My cat (Leo) developed an abscess on his cheek yesterday, so I took him to the vets today. The (very young?!) vet said it needs opening up to relieve the pressure. Fine... Then he got out a scalpel and I asked him was he not going to give Leo any pain relief??!! He said no it was better just to do the procedure. Well not surprisingly, Leo was climbing the walls and my gorgeous placid cat was in such pain. Even so, after about 5 stabs at his cheek he hadn't managed to open it so he stuck a needle in it about 3 times which made a minute hole in it and a tiny bit of pus came out.
The vet then told me Leo was not very co-operative(!!) and he would need to come back and be sedated to have the procedure done. Why did he not sedate him in the first place? Is it normal that such pain would be caused - I thought any animal should be sedated or even GA to have such a thing done.
Sorry for the rant, I'm just so upset that such hurt was caused to no avail and needed to vent..
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takingachance · 07/06/2013 19:12
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