Pet Aid - Dog & Cat Clinic

I was referred to Nikhil by someone reliable I know. My family and I are first time pet parents and adopted two indies in June last year. Being females I took his opinion about having them spayed and he recommended to spay them 15 days after their first heat. I trusted that blindly and went ahead and I’m now dealing with an even more anxious puppy. He was aware of her history of being anxious because of Covid and being indoors a lot. I have now learned that a lot of behaviour issues can be caused by early spaying and the wait time is at least 3 months post heat for the hormones to stabilise. * ****** ** *** ****** ****** **** ***** **** ** ****** ***** ***** *** *** ****** ***** ** *** ******* ******** ********** ** ** ****** **** ** **** ***** ** ***** ** ***** **** ***** Their billing is far from transparent. You will be asked to pay cash for surgery. He maybe a sound doctor from anyone’s point of view but he will never lay a finger on my pets ** *** **** ** ****** * ***** ** *** ***** **** ***** **** ****** **** *** *** ** ** *** ** *** *** *** *** **** **** ***** ** ** **** **** ***** *** *** *** ******* ** *** ** ** ******* ** ****

Took my pet Bella for treatments she had hairloss problems,

Mr.Nikhil gave some medication and injections for which I had to pay 5k/-

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Now its been 14 days but still problem is not issued and he is asking me to comeback to clicnic ** **** ** *** ****** **** ******On closer inspection the medicine he gave was just omega oil and vitamin tab.

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1. Dr. Milind Hatekar (>20 yrs experience) was not available. So basically I paid the same visiting charges for a much less experienced doctor.

2. For a medium severity ear infection, doctor visit charges was Rs.300/- , treatment charges was Rs.980/-!! Rs.980/- for a 4min ear cleaning job seems quite steep!!

3. The doctor gave my pet an antibiotic injection and told me to to visit for 2~3 more days for injection and treatment (Basically for the Rs.980/- ear cleaning job). I requested him to give me antibiotic tablets, and ear cleansing solution so I can do the same treatment at home as my wife too was hospitalised for surgery and it was too hectic/impossible for me to visit him for next 3 days. ** **** *** ****** ********* *** ********** ** **** ********* ** ********* ***** ** ******* **** * ****** ********** ****** ** *** ********* ** *** ********

4. To give the doctor some credit yes my pet did feel better after visiting him and was able to sleep without fluttering his ears too much. But I did not visit him again. After 2 days my wife was discharged and then I visited another vet through a reference. She gave me antibiotic tabs, ear cleanser and told me to continue the medication and treatment at home for 3~4 days and then visit her. For all this she charged me Rs.400/-!!!

5. The clinic did not even write the name of the antibiotic injection that they gave. They just wrote medicines!!

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