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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op to update. My conclusion - scammers.

First vet visit = kitty had stinky ear and some excess ear wax but didn’t seem too bothered by it. But we figured we’d take her in. My dh took her bc I had to work. He’s clearly an easy mark.

Close to $400 for that visit plus tests and we walked out with ear drops. I just looked up what the medicine is for and it’s primarily for ear mites. A quick google search had already told me that my cat obviously did not have ear mites.  She wasn’t bothered, her ears weren’t bloody etc. When I googled, the two potential culprits for her wax buildup seemed to be ear mites (no) or a yeast infection. Ok.

Weeks go by with little improvement in kitty’s stinky ear (but she’s not bothered) so we call and they tell us we need to come back in. Ok. I thought it might be a yeast build up but I’m not a vet and figured they’d know. Maybe it’s more serious. Ok so we bring her in.

Second vet visit. $700 for more tests, a culture, blah blah. We walk out with another med - ear drops. This med works almost immediately, thankfully and kitty’s ear looks great. Ironically we still haven’t heard the results of the important tests they ran. I just looked up the med they gave us. It is for a yeast infection!!!! The same drops were less than $30 on chewy!!  I could have skipped the appt, saved my cat the drama of a car ride and saved $700.

WTF. And for anyone who says that I should have known what the medicines were for, been more of an advocate, blah blah, NO. You shouldn’t need to be armed to walk into your vets office. You should be able to trust them.

Anyway, I’m changing vets. Lots of people I’ve asked already complain about the same issues, but hopefully there are some good vets still out there.

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This sounds more like a vet who didn't know what they were doing than a vet trying to scam. When my dog was scratching at her ear, the first thing my vet did was sniff it. That tells her if it's yeasty or not. [/quote]

Op here. Well, why was I charged for it then? I don’t even know if a vet saw her. Sounds like it was a tech or assistant, not sure. So it was a yeast infection which I had assumed it was but instead they did other nonsense tests and gave her meds for ear mites. (She’s an indoor cat, not saying it’s not possible but less likely, no?)

It Should not have taken multiple visits and 900+ dollars to deal with it. Come on. [/quote]

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