Anyone taken their pet to a Veterinarian lately? I’m confused by mine. They are letting pets into the clinic but not people. Really? Really?!? I can have surgery in an office with several other people having surgery but I can’t go into a vet clinic with my cat?
They have explained this new policy twice to me but I still don ‘t get it. Something about old people being susceptible to the virus.
But I didn’t want to bring my grandma in, I had a sick cat. My vet has a small 1 doctor practice with 3 staff members at any given time. There are two exam rooms and though one might be occupied while I’m there with a pet I rarely see the occupants.
There are separate doors for going in and out, so I don’t see why my bringing my pet in would be a problem.
They want me to drop her off in the am, they’ll come out to the car and they’ll call me when they are done or I can wait in my car.
My problem with this is that I don’t let my pets out of the room without me at the vets so I sure as hell am not letting them in the building without me.
I emailed my vet about this and asked if he would be willing to do house calls during our shut down/in. I got a very long answer back from him that well, no he can’t. He also let me know that pets don’t act differently without their owners except in the instances that they act worse with their owners present.
He’s right about that. Nervous nilly owners can affect how their pets act at a vet visit, usually for the worse.
What I’ve noticed from having worked in a animal hospital and from over 25 years of being in and out of them as a professional dog trainer is the the staff at a veterinarians office tend to act much better when the owner is present.
For that reason I am with them at all times, even though I really like my vet and the staff. Everyone has bad days and I want to always be there to speak up for my little guys in case it’s one of those bad days.
Luckily for me, I do have enough experience to know that my cat needed antibiotics and probiotics and the vet gave them to me. I drove up and they brought them to my car.
Anyone else have vet clinic experience during this virus?