My sister rescued a stray kitten (about 4-6 weeks old) from the middle of a busy street. She couldn't take care of it so I took him in. I had him for about a week when I noticed on the 7th day he started vomiting and was becoming very weak, so I took him into City of Angels which was about 2 blocks from my house. After several hours of ""tests"" and starting him on an IV for dehydration, they told me they found a foreign body in his stomach and that it would cost $2500.00 for surgery, which I was willing to pay so I gave them the go ahead. Several more hours go by, and they tell me he died and it was panleukopenia. After I did my own research, I found that this is pretty common among strays that haven't been vaccinated yet, something they were well aware of, and a disease he had all the signs and symptoms of when he was first admitted. My question is: if I could find this information out from the internet, why didn't trained professionals figure it out earlier? Seems textbook to me. Could it be they wanted to get as much money out of the situation as they could? Probably. I just wish he didn't suffer for so long. I would never refer anyone to this place.
Cons: Questionable credentials, Rude front office staff
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