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Originally Posted by Christinee  He definitely wasn't unmanageable. He was very cooperative from what I seen so if its not normal to sedate them unless they are then I am now wondering why he did that. I've been to him before. i like that place over any others around here. I even sent my mom there and she likes him too. He is always very reasonable and seems like he cares about both the pet and our pocket books. I have felt he was trying to just do stuff to get the money out of my pocket. I will definitely see a specialist though. Especially since he's not limping. You would think he would be at least limping. |
I love our regular vet, but I would definitely take any ortho problem to the specialist.
Regarding the sedation:
When I took Max to the ER because I thought he was choking, the vet examined his throat and determined it was an irritation (which our regular vet confirmed the next day). He said he could do an xray if I wanted it, but he would have to sedate Max -- who was very cooperative with everything, definitely not unmanageable. Then the doctor said he wanted to weigh Max in the back room. They were gone a fairly long time and I suspect they took took a quick xray.
I learned here that sedation is not typical for xrays, but who knows why some vets would prefer it.