This vet's deceptive, sloppy practice may have endangered MANY pets because the case concerned possible dogfood toxicity of dog food.
When my dog died at 3am, brought him in to make sure; they pronounced while he was still in car. I asked about necropsy and told them the reasons it was possibly a toxicity case (like rodent bate, tylenol, melanine other dog po_son); they gave me the run-around until admitting they used NCSU Vet School---but still didn't inform me that I could bring him myself, for only $30 (this vet charged $66) and faster service. Basically, they took advantage of a bereaved person on zero sleep to make a few bucks.
Still, that would've ok IF they had brought him when they said they were going to (630 am), but they DIDN'T. He sat there for hours (NCSU confirmed), probably not even in a cooler at all. If I had brought him to NCSU myself, he would have immediately been placed in a cooler, and the probably could have been able to determine more about toxicity (po_soning).
Because of this vet's deceit and delays, the dog decomposed too much to be able to tell what he died of--meaning it was a complete waste of the first $66, and would require at least another $200 to try to find out through more complicated means. NCSU DOES think that a toxic substance is a strong possibility--which means this vet put YOUR pet at risk by not handling this properly.
That wasn't the first time I had a problem with this vet. The last time they tried to tell me he needed a bunch of tests that he didn't need and wanted to charge to keep him while they did nothing but watch--said would not DO anything till morning. (so what's point of after hours???)
Cons: deceptive, sloppy, don't do what say will, overly-expensive, unnecessary
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