Bulger Veterinary Hosptial

Bulger Animal Hospital in North Andover MA
We rushed our 5 pound 11 week old pug puppy into this er vet last Sunday morning July 26th for a broken hind leg. We were told he would have to wait 12 hours until another vet could be called in to do the surgery. I got a phone call at almost midnight that night saying the vet Lauren Blaeser had accidentally cut open the wrong back leg of my dog. So now this little puppy has had both his hind legs cut open and stitched up. They still had us pay the full $4,600 even after this mistake. I understand accidents happen, but this is one hell of a mistake on a 5 pound puppy.

I will never take my dog to this vet again.



Angus my energetic 4 month old weimaraner became increasingly lethargic over a 24 hr period of time. He was weak and needed to be hand fed. He slept passed 6 am in his crate (unheard of for him) when he finally got out of the crate he quickly retreated to his bed in the living room. However, Angus continued to urinate and move his bowels normally, but we would have to carry him outside to do so. Unfortunately it was a Sunday so an emergency vet hospital visit was in order. With a fever of 105 we were certainly concerned and were prepared for further testing and costs, however a bill estimated at almost $2,700.00 for overnight monitoring (recommended by the vet) was just not possible for us. So we chose to move forward with what the doctor strongly recommended which was diagnostic testing including lab work and a chest xray. His lab work all came back normal and his chest xray was interpreted as "maybe, very early upper respiratory infection, or possibly normal for a puppy." We were told he had diarrhea during testing, so the doctor was also concerned for colitis. Angus was given subcutaneous fluids for dehydration and started on SD i/d wet food and two different antibiotics. We then took him home but not before paying our $650.00 bill, and the doctor reminded us that since we were unable to afford keeping him overnight for monitoring a complete diagnosis could not be formulated. Overwhelmed and nervous for Angus' health we forgot to ask questions about his fever, what to watch for and how to treat it (since he was never treated for the fever there) We picked up a digital thermometer at rite aid and checked his temp when we got home and it was 105.3. Luckily we have a friend who is a vet that we called at home who provided us with more than enough information on how to treat this fever overnight until we could get him to our regular vet on Monday. Bulger does not and will not provide you with information over the phone, since of course that would be free. Monday morning we got Angus to our vets office bright and early. He was diagnosed with Hypertrophic osteodystrophy within 5 minutes of this visit that ultimately cost only $135 which included xrays and more subcutaneous fluids. Our vet was surprised that this diagnosis was overlooked since it was text book cut and dry and frequently seen in 4 month old weimaraners.



So was the vet at Bulger just uneducated or taking our bank account for a ride?... either way that's no type of vet I want caring for my pup... what about you?

I recently took my rabbit to Essex County and my vet Mike was awesome! He was so gentle and caring with my rabbit, explained everything to me, what would be best for my rabbit... He gave him moedicine, that night my rabbit was right back to normal!

He was very understanding and caring towards me as well!

I'm so glad I took my rabbit to Bulger!!! You guys are the best!

I had to go see Dr. Marrion today for my cats eye, to see what the problem was. Dr. Marrion not only ran mulitple tests to see what was going on, she also took the time to demonstrate on charts and books to show me exactly what the problem was. After explaining everything to me, she reccommended medicine and possibly more tests to see what caused it, but did tell me that the tests would 9 out of 10 times not show anything and would cost a lot of money and it would be best to just treat the eye with FREE medicine that was offered at Stop and Shop. I was completely shocked at how cool I was treated there and how Dr. Marrion and her assistant treated my cat, like thier own. At the end of the day, I spent only the fee for the examination which I had expected to pay and nothing else. That right there shows me that Dr. Marrion is in it for the animals - not the money (like most other vets!!) she understood that having a pet shouldnt impact a budget and also did the RIGHT thing when it came to my cat. I love this hospital and although I hope I never have to go back, would definately use them again if I had to!! Thank you Dr. Marrion and your assistant!!