tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post5086884732462351820..comments2014-06-24T21:45:47.140-07:00Comments on Thoughts of kattaddorra: Vet techskattaddorrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395501460260033099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post-43941355166321507512009-08-31T10:18:18.419-07:002009-08-31T10:18:18.419-07:00Spot on Ruth! Very good stuff. I've seen sever...Spot on Ruth! Very good stuff. I've seen several self proclaimed "vet techs" spouting the most appallingly incorrect information about cat health online. In the last couple of days, I read one, advising a cat owner that FeLv was transmissable just by "touch".<br /><br />I believe many vet techs promote this mutilation to clients because they want to keep their jobs (working for a vet who declaws) and bringing in clients and their cash is a way of showing loyalty. I also believe that the general level of education amongst many vet techs is very low, leading to some of the misinformed tripe they spout such as "declaws just remove the nail" - I doubt many have much knowledge of feline anatomy, or even the most rudimentary knowledge of feline pain expression. To think some of them are wielding the scalpel or laser sickens me.<br /><br />The "misdemeanor" misuse kinda backs up the lack of education thoughts!Everycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356564928470972448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post-27707153074442681462009-08-30T19:10:26.021-07:002009-08-30T19:10:26.021-07:00Excellent information, thanks for creating awarene...Excellent information, thanks for creating awareness about who some of these vet techs really are & what they are preaching to the public. I personally know a vet tech who declawed at the clinic he used to work for, the client thought the vet was doing the (mutilation) surgery. If he still worked there, I would report the vet. I'm sure it goes on all the time in the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post-42651912519546898812009-08-30T12:21:30.042-07:002009-08-30T12:21:30.042-07:00Hi Ruth, Thanks for this. I think that this proble...Hi Ruth, Thanks for this. I think that this problem is another piece in the jigsaw that makes it possible for veterinary surgeries to declaw cats. If a vet tech through incorrect information given to a client encourages declawing it just reinforces this horrible practice. There is a lot of misleading stuff coming from vets and the AVMA. Some of it is deliberate and some of it is due to ignorance.Michael Broad LLB, ARPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519409844284574079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post-68747352291811191002009-08-30T11:05:10.687-07:002009-08-30T11:05:10.687-07:00This was brilliant! What a really thorough and acc...This was brilliant! What a really thorough and accurate post, Ruth. I thought it covered everything that one needs to know. I am somewhat heartened, here in the USA at least, that certified and licensed technicians are a highly respected group of professionals and SO valuable to the vets for whom they assist.<br /><br />Of course many of these excellent techs do leave to go to veterinary school, and I do think that they will make exemplary vets. This said, those that are in practices where declawing is a commonplace prodedure, much like getting a haircut... sigh... the beat will go on and on. <br /><br />Fortunately my vet does not declaw. Her technicians, who are very smart and able, have followed in her footstep and all of them with whom I have spoken now deplore the surgery. It is all up to the vets to train their techs correctly, imho.<br /><br />In most practices here I learn that techs cannot even discuss the surgery with clients. They must refer questions to the vet, who is more than likely too busy to conference with clients.<br /><br />Of course there are specially gifted people that must start somewhere, but it is totally unethical for a vet, in my opinion to permit an untrained worker to touch any animal in their care other than transfering a pet to another cage, or when cleaning cages.<br /><br />My vet just lost her top technician to Vet school, but happily someone showed up with a wonderful resume, and she is worth her weight in all the catnip in the world:) We love her.<br /><br />Thanks again for a well written article, as ALWAYS. <br /><br />Jokneadstoknowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366628499965281614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066870504018009462.post-24057665666961786212009-08-30T10:27:54.177-07:002009-08-30T10:27:54.177-07:00Right on the subject as usual. It is terrifying to...Right on the subject as usual. It is terrifying to think of cats in these quasi vet technicians' care, subject to their bumbling fumbling unqualified mercies. Vets who allow this sort of thing to happen should be struck off, they make a lot of money for little effort of their own and compromise their professional oaths to boot. No wonder so many cats suffer crippling consequences from declawing when someone clueless is allowed to perform such a major procedure. Keep on telling it like it is Katt!Babzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182524888622005409noreply@blogger.com