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I realise this is an old thread but had to add my two cents: Zoba vet killed my dog too. He had all his vaccinations but he didn't have a chance because of their negligence. He died of Parvo virus which I know is difficult to survive, but he was mistreated from the jump. I went in to the Lekki branch and explained that I suspected my puppy had parvo (because he had slight diarrhoea with a tinge of blood) and I had googled these symptoms. They smelt his poop and said 'no' he doesn't (didn't do any test) just gave him some shots and something to settle his stomach and sent us on our way. He started to vomit as well the next day so I took him back and once again was told it's not parvo, but since I'm so concerned I could have him admitted at the Dolphin branch, which I did (who am I to argue with the 'experts' after all). He was kept for observation for two days, then he was released as the vet said 'this dog does not have parvo' just an irritated digestive tract. The long and short of the story is that he deteriorated rapidly, even though we gave him all the medicines and followed the instructions for his care that we were given by the Zoba vet. We got advice from another dog owner who suggested we take him to another vet in VI. By the time we rushed him there he was weak and half-dead, the vets immediately said 'this dog has parvo', but sadly he died as soon as he got on their examination table. But what I noticed was that at this other vet, you got the impression that they actually love dogs - they did everything they could to save my puppy including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. As opposed to Zoba vets where I saw at least two vets beating people's dogs that had been left there for treatment and where the dogs that were 'boarding' looked half starved and very stressed (these are dogs that people are paying their hard-earned cash to have 'looked after' when they travel). One of the vets at Zoba actually asked me to leave my puppy alone with him 'so he could do what he wanted with this dog', when I suggested to him that smacking a sick dog is probably not wise. Anyways, this actually happened over a year ago... but I came across this post and wanted to add my experience. If i can save someone the experience of visiting these horrible vets I'll be happy. Just to add balance, I'm not saying that the dog would definitely have survived if I took him to the other vet from the beginning (I know very well that parvo is a puppy-killer) but I believe by taking him to Zoba Vet he had a 0% chance of survival. If I had taken him to the other vet it would have been more like 50-50 and he was so stubborn I like to believe he would have made it. |
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