would you say something if it were you

reeree

dom300186 wrote: »

I would mention this to your mum despite it being upsetting for her as the neighbour sounds abit shady, andhow you said your mother was upset i dont think she would have asked of this.

i will know more tonight as my daughter and her oh are having tea at my mothers, from the way my mother was crying she did seem genuinly upset but l really dont know now it just dosent make sense that she would have her put to sleep rather than rehoming, we have a cats protection leauge on our doorstep and also rspca plus my daughter who has 2 cats of her own said she would have had her, would a vet really put a cat to sleep just for fighting with other cats, isnt that what they do ???

mrcow

Not being funny, but before you go in guns blazing, check your facts. The receptionist may (?) have got the wrong end of the stick. If you've got this wrong, you could really upset your mother further.

heretolearn_2

What happened to client confidentiality?

I'm surprise the vet told you anything as you are not the animals owner - they shouldn't give out details to anyone who might ring up with any story.

Something funny about this tale.

dollydoodah

heretolearn wrote: »

What happened to client confidentiality?

I'm surprise the vet told you anything as you are not the animals owner - they shouldn't give out details to anyone who might ring up with any story.

Something funny about this tale.

Well if a vet put a cat to sleep on the say so of someone who didn't even own the animal, I don't think they will be too hot on administrative details.

patchwork_cat

Vets can and will put healthy animals down, that was one reason I decided not to be a vet (the other was the 3 A's at A level!!)

I would double check with the vets that it actually was your mum's cat as only the otehr day my DD and DH were waiting and 2 sets of people came out of the rooms crying in the space of 10 minutes! So therefore vets put animals to sleep a lot and maybe the receptionist has got the wrong cat.

If it is correct I would ask your mum if she took Snowy to the vet or her friend and then go from there, but definiately I would persue this.

reeree

heretolearn wrote: »

What happened to client confidentiality?

I'm surprise the vet told you anything as you are not the animals owner - they shouldn't give out details to anyone who might ring up with any story.

Something funny about this tale.

l dont know why they told my daughter maybe its because theyve known us for over 20 years, and what is it exactly you think is funny about it not sure what you mean by that

reeree

mrcow wrote: »

Not being funny, but before you go in guns blazing, check your facts. The receptionist may (?) have got the wrong end of the stick. If you've got this wrong, you could really upset your mother further.

thats why l thought l would find out what everyone thought on whether l should say anything at all l dont want to upset my mother as she does seem genuinely upset, the receptionist knows us well so l know she didnt get it wrong

Gingham_Ribbon

When I took my cat to be pts, the vet almost didn't do it because I didn't have my adoption papers with me. He did it because the cat was obviously in a great deal of distress (couldn't breathe.)

I don't understand why a vet would do that without the owner's consent. And I don't understand why the receptionist would tell you without the owner's consent, regardless of how well she knows you.

I'd double check all my facts before I did anything as this sounds very unprofessional to say the least.

reeree

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

When I took my cat to be pts, the vet almost didn't do it because I didn't have my adoption papers with me. He did it because the cat was obviously in a great deal of distress (couldn't breathe.)

I don't understand why a vet would do that without the owner's consent. And I don't understand why the receptionist would tell you without the owner's consent, regardless of how well she knows you.

I'd double check all my facts before I did anything as this sounds very unprofessional to say the least.

all the facts have now been doubled checked and the answers were the same, l dont know why they told us, yes its unproffesional and lm as surprised as anyone that they did but its not that that concerns me, its the fact that a perfectly healthy cat was put to sleep and someone is lying to us either my mother or her friend, we only phoned in the first place because my mother was so vague about the details we thought if they explained why she had to put to sleep at such a young age we might be able to understand it better, this was a much loved pet by my daughter grandson and myself

iwannabeloved

OP can I ask why your mother didn't take the cat to the vets? Sorry I don't mean to be intrusive or anything.:o