02-03-2010, 05:14 AM
One of the best pieces of advice I had heard before I ever got an animal here was to establish a relationship with more than one vet practice here. (and the vet tech at Kilauea is amazing!)
As many posters have noted, there are some excellent vets here, but many are one vet operations... when that vet is gone, there may be no backup vet for them... and all of the area practices tend to get a little more busy if even one vet is on vacation....
We have been very lucky, in that we have a 'cat lady' next door that dearly loves all cats, but also wants any that come to be 'fixed'. So we have worked with her & 4 of the area pet clinics on 'fixing' more than a dozen area feral cats... most with the county feral coupons. With each we have paid for something minor (usually flea drops) to establish a relationship with the practice.
Now that we have our own fur balls, we have working relationships with the area clinics... this really has helped us in those time when we needed to see one sooner, rather than later...
As many posters have noted, there are some excellent vets here, but many are one vet operations... when that vet is gone, there may be no backup vet for them... and all of the area practices tend to get a little more busy if even one vet is on vacation....
We have been very lucky, in that we have a 'cat lady' next door that dearly loves all cats, but also wants any that come to be 'fixed'. So we have worked with her & 4 of the area pet clinics on 'fixing' more than a dozen area feral cats... most with the county feral coupons. With each we have paid for something minor (usually flea drops) to establish a relationship with the practice.
Now that we have our own fur balls, we have working relationships with the area clinics... this really has helped us in those time when we needed to see one sooner, rather than later...
