Dr. Forbes KILLED Max with unnecessary tests!
On Friday, March 23rd I took my 17 year old cat, Max, to Woodbridge Animal Hospital because he was loosing weight, although he still had a good appetite a... Read More
Dr. Forbes KILLED Max with unnecessary tests!
On Friday, March 23rd I took my 17 year old cat, Max, to Woodbridge Animal Hospital because he was loosing weight, although he still had a good appetite and was sill active. Dr. Schultz was not available, (he has always taken care of our pets throughout the years), but Dr. Forbes was. (First time using Dr. Forbes). Dr. Forbes examined Max and weighed him and stated that he had lost 50% of his weight. He suggested blood work and a urine sample even though he was not sure they could get any urine from him. He felt that Max could have kidney failure. He also tried to sell me on x-rays even though Max is old, 17 years. I opted for the blood work and did not realize that the price Dr. Forbes quickly quoted me was only for blood work. I thought It included everything and I would start with blood work. Almost $400 dollars later, (for blood work and urine!) I'm told that Max has Kidney failure and because Max is so old there is not much we can do for him besides changing his diet. After the blood work that Dr. Forbes thought was necessary, Max was not able to walk and slowed down completely, even stopped eating. I called the Vet as I was concerned and told by another Dr. that because Max was so old that the kind thing to have done by Dr. Forbes was to educate me about what he thought was ailing Max and not to have put him through all the trauma of extracting blood and urine. This left him really week and unable to recover. I explained this to the manager, (I don't remember her name), but she defended Dr. Forbes saying the blood and urine were necessary because their "clients", the animals, can't tell them what's wrong. I feel that Dr. Forbes cared more about getting money from the owner than whether Max was able to withstand the procedures. Max went downhill from there and died 3 days later on March 26th. It has been devastating for our family to loose Max. Dr. Forbes should have explained that Max is old and needs to be made comfortable instead of subjecting him to blood lose. this made him weaker and, in our opinion, shorten his life. We will never return to Woodbridge Animal Hospital as they have changed from truly caring about the animals and their owners and instead care only about unnecessary tests to make money! Read Less