Value Pet Clinic - Renton

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We Believe In Affordable Veterinary Medicine
Quality Pet Care Shouldn't Have to Be Expensive
Low Cost
Walk-In

I have been taking my pets here for years - I have a lot of experience with these guys. I don't have a horror story to speak of, fortunately, and I hope it stays that way. But I can say from experience one thing - SOME of the vets there will tell you that your pet needs diagnostic tests that it in fact does not need, and you have no way of knowing whether you're getting milked for cash until after the fact when you get home and research for yourself the diagnostic protocols, but by then it's too late. I guess this is true to some extent for all vet clinics, but I would think it is more so for the Value pet Clinic, since they are so reasonable for the basic exam fees (and bear in mind that their basic $28 exam will tell them NOTHING except whether or not they need to investigate further with more tests, usually a $99 comprehensive blood test, and 99.9% of the time, their answer to that question will be YES) that means that they have to overcharge for most of the other services, especially Diagnostic tests to cover their overhead & make a profit. They are a business, and just like any other, they exist to make $$$. I have literally spent thousands of dollars at VPC in Renton over the years, and they do take care of my animals, but I have had to learn to be ever suspicious and shrewd about their recommendations. I will say this: If you want the BEST care, and most objective, unbiased opinions by ones who do not have a vested personal interest in the family business, the docs you want your little ones to see would be BY FAR Dr. Jo Snyman (the most thorough vet I have ever seen) and Dr. Ochsenreiter. I hope that this review will help someone out there so that the little pets of the Renton area might receive the best care possible when they are sick.

The Dr. removed a rock from my dogs stomach, saving his life.

Marshmallow's Story

My wife and I (Robert) went to get our cat Marshmallow fixed (07/22/2008) for about $80 at the Value Pet Clinic in Renton Highlands. When we picked her up after being spayed, we were given several days worth of pain medication (Metacam oral). My wife and I both thought it was odd as we had never heard of post-surgery medication for neuter/spay, but we went along with it. The vet going over the medication gave us no info about the medication other than how to administer it. No warnings of any kind. I gave the first dose at night before I went to bed exactly as directed (she seemed fine at the time). I woke up at 5am and when I went to check on Marshmallow she was already dead.

It made absolutely no sense, the only thing I could think of that might have killed her was the pain medication. I 'Googled' the two words 'Metacam' and 'cats', and I was horrified by the search results. The FDA had not approved Metacam oral for cats because of the narrow safety margin. And even the directions for dogs under 10 pounds is that Metacam has to be administered through putting on food - Marshmallow weighed less than 7 pounds and the vet told me to administer the dose directly into her mouth. And because Marshmallow was drugged earlier that day for the spaying (possibly with a Metacam injection), it only made the danger of using Metacam oral even greater. I'll never take a vet's word at face value again. A cat should never die from being fixed, especially in such a tragic way. Since I was the one that administered the Metacam, I [in a way] feel like I killed our own cat. This could have been so easily prevented had the vet gave us some kind of warning, I would not have used the Metacam. A few days of pain is better than risking death. I would do anything to have Marshmallow back now, even if it meant having to keep her as an unfixed cat in constant heat incessantly whining.

When my wife confronted one of the vets on staff the vet played ignorant and dumb, claiming that the copy of the FDA study my wife had on Metacam oral was outdated and that Metacam oral was completely safe for cats (both lies). The vet wouldn't even give us our money back. She hid behind a clause in one of the documents I had signed before the surgery. We went to a different provider and paid $117 to have our beloved Marshmallow cremated and put in an urn.

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Value Pet Clinic is a group of veterinary clinics operating in the Seattle area. We believe in quality care that doesn’t break the bank. From our expert doctors, to our flexible walk-in model, we really are a different kind of pet clinic. We are a different kind of vet clinic. Value Pet Clinic is a family of veterinarians that believes in affordable health care for animals. We know how special...

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Value Pet Clinic is located at the address 3901 Ne 4th St in Renton, Washington 98056. They can be contacted via phone at (425) 255-5678 for pricing, hours and directions. Value Pet Clinic specializes in Livestock, Horses, Reptiles.

Value Pet Clinic has an annual sales volume of 0 - 500K. .For more information contact Robert Leder, Veterinary Doctor or go to www.valuepetclinic.com

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