- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Reuben has a lovely happy nature, loving everyone he meets . Visits to the Vets used to be a breeze , he allowed Vets and nurses to do anything to him, like I did at home . This has all changed after a bad visit some time ago when he had had surgery on a broken claw which had split right down the middle and as instructed , I kept the dressing on and kept it dry . I had taken him back to have the dressing removed , it was a student nurse who I am sad to say I had taken a dislike to previously due to her condescending attitude towards me and other clients . She took my boy off , I got up to go with her and she told me he would be fine just with her and to stay in the waiting room , I really should have argued at this point . I heard him scream , an awful heart breaking scream whereupon she opened the door and asked for a vet . The wound had become infected quite badly and I heard the Vet ask the girl if she had pulled the dressing off in one , she said she had done . At the point , I went in to find Reuben a quivering wreck , the Vet gave him an injection of antibiotic and a course of them and advised me to keep the wound open as much as possible , it healed up eventually . However , he now has a complete aversion to anyone touching his claws, even me , he had to wear a muzzle when I took him for his nails clipping recently which truly upset me but I understood the need . I find it telling that this girl is no longer working at the Vets but I still cant touch his nails without him growling at me which is so upsetting for such a soft boy to be doing this . His nails grow quickly and so I must take him to have them done as we cant get near him , this would never have happened prior to the awful experience , a shame indeed xx