Emergency room treatment is considerably more expensive than are appointments. You can expect to spend $500-600 on emergency exam and initial treatment. It's a high bill and I understand why they run a high level of abandonment under those circumstances. There are plenty of folks who love their animals but can't manage that bill without endangering their own ability to provide food and housing.
When I needed it, I was glad it was there, even though it ended up costing me two months mortgage payments to treat my extremely ungrateful cat who had the ill judgement to become ill during a holiday weekend. Happily he recovered well, but he wasn't expected to. I could have paid that much money and have ended up having him euthanized.
I will say that both he and I were treated very compassionately during our respective times. Emergency room staff understand the owners' stress and the cost issues. Every interaction I observed with other people and their pets were also extremely sensitive. Better than I was treated on one visit to HUP ER. (Related actually - had an infection from a bite from the same cat.)
Cheryl
Cheryl Shipman Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
The ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-898-6066
www.upenn.edu/curf for appointments call: 215-746-6488
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