I'd go in and ask them to show you a paper stating what all they did to him and costs for each and every thing. I'm sorry but I think it's rediculous what emergency vets charge!! A few years back we had an emergency with my cat Justice, she had symptoms starting on Saturday night and our vet was closed and wouldn't be back open until Monday morning. Throughout the night she got worse and I did all I could do and in between carring for her I got online and started researching, turned out she had pyometra (sp). I was so scared to death we were going to lose her because she had gone downhill so fast. I called the ER vet and told them her symptoms and I thought she may have pyometra, they said to bring her in, but I had to know the cost of what it would be to make sure I had enough. They said, just to check her and do all the testing to diagnose pyo, it would be $1200.00, I was FLOORED!! No way did I have that kind of money laying around, but if I did, I would have spent it on her in a heartbeat! I only had $500 and they wouldn't hold a check for a week and they wouldn't except a partial payment and let me pay the rest when my hubby got his paycheck. They had me apply for a credit card over the phone with them but then refused me because I have "no credit" established. Well duh, we've always paid stuff with cash. Oh, and I forgot to mention, if it was indeed pyo and they did surgery, the cost of the surgery and meds and overnight stay was not included in the $1200.00 I sat up with Justice all night and cried and prayed and pushed fluids through a syringe. Saturday morning came and I called my sister who in turn called her vet at home who was nice enough to tell me to give Justice human antibiotics I had at home (adjusted for her weight) I didn't even think twice, I mean, I had to try something, she was so close to death. Long story short, it worked, it kept her hanging on until Monday morning when I showed up at my vets at 7 in the AM, I had stopped pushing fluids (and she was not eating from being so sick) at 12 Saturday night and he immediately took her from me ad we went into the examining room. He checked her and sure enough, she had pyometra. Her did surgery on her that morning and for the cost of the surgery, all the meds, her staying over night and meds to take home, it was $180.00 THAT'S IT!! And the ER vet wanted to charge me $1200.00 just to check her and run some tests, quite a difference hu!
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