Cari Garafalo Review of Premier Veterinary Group, Anim...
Actually, not as bad as I expected. My cat lanced ...
Actually, not as bad as I expected. My cat lanced her hand on the underside of our dishwasher while trying to get at a rat that our landlord was trying to get rid of. I quickly bandaged her up while my room mate called these guys to see if they could take a look without an appointment. She was gushing blood profusely and we feared that she was bitten by the rat (which very well may have been rabid). They said to bring her in right away, and they took her in with little fuss.
I wasn't 100% sure she was recent on her rabies shots as she's an indoor-only cat that is terrified of being outdoors and therefore wasn't high-risk for that. They advised me that if she was current, giving her another shot before she was due for the next would be harmful to her health. They advised that they simply check the shape of her wound-- she needed to be sedated, shaved, and stitched either way, so we went ahead with that. They ultimately found that the wound was a very clean slice (which matches the suspicion I had, in that she must have caught her hand on the sharp metal panel beneath the dish washer). The consensus was that she'd be fine without a shot, and they were right. :)
As for the price, it actually wasn't that bad for emergency services. The facility is really hoity-toity so I expected a massively disproportionate bill. I actually used to have an indoor-outdoor cat that had to visit an emergency vet after being attacked, with a similar afflictions, and the bill was just about the same. I'd say they're reasonably priced. The staff was also pretty chill. They also had photos of pet visitors and such on monitors and seemed to care. The lady that took and returned my cat handled her very gingerly.
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