Just wondering how many people out there have vets like this and if it's common. I've been to two in our area that have cats (and dogs at one) who roam freely around the vets office. My new vet I just switched to because I've heard they are spectacular has cats that roam freely around the office. They have obviously been taken in due to their physical problems (one is missing an eye, the other a leg, and the third a tail and wears a diaper). I think it's great that the office takes them in as that is the absolute best place a cat can be, but at the same time it kind of concerns me because they wander freely and I"m worried about them passing things from pet to pet. As an example, I was in a couple weeks ago with Molly to get her URI treated and she was sneezing up a storm and the little black and white one with the diaper was sniffing away at her. Won't she now get sick? and won't she risk passing it on to others?
As I said, I love this vet! They are great from what I"ve seen so far and the office is very very clean and they just did a huge addition on it that is all brand new. They are very caring unlike my other office. Between my parents and I we had been with the other for about 25 years, but they recently switched ownership and the "care" has gone downhill. That said though, in the 25 years we were there, they never had any wandering pets.
I guess I"m just wondering others thoughts on this. If our cats are kept up to date on all their vaccines then are they not at risk? I'm just not sure how to feel about this (although these cats are cute and are funny to watch walking across the techs computers, jumping on files, etc...)
Any thoughts?
As I said, I love this vet! They are great from what I"ve seen so far and the office is very very clean and they just did a huge addition on it that is all brand new. They are very caring unlike my other office. Between my parents and I we had been with the other for about 25 years, but they recently switched ownership and the "care" has gone downhill. That said though, in the 25 years we were there, they never had any wandering pets.
I guess I"m just wondering others thoughts on this. If our cats are kept up to date on all their vaccines then are they not at risk? I'm just not sure how to feel about this (although these cats are cute and are funny to watch walking across the techs computers, jumping on files, etc...)
Any thoughts?