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Convenience Euthanasia
This is a tough topic to discuss but an important one, especially for those outside of the veterinary profession. A convenience euthanasia is generally thought of as a euthanasia that is not done to alleviate suffering, but rather because an owner decides they cannot care for an animal anymore.
When I was a technician I got into a heated argument with a vet because she euthanized a cat because it was peeing outside of the box. I promised I would never do something like that and would always find an alternative.
Shortly after becoming a veterinarian I had an elderly woman and her son bring their dog in for a check up. The dog was also elderly and had diabetes, but otherwise ok. The son told me I needed to euthanize the dog because the mom could not properly care for it and he was too busy caring for her. We talked about re-homing the dog and he told me he had tried but nobody wanted an elderly diabetic pet, he had tried. I called a few rescues, none could take the dog. I put my foot down and said I would not euthanize a dog that was basically healthy, they just needed to continue caring for the dog.
A few days later a neighbor of the woman brought the dog in as an emergency. The son had tried to kill the dog by overdosing it with insulin and when that didn’t work, he had attempted to beat the dog to death. The dog was badly beaten and had multiple skull fractures, a broken leg, and numerous bruises. I had to euthanize. I did a necropsy and found that the spleen had ruptured, likely due to blunt trauma.
I will never forgive myself for not euthanizing that dog when the owner asked. I stood on a high horse and refused to look at it from his point of view and because I was stubborn, that dog suffered a horrible death. This isn’t an uncommon story either. Many of my veterinary colleagues have similar stories about refusing a “convenience” euthanasia, and finding out later that that animal was drowned, suffocated, strangled, beaten, or overdosed on medications, or left outside in the wild.
I had a cat patient once that was urinating outside of the box, constantly. The owner was trying to sell her house and couldn’t because it smelled of cat urine. She had ripped out carpets, wood flooring, torn down walls, etc. We tried multiple things including new boxes, pheromone plug ins, medications, and more. No one wanted to take a cat that urinated outside of the box. The shelters were completely full. What could we do? My technicians mutinied, they refused to assist with the euthanasia. When I asked if any of them would take the cat they said no. They already owned too many animals. Their significant other was allergic. They couldn’t have pets. Multiple valid reasons. Would anyone donate money so we could care for the cat? Nobody had any extra money. This owner wasn’t a bad person, she had done all she could. We forget that owning a pet should be enjoyable, not a misery. No one should be stuck caring for a pet that makes them miserable because then the pet suffers too.
Before casting stones, ask yourself what you can do to help. Can you adopt an unwanted pet? Can you give money to support the pet? If not then you are armchair quarterbacking and not helping anyone. I still make attempts to find pets new homes and give owners resources, but I don’t push back anymore if they truly decide to euthanize a pet. I let that dog down and I can’t do it again.
Litter Box Rule
1 litter box per cat, per floor of your house, plus 1, cleaned every single day.
If every cat owner followed the rule there would be less incidences of rug peeing, marking, and feline idiopathic cystitis.
I have many cat owners that bring their cat to me every few months for inappropriate urination. We discuss the litter box rule and they say they just simply don’t have the time, room, money, desire, etc. So they keep coming back. One owner in particular has spent about $1,200 on her cat because it continues to get FIC. The reason she will not provide more litter boxes? She can’t afford it.
The root cause of so many feline urinary issues are behavioral and pet owners (and many vets) simply refuse to accept that cat behavior is much more complex than we give them credit for. “What does he have to be stressed about?!” is something I often hear. Litter boxes are cheap. Make your own out of Rubbermaid containers-they tend to work better anyway. It is so disheartening on my end to have a solution for pet owners that they simply refuse to take. I have put cats to sleep because the owner would rather do that than try supplying more litter boxes or cleaning the ones they have more often.
Happy National Vet Tech Week! Giveaway time!
Happy National Veterinary Technician Week!
This week, I’m running a giveaway for vet techs, to help them with their day to day duties.
My friend and work colleague Jen Clements, DVM, developed this great tool, the Pull and Know, while in vet school. It is a set of business card sized reference cards to help you in clinical practice. The cards are attached to a keyring and can be easily attached to a pocket or waistband by the retractable lanyard. She makes an anesthesia guide, and one for surgery. There’s a third one that has JUST come out- Antimicrobials! These can be a great study tool, or useful as a quick reference while at work or during an emergency.
The draw has two prizes (so far): one copy each of the Anesthesia Pull and Know, and one copy of the Surgery Pull and Know.
EDIT: Jen has okay-ed me giving away a third Pull and Know, the BRAND NEW Antimicrobials edition! There’s some info on the Facebook Page, but stay tuned for a website update.
To enter the giveaway, please follow my blog (NerdRVT), and reblog this post. For an additional entry, be sure to Like Pull and Know on Facebook!
The entries can keep coming in until Midnight EST on October 17th. I will pick two THREE winners early next week.
You do not have to work in the veterinary field, or be in school to win, but would you really want veterinary reference guides if you didn’t?
I may add more items to the giveaway, let’s see how it goes! I have a lot of copies of The RVT Journal available to potentially give away, too. If you are a vet tech outside of Ontario, Canada, The RVT Journal is a publication from the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians, with lots of great CE articles and news from the veterinary world.
Last few days! Good luck!
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I’m really, really excited about this piece because it’s both a collaboration with one of my favorite people ever, Janet Sung, and a tribute to one of my favorite comic series ever, Hawkeye. HOW ‘BOUT THAT ENDING GUYS AHHHHH!!! What a great run!
Based off this jam commission we got at Anime Next! Undersketch: Janet (Kate), Arielle (Clint, Pizza Dog). Lineart: Arielle. Colors: Janet.
Lucas David Art (Frances/Kurt/Courtney)
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