Originally Posted By OffwhiteBrah⏩

I see reviews saying that the writers surprisingly had to leave BEVS without their cat. I too surprisingly had to leave without my cat and I am utterly dismayed at BEVS's service! They may give more attention to dogs than they do cats. I will never trust them with a cat again. I recommend that you do not bring your cat here if it can be avoided!
My kitty was 13, we brought her in because she was having trouble breathing. First they immediately took her into the back for an exam where we were not allowed to follow. I did not appreciate this! I've always been allowed to stay with my animal! Soon after this, the vet came out (we still can't see our kitty) and diagnoses her with either cancer or heart disease, but she couldn't see anything that could prove it! She gave us some options, but firmly suggested we put her down. We went with the other option of doing a minor surgery to get rid of some fluid build up, which could act as a temporary help to alleviate her heavy breathing, and then the vet would be able to find what the underlying problem was. This is where things went very wrong! We sat in the waiting room (because again we are not allowed to be with our cat), when the sound of loud, startling barking of dogs erupted. Very soon after, the vet came back in and said our cat got spooked and jumped off the table and ran. She said she was turning purple, (lack of oxygen due to extra stress paired with already not being able to breath well), and was drooling (a sign of panic), and the operation was failed. If they were to make a second attempt, they would have to sedate her more and in her condition she would likely not survive... so they said. When wewent into the back to give kitty a goodbye, I saw that their operatory is completely open, meaning, that they were going to operate on my kitty while handling yapping puppies and dogs in the same room. Any cat would have already been spooked in this situation, but they were handling barking dogs in the same area?! Of course the cat will freak. Of course the operation was a failure! I don't believe they know how to handle cats! I find this totally and completely unacceptable.
The vet then said the only thing left to do was put her down. We knew that either way our cat most likely would die soon. The vet gave us lots of deciding time, which was nice, but every time she came back in and we told her that we really wanted to take our cat home she was very insistent that we shouldn't do that and that she should be put down. I felt so coerced! My cat was in MUCH better shape before we brought her into the clinic. I wish more than anything that we wouldn't have brought her in at all and would have just kept her at home giving her peace to do what she needed to do. We just went in to see If there was anyway we could help her, Being in this situation and seeing the bill escalating extravagantly, and nothing being done but making our cat worse, was not the way I wanted her last moments to be. I know we could have insisted on taking her home, but the vet kept repeating very ugly possible scenarios that may have made it harder on our cat, but what our cat had gone through at the clinic was far worse. We were so confused and I still feel awful! I will allow the vet her opinion, but I do not believe she was at all adept at handling cats.
Afterwards my mother and I stepped back into the private waiting room, we burst into tears and a nurse sticks her head in and goes "uh, you know you can leave now right?"...
I will NEVER step foot in BEVS ever again.

Originally Posted By rootcon⏩

Originally Posted By rootcon⏩

Originally Posted By riley444⏩