[Felvtalk] Scotchy

[Margo]

Is this all the same Vet? Are you in the US?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ardy Robertson <ardyr at centurytel.net>
>Sent: Oct 25, 2015 10:16 PM
>To: felinerescue at frontier.com, felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scotchy
>
>Yes, he had the vaccination and quit eating/drinking so they gave him sub-cu
>fluids and put him on some pills. I read the side effects of the pills and
>it said it could cause convulsions in puppies but there had never been a
>recorded case of convulsions in cats. Scotchy had a convulsion and died. I
>told them that it must have been a side effect of the pills but they didn't
>think so. I believe it all started with the rabies vaccination. Now, I do
>not vaccinate my cats for rabies if they are going to be lifetime house
>cats. I had to get a stray cat vaccinated for rabies because I was getting
>her spayed and they would not spay until she was vaccinated. She turned into
>a very expensive stray because I took her in to be fixed, and they did an
>ultrasound and found babies! So we had to wait until her babies were born to
>get her spayed. I was able to find good homes for all 4 of the babies.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
>Lorrie
>Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 2:13 PM
>To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Scotchy
>
>On 10-25, Ardy Robertson wrote:
>
>> Ya, after Scotchy died following his rabies vaccination, they insisted 
>> on testing him for rabies because he had dug his claws into my arm 
>> hanging onto me for dear life when I took him back to the vet. They 
>> said they had to be sure he didn't have rabies in which case I would 
>> have been exposed. I had to pay $100 for them to send his head to 
>> Madison to be tested for rabies. They were really encouraging me to 
>> pay $700 to send his whole body down there.
>> Hello!! I already had a dead cat - if they wanted to send his whole 
>> body they could do it without my $700. (I paid the $100 and tried not 
>> to think about what was going to happen.)
>-
>How awful for you. I'm sorry you lost Scotchy and went thru that ordeal.
>Did he die due to a reaction from his rabies vaccination?
>
>Lorrie
>
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