Hi Just as a matter of interest, I will relay this information, if it saves another another cat from suffering. I lost an Elderly cat to Mouth cancer in September having visited the Vets approx seven times in as many months they failed to diagnose mouth cancer and said after three visits to three vets and a major complaint to the owner of the practice at the same practice that she had Gingivitis which had caused bad teeth the advised that she needed to have five teeth extracted this they did. But when she still had difficulty eating they did tests for Kidneys etc, etc, etc still they did not diagnose mouth cancer until the final day of her 17 year life when I put down her breakfast and she tried to eat but could not open her mouth I took her for her final journey and the Vet could not open her mouth they kept her overnight to do this under anethestic I had at that point told them I suspected she had mouth Cancer they rang me the next day at work and told me that the Cancer was so far advanced it had eaten the muscle in her Jaw and they let her go whilst she was still sleeping. I work in a Dental Surgery and one of the dentists told me that if Mouth Cancer is suspected you do not extract teeth as this gives the Cancer somewhere to go and causes it too spread. That poor animal must have suffered so much because I took the word of a professional instead of listening to my gut intincts. This is a lesson I have learned.

Sorry to hear about the loss of one of your pets Janice.
Hopefully with people taking the time to read your post, some good may come of it.

Thanks!

This is such a sad post my heart goes out to you.

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Mazpahs Siamese & Orientals

Oh goodness! I am ever so sorry to hear about your experience. It's almost unbelievable, but I know that what you tell us is true. It's just hard to credit a vet for making such a huge error?!!

I feel for you having to go through such a terrible experience. It isn't just letting the cat go, it's more to do with the fact that she was miss diagnosed several times, then put to sleep before you had the chance to wish her fare well, until you meet on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. I hope that your vet apologised to you? I lost an 18 year old cat earlier this year, so I can understand exactly what the loss must be like, & the pain it causes when you loose your feline family. I really do hope that time will heal in this instance....

Silknsox >"o"<

It's a sad end to a long happy life, but you did everything you could for your cat. I would like to say it is unbelievable that such mistakes could be made, but after years of working with animals and their owners, it's a story I hear quite often. We put our faith in the vets, because we have nothing else. Often people are labelled as over fussy worriers, when actually they know there is something wrong with their animal. Sometimes with older pets it seemed like the atitude is well it's old what do you expect.

Yeah....professionals......I did had a few very bad experiences with Vets . Now - whatever they say - I'd rather go to Internet and search it for anything suspected or mentioned, make a list of recomended treatments and medications and go back to "professionals" for prescription. Tnere are several cat health groups on the Yahoo too, people sharing experience and helping to each other with advise.

Seems to be common now people diagnosing their own pets through use of the internet. I'm always very careful when people ask for advice about their animals, I say what I would do in the situation, then they need to make up their own mind

Yeah - thets the best thing to do.

Really sorry for your loss and very bad experience with the vets - its bad enough losing your friend but losing her in this way is so frustrating.

Hi Janice - Its a terrible, terrible thing that happened to your cat I can understand your feelings and hurt. I lost my cat 2 weeks ago through a car accident and I am still grieving for him, it must of been very upsetting for you to see your cat go through this.

My thoughts are with you.