We took our female cat to the vets 2 weeks ago at 10am for a blood test following her rabies injection so she can travel to the UK. We have 2 cats which needed this and were booked in a month before, the vet chose the quitest cat first which was 'Cherry', he started with injecting her in the leg, we straight away asked what that was for, he replied it was anesthetic so he can take her blood. We knew no different so didn't say anything, he told us we should leave the room whilst he took the blood as he has to shave her neck and take the blood which isn't nice to watch.
We left the room and waited for 45 minutes, after that time we were very worried and having to keep our other cat in his box quite. Finally the vet called us in and all we could see was him trying to revive her. I panicked and thought the worst and left the room straight away. My partner had to hold open her mouth to help her breath for over 30 minutes, her stomach started to move slightly but she was still under the anesthetic so he moved her into another room and asked us if we wanted the other cat doing, our reply as you can imagine was 'no chance'. The vet told me to keep an eye on her whilst he dealt with another customer. My partner took our other cat home and called a vets we had used before, they told him to take her to them as soon as possible to get her on oxygen which the other vet didn't have any of. When we were taking our cat the vet told us we didn't need to panick and around 6pm she should wake up and to bring her back for another injection for her heart.
We left and got to the other vets as soon as we could, they put her on oxygen, a drip and covered her with heated blankets. They said her temperture was dangerously low and she had a very slow pulse. They said she had been overdosed with anesthetic. We returned around 6:30pm and she had just woken up, the vet wasn't sure if she would have brain damage or had a stroke until the next day, so we returned the next day a 11am and luckily she was fine. We took her home and she has now made a full recovery.
We have since found out that this vet is an alchoholic and a cocaine addict. We are in the process of reporting him.
We took both our cats to the nice vets last week for their blood tests and he took it from their paws which took only 2 minutes with no injections.
Has anyone else ever heard of a vet giving anesthetic for a blood sample?
We only lost our youngest cat 'Gizmo' 5 weeks ago in an accident with his collar and are still trying to come to terms with it, so all this has added to the stress.
We left the room and waited for 45 minutes, after that time we were very worried and having to keep our other cat in his box quite. Finally the vet called us in and all we could see was him trying to revive her. I panicked and thought the worst and left the room straight away. My partner had to hold open her mouth to help her breath for over 30 minutes, her stomach started to move slightly but she was still under the anesthetic so he moved her into another room and asked us if we wanted the other cat doing, our reply as you can imagine was 'no chance'. The vet told me to keep an eye on her whilst he dealt with another customer. My partner took our other cat home and called a vets we had used before, they told him to take her to them as soon as possible to get her on oxygen which the other vet didn't have any of. When we were taking our cat the vet told us we didn't need to panick and around 6pm she should wake up and to bring her back for another injection for her heart.
We left and got to the other vets as soon as we could, they put her on oxygen, a drip and covered her with heated blankets. They said her temperture was dangerously low and she had a very slow pulse. They said she had been overdosed with anesthetic. We returned around 6:30pm and she had just woken up, the vet wasn't sure if she would have brain damage or had a stroke until the next day, so we returned the next day a 11am and luckily she was fine. We took her home and she has now made a full recovery.
We have since found out that this vet is an alchoholic and a cocaine addict. We are in the process of reporting him.
We took both our cats to the nice vets last week for their blood tests and he took it from their paws which took only 2 minutes with no injections.
Has anyone else ever heard of a vet giving anesthetic for a blood sample?
We only lost our youngest cat 'Gizmo' 5 weeks ago in an accident with his collar and are still trying to come to terms with it, so all this has added to the stress.