fecking pissed off ! (hob now passed away)

[chilly 59]

well the last 2 days his condition has been getting worse and this morning he was just laying there not moving when i went in to see him , so has gone back to the vets this morning , they are keeping him for a couple of days , giving him some antbiotics and fluids ,

 

i will be gutted if he doesn't make it

[chilly 59]

had a phone call from the vets . he has died , im fecking gutted , got really attached to him (buzz) the hob , he was the tamest little ferret i have ever had was a real little character

 

they have said that they want to send him for an external post-mortem to determine the cause of death and they are going to pay for the cost , so will see what they got to say when they phone back

[DeepEarth 104]

They going to refund you the money that you spent?

[joe14 98]

poor thing, wonder who or what is to blame or maybe you were just unlucky.

[chilly 59]

They going to refund you the money that you spent?

i shall talk to them about that in person , was to pissed off when they rang me will be going there tomoro

 

 

poor thing, wonder who or what is to blame or maybe you were just unlucky.

 

well he admitted that they had him out and opened up for quite a long time trying to do the op so i think it was them to blame if im honest , i will put a vid of him up now from a week ago .

[chilly 59]

this was him last week i think , see how friendly he was , and used to play bite gently and never hurt me one

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVV30geqmgc&list=UU8lvgJgypL7e5T4osxCYduQ&index=1&feature=plcp

[Tiercel 6,986]

Nice playfull animal, it is a pity you lost him. I wonder if they will claim that the Waardensbergs syndrome the ferret had contributed to his demise?

 

TC

[chilly 59]

Waardensbergs syndrome ??? what

[Malt 379]

Sorry to hear that mate, what a twat eh?

 

There's always a risk when a small animal like a ferret goes under anaethsthetic for an op like that, but the clusterfucked nature of what happened when he went in wasn't helpful..

 

Waardenburgs - scroll down to the bit about animals for an explanation..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waardenburg_syndrome#In_animals

[chilly 59]

yea i just looked it up , im not sure he had it , im certain he wasnt deff any way , he would be out of his nest box the second i stepped int the shed , he could hear me coming no probs

[joe14 98]

Did you keep him in overnight when he came home?

[chilly 59]

no mate , he wasnt looking to bad when he came home , he could walk bit wobly ,and drinking ok , his run nest box etc was in the shed , which is insulated , and i put the dogs heat lamp on in there so it was perfectly warm for him

[dave1600d 35]

sorry to hear you lost himmate,,,,,,he looks like a right cracker,,,our thoughts are with ya........ATB..DAVE

[chook1 184]

To me looking at him he looked a little to small to be done, i know my vets wouldnt have done him.

 

Mine went in the other week, hes a bit older around 8 months - but the vet had no problem with doing the vas,

when he came home he wasnt wobbly either, bit drowsey thats about it.

[ferret100 47]

What a c*ck-up. So sorry your hob died.

 

I'd be pretty pissed off with this vet too. Unless your hob was presenting difficult hormonal behaviour that required urgent veterinary attention, they should not have booked him in for any op. A hormone regulator may have been an option rather than trying to operate at his age IF he was hormonally imbalanced in relation to mating cycle.

 

With vasectomies (and castrations), hobs really should be in season as the Vas Deferens can be very difficult to locate with they are not in season (as in the confusion the vets had over 'is it an artery?')

 

IMO, these vets were unethical, subjected your hob to unnecessary operations, which may have contributed to his death. You did not FORCE the vets to carry out the op, they should have discussed in detail with you all of the complications/aftercare and allowed you to make the decision. They did not. Just not good enough. ATB, again sorry you lost him.