Back to nutrition for a minute...
An acquaintance went to Vet Tech school. The answers she HAD to give on tests in order to pass (even though they were wrong) was VERY difficult for her!
Back to vets...
One of my vets told me that a lady had two cats that needed serious dental work. Lots of it. She didn't
want to spend the money. She opted to have the cats put down. The words flew out of my mouth... "Is that even legal?" I get it that pets can be expensive...often surprise expensive. BUT.. we aren't talking about an iffy type of operation here, where maybe the procedure will be successful... maybe not.
A vet (or anyone) can't save them all... that is a very difficult mindset to HAVE to have.
Sidenote:
I no longer use the words "put to sleep." Had a dog that SCREAMED when he was put down. It was HORRIBLE!
It is rare (so they say), but it does happen. I also had a cat do the same. His scream didn't go on as long as the dog's did... but it was a scream. It has been 20+ years, since the dog was put down. Only a few years for the cat. Can't talk about that one (in detail) to this day. Short version...I told my dog story to the vet tech. She ASSURED me my boy would be in NO PAIN because of x,y, and z. Yet it happened. That same horrific scream. There are no other words to describe it, other then a horrible horrible
scream. Just to be clear... with alllllll my pets have gone through, I have never heard that same "scream" with ANY other procedure.
The next pet... when I inquired about putting the pet to sleep. The vet assumed (understandably). I had to make myself VERY clear that I wanted TWO injections. One to put her to sleep (I made snoring noses to make SURE the vet understood) and the "final" injection to be done AFTER she was out of it. Again, I was assured (different vet). Basically, I said humor me... put her into a real sleep first. He did.
I can't imagine having to live with death every day, as part of my job.
I edited my post for clarification. I'm kinda losing it ...