Years and years ago Millennium City took care of my pet hedgehog when he got cancer. They were extremely kind, and offered a number of alternatives including chemotherapy. However, they were honest an... Read More
Years and years ago Millennium City took care of my pet hedgehog when he got cancer. They were extremely kind, and offered a number of alternatives including chemotherapy. However, they were honest and explained that it was common in male hedgehogs his age, and did not recommend treatment. They put him down, and again it was done with a lot of sensitivity - no judgement on our family for choosing not to put him through chemo. A few years later when my 18-yr old cat was finally suffering from old age they similarly provided full options for treatment to sustain her life, but did not pressure us at all. They were wonderfully sympathetic. Over the years they also treated our budgies, dogs, and other cats. In all cases they were reasonably priced, practical, and non-judgemental. More recently I decided to go back to Millennium City after some bad experiences with Toronto vets. My adult cat was suffering from coughing fits - something that could possibly have been a respiratory infection or cat asthma. The vet was great with him (he loved going to the vet until he was really treated terribly by one and now is pretty temperamental about it - she was unfazed and very pleasant towards him). I was going through a rough patch with work and did not have a ton of cash available, but was extremely worried for my cat. The vet laid out different scenarios, including lung X-rays for a few hundred dollars. She was honest about the potential for nothing to show on the xrays (even if it was an infection), and basically recommended the cheaper (and less traumatic) option of doing a round of antibiotics which would do no harm even if he didn't have an infection, and which would cost substantially less than xrays. Then, if they did nothing, we could still go ahead and run tests. The antibiotics worked to clear things up, and they followed up with my last vet and caught a shot that they had missed and called to let me know that it was potentially the reason for the infection. So basically, they didn't pressure me at ALL to do the more expensive thing (though it wouldn't have taken much as I was so stressed out), made me feel very much like I was the decision maker while giving me advice, were reasonably priced, treated my cat well, and followed up with additional information (and again, no pressure - "You can bring him in to get that shot, or if you want to take him somewhere closer to home just have them call us for the info"). I will be driving from Etobicoke out to Millennium City for my cat's annual shots and any other treatments required; as far as I am concerned they have been providing excellent service to my family's pets at a fair price for well over a decade. Read Less