Yes Vets Now have a reputation! Expensive!
My vets are also farm vets but not at the office I use I think cos my vet Gareth is definately a small animal vet. Apparently vets who deal with farm animals have to have a 24/7 set up, and I am lucky cos the office I go to is newish, about two yrs old and has a small animal hospital set up.
I used to use another vet who was only small animals and lovely but uses Vets Now and after my experience with Kocka I wsill never use again........the vet was very good but the problem is that they tend to use PDSA premises and have to be out of there by 0800 and one ends up carting a sick animal frfom vets to Vets Now and back.................totally useless when they are as ill as Napoleon was.
To get Napoleon seen as an emergency by current vets although he was registered they insisted that he be completely transferred. When he became so ill that he was staying there I realized that I could not have my other cats under the care of a vet without 24/7 cover on the spot, so transferred all cats to current vet.
I did extensive searching before choosing a vet cos I need to be happy how they handle cats and how they deal with me. I need to be able to talk to them and for them to explain everything. When Napoleon was in the hospital I could ring up at any time, including during the night.
Effectively one really needs to interview the vet! They also need to have a number of vets that you can choose from.
There are two really good ones Gareth and Geraint, the latter works normally at a different office but between the two fab guys who really see things from different angles, we found out the problems with Napoleon and am so grateful for the care he received.
I do hope your cat is doing well now