Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 14:15:54 GMT -5
Ok so I am established with a vet currently and he is very experienced with ferrets although I do not like his pushiness about vaccinating. We are both head strong on the issue and tend to bump heads over this single topic. I feel like the first few times dealing with him he was a tad heavy handed in his attempt to intimidate but thanks to this forums and lots of reading I felt comfortable enough not to back down and our current stance is that he will always bring it up, I will always say no and then we move on. It's a silly dance he feels obliged to continue BUT regardless of that I have no real complaint.
With that said, my real issue is the distance. I keep thinking about Nibs and I realize in his case proximity would not have mattered but there could be other things that crop up. My current vet, on a good day of traffic is an hour away. There is a vet 10 minutes away from me but she isn't experienced with ferrets. I would like to ask her to learn about them. I mean I would be bringing her 8 "clients" plus 1 dog and cat. I'm not sure how to go about asking her without sounding like i'm telling her how to run her office or in a way that makes her feel like her pride is hurt.
I thought about bringing my husbands cat and mother-in-laws dog up for their next round of check ups and whatnot (they are both geriatric so you know they need extra stuff now). So I thought maybe if I did that I could casually mention that I have 8 ferrets I would love to bring to her office if she would brush up on all things ferrety but I'm not sure really how to approach the subject.
I just worry that the current vet is too far AND on top of the distance it is hard to get appointments.
What do you think?
With that said, my real issue is the distance. I keep thinking about Nibs and I realize in his case proximity would not have mattered but there could be other things that crop up. My current vet, on a good day of traffic is an hour away. There is a vet 10 minutes away from me but she isn't experienced with ferrets. I would like to ask her to learn about them. I mean I would be bringing her 8 "clients" plus 1 dog and cat. I'm not sure how to go about asking her without sounding like i'm telling her how to run her office or in a way that makes her feel like her pride is hurt.
I thought about bringing my husbands cat and mother-in-laws dog up for their next round of check ups and whatnot (they are both geriatric so you know they need extra stuff now). So I thought maybe if I did that I could casually mention that I have 8 ferrets I would love to bring to her office if she would brush up on all things ferrety but I'm not sure really how to approach the subject.
I just worry that the current vet is too far AND on top of the distance it is hard to get appointments.
What do you think?
