The Cat has Chlamydia
Aug. 31st, 2005 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geminigirlOr at least that's what the new vet, as recommended by the maintenance guy here, seems to think has caused his current bout of conjunctivitis.
Beta and I checked out the new vet this morning, and I liked him the way I haven't liked a vet since I was on Long Island. He was competent, and very cost conscious, and answered questions. He was talked about preventive medicine, and we discussed some naturopathic methods for dealing with the cats if it turns out we have something viral that's going around the cat's eyes, which he says often work better than what he could prescribe.
We talked about the kittens, and when they should be spayed/neutered. He wants to screen the cats for Bartonella (the bacteria that causes cat scratch fever) first, and treat them, so I'll run them over for the blood draw soon-though he says "Oh, there's no charge for the office visit, I just take the blood, and have you ship it to the lab, because if you send it to the lab directly, it'll cost about $30 but if I send it, my lab sends it ot to another lab, and charges me another $75." Um, wow. That's really nice of him.
Beta should be fine in about ten days.
Beta and I checked out the new vet this morning, and I liked him the way I haven't liked a vet since I was on Long Island. He was competent, and very cost conscious, and answered questions. He was talked about preventive medicine, and we discussed some naturopathic methods for dealing with the cats if it turns out we have something viral that's going around the cat's eyes, which he says often work better than what he could prescribe.
We talked about the kittens, and when they should be spayed/neutered. He wants to screen the cats for Bartonella (the bacteria that causes cat scratch fever) first, and treat them, so I'll run them over for the blood draw soon-though he says "Oh, there's no charge for the office visit, I just take the blood, and have you ship it to the lab, because if you send it to the lab directly, it'll cost about $30 but if I send it, my lab sends it ot to another lab, and charges me another $75." Um, wow. That's really nice of him.
Beta should be fine in about ten days.
