Odd requests!

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Nicola Smith — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:46:36 GMT

I once had to prepare a dogs body with its owners - like they do humans - wiping him all down with little bits of wet cotton wool before they took him to cremate him, thats was strange!

We also had a cliet collect her dogs body from us for the funeral she had arranged at local pet cemetary. Had a coffin we had to put him in, then put him in car boot which was all lined with silk with lots of flowers. They were all dressed in black and the man walked n front of the car down the street - like they do human funerals.

We also had a client kept her dead pug in the freezer as couldn't bear to part with her. Eugh!

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Kerry Spain — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:19:29 GMT

Working in South Manchester is a blast (NOT)

I've been asked to keep deciduous teeth for a client so that 'when' (not if!) she won the lottery she wanted them 'dipping' in GOLD and hanging from a charm bracelet???

Another lady brought a half charred rabbit into us stating that she had tried to cremate it at home and it hadn't worked!

Another lady wanted to know how best to 'preserve' her dead dog, we advised taxidermy and she said she couldn't afford it so the freezer at home aould have to do!!!

I took a call years ago from a lady in a block of flats to say that they had a rodent problem. I sadi contact the council, she said she had but was concerned for an elderly neighbour who was bed ridden and had a nest of mice living with her - IN her bed??!!!!!

Get drug users bobbing in occasionally to dispose of their 'dirty' needles into our sharps receptacles...

*SIGH* sometimes this job is not what I signed up for

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Claire Cameron — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:43:05 GMT

[quote user="Jo Mackenzie"]This guy asked us once if we could give him a pair of dog's testicles. He didn't have a dog himself, just wanted the testicles so he could send them to his mate with a note saying "you're the dog's bollocks!" [/quote]

Crikey! Some people!

[quote user="Jo Mackenzie"]We declined...[/quote]

Not suprised. What a loon

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Jo Mackenzie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:34:45 GMT

This guy asked us once if we could give him a pair of dog's testicles. He didn't have a dog himself, just wanted the testicles so he could send them to his mate with a note saying "you're the dog's bollocks!" We declined...

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Emma Dillon — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:51:47 GMT

Oh Kate I'm at the PDSA and your post has just made me cry with laughter!!!!!!! Love it!!!!

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:40:53 GMT

A few years ago, a man murdered his newly married wife ( it turned out that he'd married her for her money) and he had drowned her cat in the swimming pool by putting the cat in a voyager.......

The police brought the cat in and we had confirm the cat was hers by identifying it by comparing it too its dental records... we had previously done a dental on it the year before with extractions.... the dental record matched exactly!

The police had also taken DNA evidence from the cats claws and we had to keep the cats body in the freezer for months. The guy was found guilty.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:47:37 GMT

[quote user="Angiy Michael"]she rang me once and in the middle of a conversation announced she thought there was something wrong with her cat as his pupils weren't fixing and dilating ..when I asked how she knew this she replied " he's under the sofa and I am shining a torch in his [/quote]

lmao classic!

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Polly P — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:14:43 GMT

ROFL!!! /\

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Angiy Michael — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:08:24 GMT

We had a lady who kept her pets ashes ( she had a veritable zoo) but won't keep them in her home so managed ( god knows how) to convince my boss to keep them at work and would make a appt once a month to spend time with them and have a vigil..she would send fresh flowers by courier in advance of the day...we had to retrieve all these caskets from the store room and put them in the nurse consult room with the flowers and cndles and leave her there for an hour or so ....that said this was a lady who would ring us at least once a fortnight and keep whichever unsuspecting VN she managed to get on the phone for up to an hour discussing whether her pes were ill or not..she rang me once and in the middle of a conversation announced she thought there was something wrong with her cat as his pupils weren't fixing and dilating ..when I asked how she knew this she replied " he's under the sofa and I am shining a torch in his eyes " !!!!!

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:18:41 GMT

[quote user="loobylou"]

We had a couple who had a little ceremony for their golden retriever. Brought incense sticks to burn, a cd player which was playing celine dion my heart will go on and family photos to put around the room.
The vet and nurse had a job not to laugh when they started the music

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We had a client who used to bring in her dead Guinea pigs.... she had obv kept them for a good few days post mortem before she brought them in... they were always wrapped in these lovely sheer cloths,, with loads of flowers surrounding them....probably to eliminate the smell..... because by the time she brought them in they reeked!!!, poor soul she obviously loved them, but we could not get rid of the smell for hours once she brought them in......... even with all the flowers surrounding them.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:14:17 GMT

lol, those PDSA clients nver fail to amaze!!

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loobylou — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:45:24 GMT

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Kate Claxton DipAVN(Med)VN — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:37:59 GMT

We PTS an elderly Labrador once - the owner wanted its canines extracted to keep. We declined. I also got asked by a PDSA client post dental back in the day when we could extract why I hadn't extracted more teeth in order to keep the mouth looking symmetrical (I was just so amazed she knew the word 'symmetrical' I didn't really have an answer.

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:29:04 GMT

I want to be cremated and want my animals ashes to go with mine.

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:46:37 GMT

its the only request I have ever had for this service - luckily as I used to do a spot of taxidermy myself I had a few contacts to pass him onto.

I had another odd request which is a little bit sad.

cat had been pts and had been left with us for cremation - 3 days later the owner died. Owners daughter decided she would like the cat buried with her mother (which isnt possible I was told there are rules and regs to prevent this happening). Result was we had to find the cat which was originally a routine group cremation. Take it to the crematorium ourselves and get the cremation done asap so we could then take the ashes to the funeral director and re unite cat and owner in time for the funeral. took a lot of co ordinating but we managed it. was a nice thought i suppose that they both got buried together

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:36:12 GMT

We have a taxidermists number at work... I have never actually been asked for it though

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:30:14 GMT

have been asked to recommend a good taxidermist for a ships cat that was pts

the cat never left Grimsby Docks by the way if anybody is wondering - but he did live aboard a boat for all of his 14yrs

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:26:45 GMT

[quote user="mrs mac"]

But then I must confess to having a collection of deciduous teeth from our various dogs over the years.

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Me Too!

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Claire Cameron — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:15:34 GMT

Have been asked to attend 'services' and burials of pets with lots of insense and photos.

Sure there's been more, off to wrack my brain

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Polly P — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:58:42 GMT

Oh God actually I used to know a girl that collected the teeth trimmings from when her rabbit had to have his teeth clipped... But she always did have something of the night about her!

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Mac Feather — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:54:37 GMT

But then I must confess to having a collection of deciduous teeth from our various dogs over the years.

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Jo Mackenzie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:51:47 GMT

[quote user="mrs mac"]

One time I admitted a cat spay and the owner was most insistant that she wanted the clipped off fur from her cat 's op site kept, put in an envelope for her to take home at discharge time. Not sure why, didnt ask!

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Oh yeah, my crazy parrot guy used to keep every feather that fell from each of his parrots and had them all stuck to backing paper and framed apparently. Can you believe he had a girlfriend?

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Mac Feather — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:46:37 GMT

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Polly P — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:46:02 GMT

Wow ok you two totally beat my tattoo. Just... Wow.

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Nicola Smith — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:39:57 GMT

We had a client wanted her sons picture taking with his cat we had just PTS. He was about 7 years old, she bought her camera with her so it was all planned. Rather sick I think!!