shocking!

I would speak to the first vets before you make a complaint and see how they handle it, if you're happy with their response and a refund then that's that, if they start kicking up a stink about it go straight to RCVS. f*ck em.

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I have made a complaint to the practice manager at the first vets, think I may as well of spoke to her in Chinese for all she listened.

She simply said that it was my decission to stop the spay and so any consequences relating to that decission is my responsibility.

I replied, yes I did stop the spay but only because your vet told me she was without a doubt 100% pregnant and that turned outt o be false information, if I had of been told that there was a chance it was something else then I would have been confident enough that she could not have been pregnant to say yes go ahead and spay.

They did not give me any other option but pregnancy and I did not want to abort. She also explined that a cyst and a kitten look exactly the same in the womb and even an experianced senior vet would not be able to tell the difference unless it was taken out and as I had asked them not to abort they did not do this.

I am still annoyed and feel that they should have known, especially after my insisting she could not be pregnant but they kept saying 'well she is so she must have got out without you knowing'. I won't be using them again and am just happy it's all over with now.

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That's lovely. As if somehow it's your fault that their vet messed up and you opted to keep what he told you were kittens. I suppose the "customer is always right" philosophy doesn't really apply to medical care, but still, you were given false information, you were worried about your beloved pet, and she wants to make you feel like you did something stupid--the nerve of some people!

At least Nala is okay and hopefully not too scarred from all the bad experiences.

only just seen this thread but after reading the first page I did wonder if they had got the pregnancy thing right and could it have been a pyometra? as I found it hard to believe a male could get a cat pregnant 5 months down the line? so it turns out it was an ovarian cyst. I do not understand how this can be confused with a foetus as the cyst would be on the ovary not in a uterine horn, seems very strange and worrying how they could get the two mixed up. plus surely at 4 weeks there would have been some external signs? poor cat and poor you for having to go through that I would definately complain to practice manager and if they fail to refund you take it to the rcvs. it is incompetance on their part. Hope your kitty is ok. not ideal having two anaesthetics in a short space of time but she should recover fine

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