My vet told me my new kitten (Oreo) was female.  At 4.5 months of age Oreo was taken to the same vet for a declaw and spay.  The vet proceeded with a female operation only to find out that Oreo was a male.  The vet found a kidney which he thought was an ovary and cut a ureter which he thought was a fallopian tube.  Needless to say, due to his mistakenly identifying the sex of the kitten and then proceeding to cut the wrong organs, Oreo was taken to a critical care facility to have his left kidney removed.  He is recovering but is not himslef yet.  I have issued a complaint with the corporate headquarters of Banfield Vet Hospital but no one has responded to my complaint in a week and a half nor has the incompetent doctor ever called to see how Oreo is.  What should I do?  Is there animal malpractice?  What is my next step to ensure this doesn't happen to another poor animal?  Thank you in advance for your response.

Please keep us posted and I hope Oreo comes through it all okay. What are these incompetent clods doing trying to act like Vets and fumbling so terribly. I would go to your state licensing board and file a complaint against him, and the clinic. Hopefully they are footing the recovery bill, and then some! And to no even have the courtesy to call and inquire how he was doing!! Arghh! those are the guys that wait on the sidelines at horse races to euthanize the next victim of overuse. They should be disbarred and charged with cruelty, incompetency, etc. I'd say your state representative's office if there is no on line forms for formal complaints against his license's validity. Prayers for you and Oroe! And they are so innocent and forgiving pets!