RSPCA

Re: RSPCA

Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:10:54 GMT

Yup

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:41:25 GMT

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Calm down Paula SIt Stay!!

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it is her though, isnt it carolyn??

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xxserahxx — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:46:18 GMT

We had similar problem old lady was takin care of a cat n didnt want 2 get too attached so phoned RSPCA they collected it n bought it in not sure if it was overweight or pregnant no vet around 2 check it n it wasnt chipped so they jus decided to put it bk were it was found.. n done nothing.. wat if it was pregnant an old lady wouldnt kno wat to do with it.. made me quite angry lol

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:40:12 GMT

Calm down Paula SIt Stay!!

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Rachel Jayne — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:46:44 GMT

Yeah, I love how they always tell people to just "turn up" at their local vets....
Regardless of opening hours or the fact that you might be elbow deep in surgery when they arrive.....
And when you ring to ask what's going on & why they were sent to you, they deny all knowledge of ever speaking to the client....

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Saskia Quinn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:21:31 GMT

OMG - Queen of Toast.......it is you!!!

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Angiy Michael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:36:28 GMT

It is often local policy to return an otherwise healthy pet ( we wouldn't have included dia as healthy at the clinic I worked at) to the area in which it was found. They are usually returned with a paper collar with the ACO/Clinic no on asking the owner to call. We tended to find that 99 % would go straight home and the owner would ring and we would explain that was brought in as suspected stray. British people have just as much of a habit of "abducting" cats they think are ill that are fine as they have of picking up healthy wildlife...it was very frustrating. I can't comment too much on this situation but just thought would give you an insight into what we used to do with healthy cats. As I said at the beginning thought we would have been unlikely to do this with a cat with diarrhoea

Re: RSPCA

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:36:26 GMT

At the practice I work at we seem to have a much better relationship with the CPL. If they intend on sending something over to us, then we will be called by an area co-ordinator or similar to let us know, or to book an appropriate time if it isn't an emergency - makes life a LOT easier. We find that RSPCA cases will just turn up without any notification, or people will call saying 'we were given your number by the RSPCA' even though our practice is only about 20mins away from a large RSPCA hospital, who have the same opening hours as we do!!!

In the practice I used to work in it was a branch, so the vet was only there for appointments and would then travel to the main surgery whilst a member of staff remained on the premises for reception duties. We used to have sooo many people sent to us by the RSPCA, even though we told them many times we didn't always have a vet there during the day!

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Helen Brewster — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:08:23 GMT

I have to say in general our local RSPCA are excellent - we are their main vets so have a good working relationship with the local inspectors/RSPCA kennels and their administrator.

They spend a lot of money on strays and sign overs - inc felv/fiv testing, full vacc course, worming ,flea tx, neutering and any medical tx they need - as long as the animal has a chance of being rehomed they will do it!

I think having a long term relationship with them really helps as we understand how they work and they trust us not to waste their precious cash!!

Better than my local small CP branch - where I rehomed a cat - he was not felv/fiv tested or vacc! When I asked why, they said he was not at risk? Despite being an 8yr old male stray cat!!

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Shane — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:55:23 GMT

That's so true. There are good and bad things about the RSPCA, and I'm lucky to have witnessed the good parts most of the time.

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Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:40:30 GMT

[quote user="Vicky Couzens"] If only they had told the owners to try and get the cheese out the dog might have survived. [/quote]

They couldn't have done that cos if the dog had bitten the owner, they might have sued the RSPCA for dangerous advice.....

Re: RSPCA

Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:38:33 GMT

In defense of the rspca it would have been the national center and it is just a switchboard. They have no veterinary knowledge. In fact they struggle to cope with the basics.
They should have rung a vet and asked for advice and even then l bet a lot of receptionists would have not told them to try and get the cheese out. Lets face it what was to stop them getting the cheese out?

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lskm 23 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:43:08 GMT

Hi Nicky, We are based in Harrow, Middlesex.

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:52:17 GMT

We had a prob with them a while ago, not with a stray...

We do our own OOH, a nurse is on site and vet gets called in if need be. Obv nurses don't open the door to people who just turn up, and never open the door if there is no vet there. However one night the night nurse heard lots of banging and shouting, so looked at the camera monitor and could see two people with a dog. She unlocked the door and kept it on the security chain, the people said their dog was dying. She opened the door and let them in, the dog was already dead He had got hold of a big lump of cheese and chocked on it. They had phoned RSPCA who had just told them to turn up on our doorstep! If only they had told the owners to try and get the cheese out the dog might have survived. I felt so sorry for the poor owners

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nicky shoult — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:16:16 GMT

Ive always found the sussex RSPCA ok with strays. They always advice people to take them to the vets and although they can sit around for a while waiting for an ACO to collect them they normally do follow through. HAve never heard them dumping them back on the streets??

Where abouts are you in the country??

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wobbliebob — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:13:00 GMT

got to agree have had several similar run ins with them they are a bit crap sometimes.

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louiseRVN — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:16:32 GMT

i get really fed up with the RSPCA. i once had a cat brought in by an inspector as it hada swollen face. Upon exam is was obvious it was beacause it was an entire tom cat really fit and well. The inspector wouldnt take the cat back and after2 days because no body had come forth and they had no room they insisted we put it to sleep.

This caused an uproar and our practice eventually castrated it and found it a home . They call them a charity but they just make me laugh.

im not for stray cats really but what would the harm be in castrating it and releasing it back where it was found- for all we know it could have had a home already