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mine does jugular first on a cat leg first on a dog ... reason blood pressure
Oh my gosh that is scary. They just took mine from my kitty in two places on her neck yesterday. They needed two vials and I think the tech didn't realize that until the first was drawn and done. Today I had to take her into the ER vet because she started limping when we got home yesterday (after the regular vet had closed as I was one of the last patients). So, $300 later her x-rays showed soft tissue inflammation and a loose patella. I know it's from the poor restraining they did yesterday as the ended up having to gas her to get a stool sample after the first attempt was too difficult. I don't have much faith in vets these days. Fortunately the ER vet was very kind and very thorough.Originally Posted by MMC32879
I just had my first experience with blood drawing the other day. The vet tried the jugular twice with no success. I personally think the assistant did a very bad job restraining her. But he wasn't able to get it from the jugular so he got it from her inner thigh area. The whole process was very traumatic for her, she was even dry heaving and foaming at the mouth after the two jugular attempts. He said it's a little harder to get a lot of blood that way but I'm not going to let him go in the jugular again, if he needs more blood he can use the leg. I also got a response to this on another saying that someone's cat had blood drawn from the jugular and the cat developed a blood clot and died shortly after. Has anyone else heard of this?
I'm sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience, I hope you cat is doing better. The symptoms you described, the limping, is what one of the symptoms the cat I read about had. The sign of the clot was the loss of use of the rear legs, I'm glad you were able to get her to a good vet in time. How is she doing now?Originally Posted by tamgirl99
Oh my gosh that is scary. They just took mine from my kitty in two places on her neck yesterday. They needed two vials and I think the tech didn't realize that until the first was drawn and done. Today I had to take her into the ER vet because she started limping when we got home yesterday (after the regular vet had closed as I was one of the last patients). So, $300 later her x-rays showed soft tissue inflammation and a loose patella. I know it's from the poor restraining they did yesterday as the ended up having to gas her to get a stool sample after the first attempt was too difficult. I don't have much faith in vets these days. Fortunately the ER vet was very kind and very thorough.
That tragic story can be found here.Originally Posted by MMC32879
...I also got a response to this on another saying that someone's cat had blood drawn from the jugular and the cat developed a blood clot and died shortly after. Has anyone else heard of this?
The vet said the jugular is quicker because the blood comes out a lot faster. When he took it from her leg he had to have the needle in for at almost a minuet before he got all the blood he needed. I still prefer it that way though.Originally Posted by kitytize
I have seen my vet use the leg and the neck. Not sure why different places.