Referred to as "Old-School" by another vet, the technique used in pain management on our kitten, after major surgery (the manner in which the surgery was done also had been referred to as "old-school"), left her in such pain and suffering, to the point that it did not allow tissue to properly heal. This eventually left us with thousands of dollars in charges for follow-up care and repair surgery at other facilities.\r
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If this is a concern to you, my advice would be to go elsewhere. There are a lot of good, state-of-the-art practices out there. After all, this is 2016 and not 1980.\r
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(Update: Spirit Mountain will say that they give you, the pet owner, the option to decline pain medication, or use your own. What veterinary clinic would ever expect the client to know what is proper pain control for any given procedure? Pet owners go to professional veterinarians and rely on their judgment as they are the ones who have been trained in veterinary practice, not the client! \r
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