Thinking of changing my vets

[babycakes]

A 'Cats Only' vets has opened by us and although I am very happy with the vets I am with it is far too stressful taking Denis with all the dogs that go.
I waited in my car last time and they forgot about us and we were there over an hour and Denis was throughly miserable.

So I feel that Denis would benefit from being in a waiting room with just cats, I also feel he will be looked after better as that is the only area the vet will be concentrating on.

Does anyone else take their cat to a just cat vet?

[Elaine]

I never knew there was such a thing. I'd definately go to one of those, especially with Eva the way she is.
Please keep us updated on how it goes.

[Moli]

I did not know there were such things either....But I like my vet, and my lot know her so no problem there..

[dinahsmum]

You'd think vets would get themselves organised and have a quiet room for the smaller animals (bit like Ladies waiting rooms at rail stations - anyone remember them?) Seems obvious.
Our vets has a nice big waiting room and pretty quick service, so I've never found it a problem. And of course my cats are used to dogs so know just what to do if a cold wet nose pokes through the grille of their carrier! Ouch!

[Fran]

I've never heard of a cat only vet, although it does sound like a good idea for nervous cats. I use two different vet practices now, one my main vet whom knows me and my animals and I get a good discount as I have so many pets registered with them! and another vet who actually I prefer, he's much 'older school', sit and wait surgeries, no computers, your record on index cards but I like his attitude, he is great with breeders which a lot of vets are not! and he offers a full course of kitten vaccinations to breeders at a massively reduced amount. Great guy and I would swap over to him permanently if I could but the practice is so far away that if you had an emergency, like what happened with Mil, the distance would be a problem. My cats and kittens are so used to dogs that it wouldn't be necessary for me to use a cat only vet but I can see the advantages for some people.

[Mags]

I may be wrong but I thought Yola mentioned they had a separate area for cats and dogs at her vets......

Amber also, I believe..

[Kazz]

Hope it works for them.

I when I take the dogs keep them quiet and away from smaller animals the surgery waiting room is a L shape. But the service is very quick so you hardly wait.
If I take the dogs I keep them away from smaller animals well away from everything really. Same when I took the cats, I would put the carrier on a cair nex to a wall - dead end row then sit on the next seat keeping other animals away. But the cats weren't really bothered at all Cleo just kept purring - stupid cat!!!! and Oz couldn't have been bothered as long as like Cleo I was there.

[Kazz]

Meant to say though its my one "most annoying habit" people who allow there pets to almost "run riot" in vets.

[babycakes]

That does sound a good vets Fran, shame it's such a distance.

And thanks for all your comments. I cover Denis' carrier box with his favourite balnket so he can't see out but can smell me and him all around him. The vets has two seperate seating areas but they are not partioned off and everyone sits anywhere, if it is busy then Denis freaks, he cowers and cries and then may soil and wet or be sick and it just isn't fair. If it's cats then he is curious at least and I will let him have a peak at them.

Here's the link for the vets www.justcats.co.uk

Apparently it's the first in the Northwest and one of eight nationwide to recieve a FAB cat friendly practice award.

[Kazz]

Sounds ideal for you. It must be horrible and stressful for you with him stressing so much. Poor lad. Oscar was not a people happy cat but no where near that bad.