I've taken shiny cat to the vets twice this week because he came home at the weekend with a bleeding paw. I wasn't too concerned at first, there was blood & he'd damaged 2 of the claws but he was cleaning it & walking fine so I left it until Monday to take him.
Vet prescribed antibiotics & a painkiller & told me to bring him back today to check it was healing and see whether a suture was needed.
Today we saw a different vet who prescribed an extended course of the antibiotics but then started talking about further tests because I couldn't tell her how he had caused the damage. She made me book another appointment for next Wednesday & said she send me over a quote.
£1000 of tests!!! She wants to check lymph nodes, do a biopsy, check his white cells etc etc etc!
I asked her if there was any thing to suggest it was something other than a cut paw & she said no, but because I can't explain how he did it she'd like to investigate.
I really feel like she's just taking the piss a bit! Shall I just cancel the appointment now & carry on with the antibiotics? It's all scabbed over now & the claws are growing back but she seemed to think that because he didn't want it touched & there was a red/raw bit that it needs to be investigated under anaesthetic!
Is it madness or am I being cruel if I don't have the tests?
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Cut paw, £1000 for tests?
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MyShinyThing · 07/09/2018 16:49
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