Malaysia Veterinary Forum (Archive)

jyeapch · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 2

Hi All,
I have a female cat, name Venus, 10 months old. She went through Spay operation on Monday, Oct 8. I pick her up from Clinic on Oct 9. Ever since she reach home, she has been in and out to her sand box all the time. Below is her progress:

Tue, Oct 9 : Venus reach home around 5:30pm. She quickly went to her sand box after reach home. I was in the rush to attend a meeting, thus, didn't pay much attendtion to that. I reach home at 10:30pm. Found that she basically made the sand box her bed. I realise that she has difficulty to pee, and blood hanging on her "urine exit". The whole night, she has been in and out of her sand box with only a drop of urine each time. She don't have appetide, only lick my finger if I have some cat food pate into my finger and move my finger in front of her mouth.

Wed, Oct 10 :
Morning : she not interested to lick my finger with pate. I have to force pate into her mouth bit by bit. Urine with blood and drop by drop. Still got blood hanging on her back. Bring her back to the doctor who did operation for her at 11+am. Dr say could be blader infection. prescribe Clavamox for her, twice a day.
Evening : No more blood hanging on her back, but she still made sand box her bed, having difficulty to urine, each time only a drip or two. Still no appetide. She has diarrhea, a bit only as she only eat a bit. She start having very weird motion after getting out of the sand box sometimes, she pull her back side over the floor.

Thur, Oct 11:
Moning : instead of forcing her to eat, she went to her food bow to lick some food, not much, but at least she start show interest over food. She still having difficulty to pee.

My concern :
1. it's been the 4th day after her operation, she do drink water, but can't pee.... I'm worry that her difficulty to urine might cause complication to her kidney, what should I do?

2. The doctor who did the operation doesn;t seem to care her well being.... no proper cheking on what's going on with her, only assume could be issue with blader infection. Is there any thing I can do to ensure this is the actual issue? Which clinic can I go? Basically, I feel untrust the doctor who did the operation now, he even charge me for the consultation fee due to the complication of operation he did. Could he intentionally cause this complication so that he can make more $$$$?

I won't have internet access until tomorrow morning. But the fact that till today she cannot urine properly worry me. If anyone has any suggestion, would apprecaite if you can give me a call at 013 3644283. Thanks.

She's not yet another cat..... she's my family member.... any help apprecaited. Please help safe her.....

Dr Nat · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1834 Location: Klang Valley

I have seen cases where a bladder infection has set in after a spaying operation. If the surgery is done properly, it should not influence the urination of your cat. In that case, the timing of the bladder infection is just coincidental to the spay, not a result or a complication to the spay. The best thing is to ask your vet to give you a better explanation on what has occured. And then follow his/her advice on further treatment to prevent any damage to the kidneys.

If you suspect that your vet did it on purpose, then you can report it to the Department of Veterinary Services, or to the Malaysian Veterinary Council. However, I'd suggest that you confirm your suspicions with another vet first.

jyeapch · Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 2

Thanks, Dr Nat. Venus shown some improvement. She eat from her food bow now. Her urine also not drip by drip anymore, though not as easy out as she used to, but to me, the good news is, she shows improvement. Thanks, Dr. Nat for your response. Appreciate that.

ashleywong · Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Tmn Desa, KL

hi

i have an encounter with a private vet clinic whereby the doctor didn't really bother to do a proper checking when i brought in my kitten. on the vet's advice, i put my kitten there for observation because she had mild fever and poor appetite. imagine my shock when three days later, when i picked up my kitten, my kitten was just a bag of bones, she had some wound near her eye with no fur (she had no skin wound nor skin problem prior to this), and she almost lost her voice! and yet the vet told me that everything is okay, there's nothing wrong with the kitten, yet they can't tell me why my kitten is so skinny (she looked like a famine victim, i can't recognise her at all), and the vet had the gall to charge me further for the ointment for the skin wound! when i pressed the vet for an answer, all the vet's comment was that the cat is stray, used to come from stray cat, so will always be sick, hard to say. stray my foot! i took her in and cared for her for six months and that makes my cat a home pet, not stray cat. i had already vaccinated my cat and yet the vet made such callous comment.

that was my last time going there. i guess there are some vets who are only concerned about making bucks.

if i may, i'd like to recommend the vet clinic in brickfields. after my horrible experience, i stopped going to vets. yet my poor kitten became sick again, so i brought my kitten to the brickfields vet upon recommendation from a reliable source and i have only praises for the attention to detail and kindness shown by the vet at this clinic. i had it on good source that she's quite good with cats and it's not an exaggeration.

my nicky was licking her hand in no time at all and very manja with her (me so jealous :-) ). she (the vet) took her time to examine my nicky all over, listened to our concerns and explained everything clearly to us. she exudes not only professionalism but compassion and kindness as well. at the end of the consultation, my nicky was very comfortable on the consultation table and not willing to leave, whereas i had an epic battle trying to get him into the car at the beginning of the trip!

animals knows good kindhearted people when they encounter one and they response in kind

i mean after all, if you don't like the doctor you're seeing, you'd change doctor until you find one that's good for you. the same goes for your pets. they don't deserve less, they deserve more,

make an informed decision today for your pet's sake

the direction to this clinic :

turn right in at the traffic light junction (ymca), take the 2nd left turn and proceed to the end of the street, go slow here, the clinic is with a yellow sign. 2nd block from the end of this street, on your right.

tel : 2272 3553

pak_tam · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

ashleywong,
i don't really agree with you. you cannot blame the vet if your cat became skinny and bonny. this is because the vet it self is a vet. im sure u know what vet jobs are. i dont want to explain very detail here.

and one more thing even u mentioned about adopted stray cat for about 6 month, you still don't know where is your cat origin from..may be his/her father/mother probably carried various kind of disease.and may be inbreeding parent.

you cat admitted because of fever and anorexia right? so 3 day anorexic sure will be skinny a bit. but if the vet told you he'she was okay, am sure that the vet already did the treatment and your cat is back to gain back the weight.

about the "animals knows good kindhearted people when they encounter one and they response in kind "
--> not agree also.you should see the flying stray/fierce stray cat who scare to people.
even to very kind people on earth.

ashleywong · Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 80 Location: Tmn Desa, KL

hi pak tam

thanks for such a spirited argument. :D

however, i wish to clarify here :

1) my cat was not aneroxic when i admitted her. she was just feverish for a few days and she wasn't eating well, she ate but in small amount - indication that she's unwell

2) i admitted her upon the vet's advice - that he needed to observe the cat to find out what's wrong. the moment he saw that my cat had fever, he said i had to admit my cat so that he could find out more. and i took his advice in good faith.

3) i called every single day of those three days my cat was there to find out about her condition.

4) the vet told me on day one that my cat wasn't eating well and still had fever. on the second and third day, the vet told me that my cat had recovered and started eating on the 2nd day and that she was eating well.

5) when i went to pick up my cat, i was stunned to see that my cat was worse-off than before prior to being staying at that clinic.

6) she was exactly a bag of bones, all her bones jutting out. the vet seemed to have "mispresented" information and facts when he said my cat was well and eating well. if my cat ate, then she won't be in that horrible condition

7) my cat had an extra wound near her eye, a patch of raw skin that looked as if it was started to fester / or be infected. she didn't have that when i admitted her

8) the good vet couldn't explain how my cat got that skin wound, in fact, the vet just avoided answering me. all he did was ask me to buy a tube of ointment for her "skin condition" as he called it.

9) the good vet finally admitted that my cat still have fever continuously from the day i admitted my cat - whereas over the phone he told me the fever had abated.

10) the good vet avoided giving me any answer when i asked how did my cat get to be in such a skinny condition - he just hemmed and hawed and hesitated and avoided giving me any answer

11) when i finally pressed him for a specific answer , reminding him of what he told me over the phone, i.e. that my cat was well and eating well - he seemed huffy and said , "your cat is a stray cat, no knowing what sort of sickness she has" . he can't even tell me what sort of cat food he fed her, the one that my cat "allegedly loved so much". he changed the topic of conversation when i pressed for an answer.

12) when i queried him as to what sort of observation as to the condition of my cat he made over the three days - he said, nothing - your cat is fine, nothing wrong with her. my cat had continuous fever over 3 days and he said that my cat was fine!

13) when i asked why is my cat's voice so hoarse, she sounded as if she lost her voice (her voice and her appearance changed so much i had trouble recognising her and so did my family members) - his reply : Oh really? i didn't notice that. i'm sure it's just fine.

14) i asked whether the vet had performed on any other tests to confirm that my cat is really okay, he said he didn't do any and he didn't bother to explain.

i didn't begrudge the expenses i paid for the visit to this clinic. i took my cat to the clinic as she was sick. but what i didn't expected was such "tidak apa" attitude and unprofessionalism shown . that vet seemed to think that being a "stray cat" is the "be all and end all" explanation.

my cat is not a stray cat, i had adopted her and her siblings and made them a part of my family so they are neither stray nor feral. i couldn't understand why the vet harped on that.

this vet failed to show professionalism and care in discharging his duties that will ensure or engender faith from his customers.

i took my cat to another vet (at brickfields). this vet asked thorough questions about my cat's history (diet, background), listened carefully to my explanations, did a thorough checkup / examination on my cat(starting from head, so on until toes) and only then did the vet venture to make a diagnosis and recommended medication. she also took the time to explain or clarify or share tips on how to care for a cat. at no time at all, did she make any comment or judgemental value on the "background of my cat, that she was from stray cat stock, etc, etc". throughout the time i was there with my cat, the vet exudes professionalism and earn the trust and faith of her customers (human as well as animal).

the 1st vet charged me a bomb as "befitting his status as a vet whose clientelle consisted mainly of pedigree pets " (as his nurse once informed me).

imagine my pleasant surprise when the vet at the 2nd clinic only charged a fraction of what i was charged at the 1st clinic (I was prepared to pay high dollars for serviced rendered even though i do feel the pinch). at this 2nd veterinary clinic, they posted a notice on the charges of the various type of service they provide and it gave me a comparison to what the charges of the 1st clinic i visited and the difference is so obvious, let's just say one can really tell at a glance who's in it for pure profit and who's there because of love and dedication to the vocation (besides being in business).

to find a vet who's dedicated to her/his vocation and one who's not in the business merely a profit - is indeed a pleasant surprise and restore my faith in the profession.

there are many vets out there who truly believe in their vocation and dedicated the career choice they have made , and of course, they're in the business (not to make losses or be charity) to earn money too but you can tell that they don't take advantage of their profession to charge a bomb without providing service / skill that commensurate with the charges they levy.

as the saying goes : kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelangga.

nowadays pet are not just merely "haiwan peliharaan" or merely animals we rear - they are very much a part of our family, a beloved family member.

if we continuously exercise our choices as informed consumer and will seek the best medical help and advice when it comes to our own health, why not the same for our beloved "non-human" family members?

that's the point i made : to be an informed consumer / pet-owner and to know what are the choices available and that one is always entitled to seek second opinion or other additional information in order to make a better informed decision, and that it is okay to change vet (and ask around for recommendation) if one thinks the situation so warrants.

and there's nothing wrong in speaking out and sharing our experiences with each other - i'm sure the "newbies" will appreciate the benefit of experiences of others, so that they may make better choices or may avoid similar hassle/heartbreak/headache.

i was just sharing my experiences - the decision rests with the readers.

best regards