We took our 13 year old cat to the Ellesmere Port branch after she spent the previous day not eating , drinking and motionless, sat under our bed. The previous day she was fine, just her usual self and full of mischief and love.The vet who examined her said that she had an underlying condition and held no hope for her, she was dehydrated and in pain when he pressed around her waist. He told us that we should put her to sleep. After asking if he was sure he told us that they, the surgery, could keep her for 48 hours, monitor her do some blood tests and give her intravenous fluids, but it would cost £800. He also said that if there was no hope that she was going to improve they would let us know and we would be refunded £200 for a 24 hour care package. We left her there and drove home, Less than 5 miles, 10 minutes travel time. By the time I'd taken my coat and shoes off and just filled the kettle we had a phone call telling us that she wasn't going to pull through. We went back and took her lifeless little body with us. I can't see how maybe 25 minutes in total could possibly cost £600 and I don't believe bloods could have been analysed in the time that we left and the time we had the phone call to come back. It has put me off from having any pets in the future. "Trust" is not the right word for the practice, it's a play on words giving the impression that they care, but really they just like coining it.
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