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University Animal Hospital gets ZERO STARS in my book- minus if I could. Their staff is friendly but this place just does not work right and is not clean. Spent $1400.00 on a sick cat, emergency visit, and while she survived through it (which they didn't think she would) they have no clue what happened to her to begin with. We brought our kitty home and within two weeks she had RINGWORM!
This is an indoor cat, perfect health, no exposure to outside except for her first visit to this vet's office. I had no idea that ringworm was so contagious and how easy it is for pets to catch it. It is practically impossible to get rid of, the vet even said so, and can live for 18+ months in an environment, even without a host.
They were convinced our pet got it elsewhere, or outdoors. It's an indoor cat, and the timeframe they told us that signs would start to pop up was exactly the same as her visit.
This has put a huge strain on us, our other pets, and our finances. I have since gotten it and so has one of our other cats. You can't imagine how much work this is daily.
During her stay, they had used blankets and towels, she was walking around a less than clean looking room, and while I am grateful she made it through whatever it was that made her go into shock, I cannot believe she contracted ringworm. They told us when we brought her in to have her ear rash looked at that they get ringworm cases in all the time, and when they went into detail about how hard it is to get rid of, I know there is no way that they clean that well, that often between patients, and that thoroughly that they could kill all traces of it.
Please- beware and be aware! Do not let your animal off of the exam table, don't let them wonder where may not be clean. Make sure the table is santized! I really am going to look into a way to formally complain about this. This has turned our lives upside down and I wish they cared.
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