Though grateful an emergency clinic for our fur pets exists, I am extremely disappointed with the service we received.
Our dog swallowed a toy and it required surgery, we took him to his usual vet. The following Sunday, he ripped opened a few of his stitches which required us to take him to the ER.
Initially they told us they wanted to completely redo the surgery for $3700, we could not afford to pay for another surgery. We explained they just did the surgery the day before and it simply wasn't in our budget and asked for other options. They said if we wanted to take the risk, they would just clean what they can and restitch what tore, but they'd really prefer to do it "properly." Feeling like crap, we still went with the cheaper option - $1100. They told us to bring him back to their clinic to get the stitches removed for free in two weeks.
I called them this morning to verify that it was in fact free to bring him in, instead of bringing him to his normal vet, the woman confirmed and said to go ahead and bring him in. I asked if I needed to make an appointment, she said no.
Upon arrival, my husband was they were short staffed and then given a $498 invoice to pay. He figured it was a mix up, explained that we were told it was free. The woman told him it wasn't free because the same doctor that put them in wasn't working. He then called me, I called the finance department and explained there must be a mix up, I had just called at 8:42 this morning and was told AGAIN it was free. The lady told me that free wasn't an option, and asked what the ladies name was that I spoke to was - well my bad, I didn't get either names. Lesson learned.
Husband paid, signed the consent forms, and was told it would be 3-4 hours so he came home (hour drive) for them to call the second he walked in the door saying he was ready for pickup. Upon going back, we had to wait 55 minutes in the waiting room after we signed the release paperwork for them to bring him out.
While waiting to pickup our dog, we overheard a man coming in to get a prescription refill and was told that his dog would need an exam because the doctor that prescribed his medicine "wasnt working." Clearly it's a usual tactic they use.
Highly recommend finding a different ER vet. They will price gouge you, guilt trip you and lie. read more