Hi,
I took my 11 week old kitten to a new vet for her second vet visit. I didn't like her at all! She just seemed really cold and even mean. I guess I started it by telling her that my kitten bit sometimes and scratched and what did she suggest for me to do to deal with it.
She proceeded by telling me that I should scruff my cat (and she demonstrated how NOT to do it because it hurt - and my cat cried out), and said that after I scruffed him so he couldn't move, I should flick him hard on his nose with my finger and say NO in a firm voice. And she demonstrated that too on my poor helpless little kitty who hadn't done anything wrong at that point. She did it twice. Then I came home a read a pamphlet by the Humane Society that said NEVER to flick a cat because it would usually backfire and make him or her more aggressive or afraid of you. I want to change to a different vet because I had a bad feeling about her. She also told me that when she says NO to her own cat, her cat knows that he better run and hide. What do you think of that?
Thanks
I took my 11 week old kitten to a new vet for her second vet visit. I didn't like her at all! She just seemed really cold and even mean. I guess I started it by telling her that my kitten bit sometimes and scratched and what did she suggest for me to do to deal with it.
She proceeded by telling me that I should scruff my cat (and she demonstrated how NOT to do it because it hurt - and my cat cried out), and said that after I scruffed him so he couldn't move, I should flick him hard on his nose with my finger and say NO in a firm voice. And she demonstrated that too on my poor helpless little kitty who hadn't done anything wrong at that point. She did it twice. Then I came home a read a pamphlet by the Humane Society that said NEVER to flick a cat because it would usually backfire and make him or her more aggressive or afraid of you. I want to change to a different vet because I had a bad feeling about her. She also told me that when she says NO to her own cat, her cat knows that he better run and hide. What do you think of that?
Thanks