From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2002-10-17 22:38:46 UTC
Subject: RE: Just lost another ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <32541825.1034894326964.JavaMail.root@scandium>
I personally would have expected the vet to take care of a burn that happened under his care at no charge. This borders on negligence... in my opinion.
In my case, my 19 year old Peanut (cat) died during dental cleaning and removal of a couple bad teeth. We knew he had a slight heart murmur, but did x-rays and a ECG prior to be sure he would be OK to have this done. My vet exercised the utmost care but he stopped breathing and passed away during the procedure. We had no choice but to try because his teeth were so bad that he couldn't even eat. I paid for the extensive pre-surgical bloodwork, but that was all.
Author wrote:
The surgery went very well, but during recovery he was burned severely by a heating pad. (As a matter of fact, my personal opinion is that he nearly died of heat exhaustion during the recovery. He was panting like crazy but the vet said that was normal). A reconstructive surgery was needed to repair the severely burned skin and I was charged $130.