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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - question about FL law about veterinarians and boarding animals

Posted: 1/8/2021 5:23:13 PM EDT

I boarded my animals at a new veterinarian shop that is not the pets' normal vet (their normal vet shop doesn't board).

This vet shop claimed FL state law requires them to do a physical exam and a fecal exam on animals boarding there if the boarding place isn't their usual vet even if they have current physical exam and fecal exam from their current veteranarian.

I couldn't press the issue because I'm on my way out of town, but I'm curious if anyone knows if there's any truth to this. They sprung this on me on the spot, it's costing me $150 per pet on top of the boarding charge, and I'm rather pissed because I had to eat the fee to get on the road. Needless to say, we won't be boarding there in the future. But I want to know if I'm gonna run into this anywhere else (the previous place I boarded the animals didn't do this, but it's not an option because one pet always got ear mites there).

Posted: 1/8/2021 8:54:32 PM EDT

[#1]

PM me the location/county where you're talking about

Posted: 1/8/2021 11:51:56 PM EDT

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Pinellas County

Posted: 1/10/2021 2:51:32 AM EDT

[#3]

State law requires no such thing.

Posted: 1/10/2021 8:37:31 AM EDT

[#4]

Never had to do that myself. All they wanted was proof of shots.

Posted: 1/10/2021 9:39:02 AM EDT

[#5]

My guess is "their business, their rules" you should have gone elsewhere.

Posted: 1/10/2021 10:35:24 AM EDT

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Does “their business, their rules” include false representation?

I swear to god sometimes the best feature of this site is the ignore button.

Posted: 1/10/2021 10:37:50 AM EDT

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In the days before social media, a slimy vet could get away with this kind of shit... today, maybe not so much...

Remember the oft' quoted Edmund Burke quote "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Posted: 1/10/2021 5:57:39 PM EDT

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I intend to ask them for a copy of the exam and fecal exam when I pick the animals up. I have a feeling they'll be like "uh..... uh.... yeah we don't really have those ready for you." Oh, but you had them ready for a decision about "they are healthy enough to board" after I dropped them off?

Posted: 1/11/2021 9:28:08 AM EDT

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Im betting the work will have been performed.

Posted: 1/11/2021 9:50:38 AM EDT

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the physical exams were done.

But they tapdanced about the fecal exams, first said "we don't have any results." When asked to clarify, they said "we don't have results back from the lab." When politely asked why they performed the fecal exams if they knew they wouldn't have any results until after the animals are picked up, they said "well it's just our policy to do them."

Posted: 1/11/2021 12:11:02 PM EDT

[#11]

Report them and let us and everyone know name of the clinic!

Posted: 1/11/2021 1:36:37 PM EDT

[#12]

Yeah F'them. They are just stiffing unsuspecting pet owner off of their cash.

Posted: 1/11/2021 1:44:31 PM EDT

[#13]

Yeah F'them. They are just stiffing unsuspecting pet owner off of their cash.

Posted: 1/11/2021 3:43:01 PM EDT

[#14]

That sounds pretty shady to me.

Posted: 1/11/2021 6:22:02 PM EDT

[#15]

I looked them up in FL state corporation commission, I'll fire off a polite letter to the owner soon.

Posted: 1/11/2021 8:52:35 PM EDT

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the physical exams were done.

But they tapdanced about the fecal exams, first said "we don't have any results." When asked to clarify, they said "we don't have results back from the lab." When politely asked why they performed the fecal exams if they knew they wouldn't have any results until after the animals are picked up, they said "well it's just our policy to do them."

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Fecal exams are generally done in-house under a microscope... You got hosed.

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