Originally Posted by loobylou

I would suggest writing to her at the practice outlining your concerns and asking for a response. Explain to her how upset you were and felt she casued unnecessary suffering. If you get no response and you really believe that what she did was wrong then I would report to the RCVS.
Was it the same practice that you usually use?

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

thank you everyone, i was crying my eyes out at the time so couldnt have a ''proper'' chat with her. she was just doign things that werent needed, we needed somthing putting down, but insted she decided to poke it, and play with it, even though we said, just put her down and put her to sleep. Its hard to explain, but there was no need to put her through more pain than she needed. she also refused to listen to what it was, and said bassically i was wrong with the species. which i wasnt.....
its hard to explain, but i know that my normal vet , in the circumstances, would of just left the poor gecko to it, and put it to sleep, no need to prod, poke etc it, until it gapes looses its tail, and it was awful, unneeeded.

Originally Posted by wohic

oh dear, sorry. what was it that died .....

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

thank you everyone, i was crying my eyes out at the time so couldnt have a ''proper'' chat with her. she was just doign things that werent needed, we needed somthing putting down, but insted she decided to poke it, and play with it, even though we said, just put her down and put her to sleep. Its hard to explain, but there was no need to put her through more pain than she needed. she also refused to listen to what it was, and said bassically i was wrong with the species. which i wasnt.....
its hard to explain, but i know that my normal vet , in the circumstances, would of just left the poor gecko to it, and put it to sleep, no need to prod, poke etc it, until it gapes looses its tail, and it was awful, unneeeded.

Originally Posted by yellow_rat_gal

LMAO "thank you that was pleasant" if a guy said that to me I'd laugh in his face!

Originally Posted by Trice

Not attempting to have an argument, or cause anything along those lines, and am always sorry to hear of the loss of someones pet.

But a question that immediately pops to mind is.
"Where are your years and years of experience and qualifications to state it was unneeded?"
Vets wouldn't be malicious in causing an animal more pain than it's in. My guess is the vet was probably looking for the cause of the illness. In an attempt to possibly give a cure or medication to prolong the life of your pet without having to put her down and without pain. In order to do that the vet would be needed to prod, and look closer into finding out whats wrong.

Originally Posted by pam b

I have to agree with you Trice, a vet wouldnt be doing their job properly if they took the owner of the animal at their word all the time.

Originally Posted by Trice

Not attempting to have an argument, or cause anything along those lines, and am always sorry to hear of the loss of someones pet.

But a question that immediately pops to mind is.
"Where are your years and years of experience and qualifications to state it was unneeded?"
Vets wouldn't be malicious in causing an animal more pain than it's in. My guess is the vet was probably looking for the cause of the illness. In an attempt to possibly give a cure or medication to prolong the life of your pet without having to put her down and without pain. In order to do that the vet would be needed to prod, and look closer into finding out whats wrong.