Be prepared to receive the wrong medication for your fur baby if you bring them here. I recently adopted my fur baby from the shelter upstairs and consequently informed 3 days later via a Facebook post that there was a distemper outbreak at said shelter and the vets office. My baby has been experiencing a runny nose, coughing, and gasping for air. The vet gave me an antibiotic for her as they believed it was either a URI or irritation from the intubation tube where she got spayed on Monday the 16th. They told me to give her these meds only at breakfast and dinner.
PLEASE NOTE: She is a 2 MONTH 2 week old puppy.
When it was dinner time, I handed my husband one of her pills and told him to give it to her, as this is not his first dog and I wanted a visual on how to give it to her so I don't mess up. Before he got up I read the bag that the medicine came in to make 100% sure we were giving it the right way.
PLEASE NOTE: She was prescribed doxycycline. This is an antibiotic.
Instead the packaging said that it was MELOXIDYL. A non steroid anti inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis. This was also meant to go to a domestic longhair CAT named Crucio. My PUPPY is a black lab mix.
Because of the instructions, I wasn't aware of this mistake until 7:30pm, which is after hours. Luckily she did not receive any of this medication. I tried to call them at 8am, the time that on their website, their google page, and their Facebook say they open and they never answered. I tried calling for 10 minutes. I even had my husband start calling them as well starting at 8:07-8:10. They also never answered him.
Yes, the medication in the bag are capsules, however due to the improper mislabeled packaging, I do not feel comfortable giving this to her as I have absolutely no clue what this is and if this is even what they prescribed her.
Due to this, I do not feel comfortable with returning to this vet other than give them the medication back, and I HIGHLY recommend going somewhere else for your vet needs as if they can do this to a puppy, they can do it to your baby as well.
Photos attached include the medication in the bag as well as a picture of my baby. read more