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Originally Posted by SiberianDVM
Your cat and his dog have opposite problems (cat thyroid too high vs dog too low) and will need totally different medications. And just as Wayne depends on us buying Pooschey products from Pelican to stay in business, most veterinarians derive income from sales of medications, and encouraging people to buy them at Wally World isn't going to help pay for that equipment or technician that might help save your pets life one day.
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All that was meant on the Rx reference was that there "might" be alternatives to getting the meds. I totally get the idea of purchasing our pets medication through our Vet, which is the best one we have ever had with our animals. In fact with the exception of our particular "cat's thyroid" issues, we exclusively go through our Vet. I also get that by purchasing the needed pet's need through them, it also pays for education, staff, insurance and any associated overhead. All I was do was trying to do was be helpful.
By the way, getting the thyroid medication via a prescription at the pharmacy, was our Vet's suggestion.
We don't skimp on our pet's care and our vet knows that. She knew that Annie's (19 years)thyroid treatment was going to be lengthy and will be expensive. It was her way of helping by recommending this route so we could continue her treatment rather than being "done" with the issue. Her and her staff are more family to us than just our Vet. When I had to make that "hard" decision for a family member that was with me when I was 12 and was 37 when that time came, our Vet made a donation to the UCD Vet School on her behalf. Slate Creek Vet is da bomb in El Dorado County.
Onto another topic, today will be an interesting one regarding Lump's morning walk. Last year, the Mrs bought him a pair of those little protection booties. We put them on and Henry did the best moon walk I've ever seen across the laminate floor. Don't recall laughing so hard. I guess where I am going with this is that today will be his first official bootie walk........because
First snow in a very long time....... however, I think we need to have serious negotiations before getting Lump up out of bed.
"Your joking right?"
"But I don't wanna go! I don't, I don't, I don't"
"Haha..................I won"
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