Wow! Is that because Lola's records are already with him and he knows her status? Still though that's really something.
I don't agree that animals need dentals every year, but obviously most animals do end up needing at least one. I think yearly is too much since they have to be put under GA to have it done.
Was diet discussed?
The vet practice owner believes our pets are over-vaccinated. However, Lola was vaccinated as a kitten and again in 2014... Adult PRC and rabies. I didn't realize my old vet had changed his views about over vaccinating. He caught me at a weak moment at the time. It was back when the entire clan had URI (I didn't know that was what it was at the time), and I thought something deadly was going on. Remember my mind was a bit more mush than usual. We just "lost" Sparky and Lucky.
I do worry about Lola being put under. But I also worry about her possibly having mouth pain and me not knowing it...and not fixing it. Her mouth was a WRECK last time, with gingivitis and resorptions. I
think I want to make sure none of that is going on now. I have some time to think about it.
The tech wrote in Lola's chart that I feed a raw rotation diet. Since he was the associate, and I did see a few bags of Hills crap
(among a LOT of single cans of decent wet and dehydrated foods)... I asked the associate vet, "Raw feeding is accepted at this establishment isn't it?" He replied, "It is THE BEST you can feed a carnivore." He stressed "the best." What a relief!!!
I'm wondering since the business website doesn't mention raw (I learned the vet practice owner is a raw believer from a source, other than her business website.)
or Hills... if she is having to play by the rules of having to sell (or pretend to) Hills prescription carp? I almost didn't see it, because it was tucked in a corner.
Anyway...Lola didn't make a peep the entire way there or the entire way home. We have a pretty big carrier (to hold more than one, if needed), Lola curled up in the corner of the carrier. I felt terrible. She was talking to me by dinner time though.
Normally when I bring one home from the vet, I wipe him/her down with a somewhat moist towel recently used by myself or hubby. It gets rid of the foreign smells and keeps the others from "harassing" the one that went to the vet. This time Lacy dog wiped Lola down from me. She licked her from head to toe! It was adorable. There is something about a big dog and a small cat being buddies, that just melts my heart.