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The vet bill came around for Lizzy...
Our vets office has 4 large animal vets and you get whoever is availible at the time. The first time we noticed Lizzy acting sick (A Thursday) we called the vet out, due to it being around 4th of July weekend there was only 1 vet on call and I have never met him before. The second he came into the barn I didnt like him, one of those gut feelings but what do you do? For those who dont remember Lizzy was, in my opinion, acting sick, colicy but yet it didnt seem like collic, the thought of founder crossed my mind, her stomach was noticably large, she felt cold, was depressed acting and had alarming grey/white gums and tounge and inside her vulva. Those are the signs I saw. This vet came and said several things it could be but he didnt think that was it, said she looked anemic so just give her some more grain, said nurseing mares can get white/grey colors like that, it shocked me he didnt seem to care about that when that was my biggest worry, he said we were probley dealing with a little collic just give her banamine and he gave her a shot of antibiodic for whatever reason, he didnt say why he gave it actually. He did talk about her being anemic but when my mom suggested he test he said he didnt need to there was no reason to test because either she is or isnt just up her grain.
Well Friday rolls around and she was better, I thought that was weird but oh well she was better.
Saturday morning she wouldnt eat hay, grain, apples anything. Wasnt drinking. I figured collic since thats what he said and took her on a nice walk in the trails. Any how thats going to far into the story, the point is we had to call another vet out saturday afternoon (This time my favorite vet was able to come out) and he was very shocked about the grey/white gums - at this point Lizzy was very weak and passed out when she tried to jerk her head up to keep him from looking in her mouth. This vet ran to get tubes and drew blood for several tests. Basicley I feel the first vet couldnt have been more wrong and rushed threw his job and didnt even seem to care or know what the heck he was taking about. Well it would be around $100 for his time and I really dont think I should have to pay that, had he been right there could have been something I could have done to save Lizzys life rather then waste 2 and half days and pay a second vet to do his job.
What would you do? Would you pay the bill for the first vet and let it go? Explain you arent happy with the first guy but pay the bill any way? Or dont pay him all together?
Our vets office has 4 large animal vets and you get whoever is availible at the time. The first time we noticed Lizzy acting sick (A Thursday) we called the vet out, due to it being around 4th of July weekend there was only 1 vet on call and I have never met him before. The second he came into the barn I didnt like him, one of those gut feelings but what do you do? For those who dont remember Lizzy was, in my opinion, acting sick, colicy but yet it didnt seem like collic, the thought of founder crossed my mind, her stomach was noticably large, she felt cold, was depressed acting and had alarming grey/white gums and tounge and inside her vulva. Those are the signs I saw. This vet came and said several things it could be but he didnt think that was it, said she looked anemic so just give her some more grain, said nurseing mares can get white/grey colors like that, it shocked me he didnt seem to care about that when that was my biggest worry, he said we were probley dealing with a little collic just give her banamine and he gave her a shot of antibiodic for whatever reason, he didnt say why he gave it actually. He did talk about her being anemic but when my mom suggested he test he said he didnt need to there was no reason to test because either she is or isnt just up her grain.
Well Friday rolls around and she was better, I thought that was weird but oh well she was better.
Saturday morning she wouldnt eat hay, grain, apples anything. Wasnt drinking. I figured collic since thats what he said and took her on a nice walk in the trails. Any how thats going to far into the story, the point is we had to call another vet out saturday afternoon (This time my favorite vet was able to come out) and he was very shocked about the grey/white gums - at this point Lizzy was very weak and passed out when she tried to jerk her head up to keep him from looking in her mouth. This vet ran to get tubes and drew blood for several tests. Basicley I feel the first vet couldnt have been more wrong and rushed threw his job and didnt even seem to care or know what the heck he was taking about. Well it would be around $100 for his time and I really dont think I should have to pay that, had he been right there could have been something I could have done to save Lizzys life rather then waste 2 and half days and pay a second vet to do his job.
What would you do? Would you pay the bill for the first vet and let it go? Explain you arent happy with the first guy but pay the bill any way? Or dont pay him all together?