MY
experience with penn vet has been bad. in fact, i once got a long letter in the
phila weekly about it yrs ago.
i took
my thunderbelly counterpart, huey, there for what i knew was stones in the urine
tract some cats are prone too, he was old, they totally mis-diagnosed and wanted
to do some unnecessary, expensive stuff and put fear into my heart. when my
doctor opened up monday morning, i took him there (after a huge bill for nothing
at penn vet). it was what i thought and she fixed it. by the way my cat vet is
cat vet of south street (215-545-CATS) and she is the greatest doctor of
any sort i have ever been to. they are awesome there!!!
another cat i had, reggie, swallowed string, they charged me a lot, they
got in a fight with my friend who drove me there, couldn't do anything, and
charged a lot. Reggie died a few days later.
another friend of mine recently had to rush her cat to penn vet after he
just went limp in her lap (3yrs old). he was DOA. she told them she
had been stretching him like he likes. they told her she must have broken his
back. (she is not a strong woman) she was horrified. a few days later she
was reading that this breed is prone to an enlarged heart. she tracked down the
doctor at penn vet (not easy). since she was having him sent to a special place
where they cremate him and do this beautiful box, his body was still there. she
ordered an autopsy (she had to twist some arms). it turns out his heart was huge
and that is what killed him. all this cost her tons on money and much, much
distress.
so
when it was huey's time to go, at 19, we nursed him thru the weekend, until the
cat vet on south st opened on monday. i did not want huey's life to end at penn
vet. the people at south st cat vet provided a beautiful end to a very
beloved animal's life. i will also treasure how that went down. and they didn't
charge me anything.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Peter Coyle
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:05 AM
To: Susan Jacobson; Kyle Cassidy
Cc: 'University City List '
Subject: Re: [UC] UPenn Vet HospitalKyle -You should rename thunderbelly to leadbelly.
Susan-My cat needed antibiotics, and Penn gave me liquid to shoot down his throat. He brutally, and maliciously attacked me. So I opted for putting the medicine in tuna, no problems.:P
PS I went to penn because it was an emergency, I'm not rich.On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
I'm sure everybody will weigh in -- in my experience the vet hospital is _very_ expensive and best left for absolute emergencies. If your cat is bleeding from the ears at 3:00 a.m., vet hospital. If he needs a checkup or a distemper shot, local vet.
We gave mr. hugs liquid antibiotics (bubble gum flavored -- I'm pretty sure it was just childrens edible antibiotics) he actually seemed to like it.
Thunderbelly went to the vet hospital because he'd eaten a piece of metal. They x-rayed him and told us it would probably work itself out. The visit was $300. And the metal did work istelf out. He didn't seem to mind.
-----Original Message-----From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Susan JacobsonSent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:20 AMTo: Univcity@list.purple.comSubject: [UC] UPenn Vet Hospital
Does anyone have any thoughts about the UPenn Vet Hospital, particularly whenit comes to cat care?
