Dr. Melskog is a good veterinarian, and we were patients/clients of hers for several years. We found ourselves I understand an unusual circumstance that warranted boarding our pet rabbit for an extend... Read More
Dr. Melskog is a good veterinarian, and we were patients/clients of hers for several years. We found ourselves I understand an unusual circumstance that warranted boarding our pet rabbit for an extended period of time while our house was on the market. I had spoken with Dr. Melskog the previous year about the possibility of this situation arising, should we need to sell our home. She was very sympathetic and assured me they would help us out and give us a reduced rate for long term boarding. After 4 weeks of boarding, at $18 per day (no kidding--for a bunny! No walking or bathing required, plus we provided his food and litter!), she took off a measly 5% (again, no kidding), and it was still over $500! That's not very sympathetic for good, long time clients. At the end of month 2, I tried to talk with her about our disappointment over what we thought was an exorbitant cost for long term boarding, at that point we were going to be out over $1,000, for 2 months of rabbit boarding! Outrageous! She only, finally, offered to give us another %5 off for that second month, but then told me I probably needed to find other boarding arrangements from then on. She only wanted to tell me how expensive her costs are (which didn't even apply for our rabbit!), and how she had brought some hay and carrots from her home to give him, which I never asked for--I made it explicitly clear for them to let me know when they were low on supplies and I would bring them. So I'm suppose to say, "Gee,Dr. Melskog, please excuse my request for a more fair long term boarding fee, after all you brought him carrots!" My advice, if you need to use them, they're not bad veterinary services, just watch your pocketbook! Read Less