I almost didn't bother posting this, but on another forum I was reading about dangerous flea products and it reminded me of an incident earlier this week when I took Top Cat for his last set of kitten shots.
When I dropped him off in the morning (the kitten plan there requires drop offs) I bought a coupon for a free tube of advantage multi (the coupon specified cat version). When mom picked him up, he came home with dewormer (the Profender stuff in the tube) and Advantage Multi. I was supposed to apply them at least a day apart.
When looking at the Advantage tube, I noticed it looked to be a different color than last time (green instead of teal). Then I noticed it was Advantage Multi for DOGS. Knowing full well what dog products can do to cats, I refused to use it, so I went ahead and put the dewormer since at least that was the right kind.
I was going to demand the correct stuff myself, but mom volunteered to stop by after work (it is almost literally across the street from her work) and bring the dog stuff in. According to mom, she spoke the lady that processed us when we put Mons to sleep. She went and got the lady that apparently gave the incorrect medicine and told her that she has to 'be more careful'. So when I got home the correct medicine was already on the counter.
Then as I was getting ready to post this, I remembered Luna also got the wrong dose. I was buying a six month supply from the vet (Luna has a different vet - may switch after her contract is up) when I looked at the box. Even though the Banfield label specified it was the correct product, when looking closer I noticed that the box specified it was for 5.1 to 9 pounds (Luna gets the 9.1 to 18 pound one). I almost took it for granted since one time they put Hurricane's (sister's cat I was caring for) heartworm dose inside a pouch for the dog kind and after some asking and looking closer at the actual tablet foil discovered it was in fact the cat version. But I went further and opened the box and looked at the tubes and found that it indeed was the incorrect dose. Now, Luna was more fortunate because had I not bothered to check, at least she would have just gotten a small dose. But as for Top Cat, if I hadn't bothered to check and/or not known how dangerous dog stuff can be for cats (much more so for kittens) he could have been dead.
Stuff likes this makes me glad I never fail to question what the vet prescribes for my kitties.
When I dropped him off in the morning (the kitten plan there requires drop offs) I bought a coupon for a free tube of advantage multi (the coupon specified cat version). When mom picked him up, he came home with dewormer (the Profender stuff in the tube) and Advantage Multi. I was supposed to apply them at least a day apart.
When looking at the Advantage tube, I noticed it looked to be a different color than last time (green instead of teal). Then I noticed it was Advantage Multi for DOGS. Knowing full well what dog products can do to cats, I refused to use it, so I went ahead and put the dewormer since at least that was the right kind.
I was going to demand the correct stuff myself, but mom volunteered to stop by after work (it is almost literally across the street from her work) and bring the dog stuff in. According to mom, she spoke the lady that processed us when we put Mons to sleep. She went and got the lady that apparently gave the incorrect medicine and told her that she has to 'be more careful'. So when I got home the correct medicine was already on the counter.
Then as I was getting ready to post this, I remembered Luna also got the wrong dose. I was buying a six month supply from the vet (Luna has a different vet - may switch after her contract is up) when I looked at the box. Even though the Banfield label specified it was the correct product, when looking closer I noticed that the box specified it was for 5.1 to 9 pounds (Luna gets the 9.1 to 18 pound one). I almost took it for granted since one time they put Hurricane's (sister's cat I was caring for) heartworm dose inside a pouch for the dog kind and after some asking and looking closer at the actual tablet foil discovered it was in fact the cat version. But I went further and opened the box and looked at the tubes and found that it indeed was the incorrect dose. Now, Luna was more fortunate because had I not bothered to check, at least she would have just gotten a small dose. But as for Top Cat, if I hadn't bothered to check and/or not known how dangerous dog stuff can be for cats (much more so for kittens) he could have been dead.
Stuff likes this makes me glad I never fail to question what the vet prescribes for my kitties.