hit be a car, and had to have his tail amputated and that cost more than £200.00. Xrays were taken and a thorough check to see if there were internal injuries, which there were.

 

I am surprised both at the cat being left in the surgery on its own overnight with no 24 hour cover what would have happened had something gone wrong overnight ?

 

IMHO, Uncle B is correct, you need to make a complaint to the Senior Vet.

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After he got home the vets was closed, no 24 hour cover

All vets are required by law to ensure provision for 24 hour cover. They may contract it out and out of hours cover may be at a different location but provision must be there.

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