Meredith Elgin Review of Austin Animal Center
This place is crawling with worms and parasites an...
This place is crawling with worms and parasites and the employees will not tell you that. If you get a cat from here do not believe them when they say that their cats are dewormed.
I adopted two kittens from here and was told that they had that they had both been dewormed and had no known health issues. A week later they both became extremely ill, one was on the brink of death and needed intensive care. I found out they both (cats who were from two different litters) had massive parasite infestations including tapeworm, ringworm, and hookworm.
I would have taken happily taken them knowing they had these problems but I would have started treatment for them the day I got them as dewormers are not that expensive.
Animal center is receiving this review because after doing extensive research my cats issues could have easily been alleviated had the shelter been upfront about the possibly of parasites and had taken more steps to run a sanitary organization. Instead they told me my cat was just naturally small, causing her to go through needless suffering until she showed symptoms that would prompt treatment.
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