MY 4 YEAR OLD CAT (VERY HEALTHY) WAS BREATHING ALITTLE HEAVY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, SO TO BE SAFE I TOOK HIM TO EAGLE ROCK PET CLINIC (SINCE MY REGULAR VET WAS ALREADY CLOSED). THAT WAS THE BEGINING OF MY NIGHTMARE. MY CAT WAS PLAYING, EATING, DRINKING, GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND MEOWING BEFORE I TOOK HIM THERE, HE WAS JUST BREATHING ALITTLE HEAVY. THE STAFF WAS RUDE FROM THE GET GO, NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO EVERYONE THERE. WHEN THE VET CHECKED OUT MY CAT, SHE TOLD ME HE WAS IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND HE NEEDED TO STAY OVER NIGHT FOR TESTS AND TREATMENT, TO THE TUNE OF $770.00. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I PICKED HIM UP AT 7AM, HE WAS LIFELESS, LIMP IN MY ARMS AND BARELY ABLE TO KEEP HIS EYES OPEN. THEY HAD PUT HIM ON 2 MEDICATIONS, ONE TO REGULATE HIS HEART BEAT AND A DIURETIC TO PULL THE FLUID OUT OF HIS LUNGS. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND HE DIDN'T EAT, MEOW, GO TO THE BATHROOM, OR BARELY WALK. HE WAS THOWING UP AND, AND STRUGGLING TO BREATH. I CALLED THE CLINIC 2 TIMES IN 2 DAYS AND THEY SAID IT WAS ALL NORMAL. MONDAY MORNING I TOOK HIM TO HIS REGULAR VET, THEY WERE CONFUSED ON HIS CONDITION. THEN I TOOK HIM TO A SPECIALIST AND THEY WERE APPALLED. I PAID THEM $779.00 FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT MY CAT'S HEART WAS EXCEPTIONALLY HEALTHY AND HE HAD A VIRUS IN HIS CHEST THAT SOEM STERIODS WOULD GET RID OF. NOT ONLY WAS I TREMENDOUSLY HAPPY THAT MY CAT WAS HEALTHY, I SAW MY CAT COME BACK TO LIFE. THE SPECIALIST TOLD ME THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ALARMED HER: WHY DID EAGLE ROCK PET CLININC SEDATE MY CAT AFTER THEY THOUGHT HE HAD A HEART CONDIDITON (THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS), WHY ERE BOTH OF HIS PAWS SHAVED, BRUISED AND SCABBY, WHY DID THEY SHAVE HIS NECK? SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE MEDICINE THEY PUT HIM ON WAS KILLING HIM, HE WAS SEVERLY DE-HYDRATED FROM THE DIURETIC AS WELL AS HAD NOT EATEN IN 3 DAYS AND WAS THROWING UP FROM THE HEART PILL. SO I ASK YOU, WAS IT WORTH IT? NO, I WOULD HAVE DRIVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET THE CARE MY CAT NEEDED AND PAID ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY. DO NOT TAKE YOUR PETS HERE IF YOU WANT THEM TO GET BETTER AND LIVE. THESE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE MONEY, NOT YOU OR YOUR PET.