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| - I'm not impressed with this place. My dog was vomiting all day and there was bloody mucus in his stool. My regular vet wasn't open until Monday, so I rushed over to this place late at night because I was worried it was something serious.
The staff at the front desk were very pleasant and helpful, but the vet didn't seem to really know what she was doing. I showed her the stool sample that they asked me to bring in. She took one look at it and said it wasn't worms. Well, that was a relief, but she didn't address the bloody mucus in the examination that followed. She felt around my dog, mentioned that he had a big bladder (okay?) and wanted to do a blood test to check his kidney function. The test was $190...that was on top of the $105 office visit fee that I would have to pay just for bringing him in. $190 for a blood test is ridiculous.
I know that kidneys have absolutely nothing to do with a GI problem from basic anatomy, so I was confused as to why she thought a big bladder was more pressing than bloody mucus in my dog's stool. I thought maybe she was worried it was cancer, so when I asked her, she said no, it probably wasn't cancer. So again...no reason for bringing up a blood test, as my dog wasn't having a urinary issue.
When I asked her again about the bloody mucus in the stool, she said it could be a bleed somewhere in his GI tract, but couldn't offer any suggestions or treatments. Instead, she again brought up the blood test.
I finally told her that I would wait until I could see my regular vet because I couldn't afford a $190 blood test (who could, really?). We left and after paying, the vet tech came out and handed me a sheet of paper on a "bland food diet". I asked if I was supposed to put my dog on this diet, and she said yes because it might be the new food that I was giving my dog that was causing the mucus. I asked the vet tech why the vet didn't bother bringing this up during the exam, and I didn't get an answer.
I don't usually like to say these things about places, but I really had the feeling that they were trying to milk more money out of me. I mean, why bother waiting until after I've decided to leave to offer really helpful suggestions on the very reason why I came in the first place?
My dog still isn't feeling well, and I feel like I just handed over $105 for nothing. Now I'll have to wait until Monday to take my baby to his regular vet, where I'll have to pay yet again for someone to tell me what's wrong with him. At least this time I know that my vet won't charge me a ridiculous price for a blood test (if one is even necessary).
I wouldn't recommend this place at all.
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