I highly recommend the Cat Vet. I had a similar experience when my cat
Rover became very sick very quickly. She pointed me to many places to
get Rover an ultra sound and once we realized it was a terminal
condition, she was very comforting.
Richard Hotchkiss
http://www.hotstrings-inc.com
215 382 8706
On Mar 3, 2004, at 12:55 PM, Mario Giorno wrote:
Wow. That's some customer service.
Mario
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From: Tancredi, Sue M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:41 PM
To: Christy Bracken; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [UC] The Cat Vet at 22nd and South
I strongly agree. I have been going to the cat vet for at least 15
years.
One of my cats was from there via a pregnant stray they took in and the
kittens were born in the office. When my beloved Huey, who was almost
19,
was dying, we waited out the weekend to take him to the cat vet
because we
knew they would make am unbearable experience as best as possible. We
were
right. She did it gently and even wrapped him sweetly in the blanket
we had
brought after he passed (we took him to my mom's in NJ to bury him in a
little box my husband built for him). And she didn't charge me a thing
and
sent me a little card about how sorry they were. They are great, and
the
phone number is easy to remember 215-545-CATS!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christy Bracken
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [UC] The Cat Vet at 22nd and South
To all University City cat owners:
Kyle and I wanted to share with you the very positive experience we had
yesterday evening with Dr. Elizabeth McKinstry, otherwise known as the
Cat
Vet. Her cozy little office is just over the Schuylkill on the 2200
block of
South. Truly, if it weren't for the storefront windows it would be like
walking into someone's home.
Although Mr. Hugs (the orange stray that we picked up in January) is
going
to visit Dr. McKinstry next Wednesday to be neutered (gasp!), we
needed to
take him to the vet a little early because he seemed to be having
urinary
problems (which, I have learned, can quickly result in serious
problems and
even death in male cats). Dr. McKinstry gave Mr. Hugs an extremely
thorough
examination, but at the same time she handled him with utmost care and
was
very gentle with him. He was checked for ear mites (they're gone!) and
had
his teeth checked (he's missing two! He probably lost them in a
catfight of
epic proportions while he was living on the mean streets!). She took
his
temperature, listened to his heart, and felt for his internal organs.
He
didn't appreciate having his bladder squeezed (to check for crystals
or a
blockage), but he was very docile and well behaved otherwise.
Thankfully, Mr. Hugs did NOT have a blockage. He did, however, have
urinary
crystals and his urinary pH was a little too high. Dr. McKinstry asked
us
what we were feeding him (Sheba and Fancy Feast... he lives like a
KING!)
and
she told us not to feed him seafood-flavor cat food, but rather beef
and
liver cat food (seafood/fish flavors of cat food apparently exacerbate
this
problem... who knew?). She also gave us some sort of meat-flavored
paste
that
we have to give him twice a day for a month to improve his urinary pH
and
get rid of the crystals. (I am sure he much prefers the taste of this
paste
to the taste of the bubble-gum flavored antibiotics that he's been
taking
for the past week.) She also recommended feeding him Science Diet Adult
because it helps to balance the pH.
So all in all, I have to say that I think both Kyle and I agree that we
HIGHLY recommend Dr. McKinstry to any cat owner who doesn't yet have a
vet
or who is unhappy with their current vet. I had taken Mr. Hugs to
O'Neal
Animal Hospital last week and although I believe Mr. Hugs was treated
very
well and received good care there, I feel that Dr. McKinstry's office
provided a little something extra. "Warm fuzzies," if you will.
The base price for an office visit at the Cat Vet is $35, which I
think is
reasonable. Mr. Hugs' visit ended up being $69 (ouch), mainly because
he
also had a urinalysis performed, plus we bought the pH-balancing paste
and
the Science Diet food. Kyle and I also had the added expense of cab
fare to
22nd and South, but your mileage may vary on that aspect.
Cheers!
Christy
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