Do you know why?

[Anikaca77]

That's very interesting....I don't think I ever thought about it with Anika and there was my husband there and my mom as well.

All I know is I had to make the decision weather to cremate her or bury her and I had a really bad experience when I was 21 and I had to put my one cat down that we did take home and bury so I couldn't really bare to think about having that happen with Anika plus I live in an apartment now and well cremation seemed the way to go. It was very hard picking her box up but now we have her sitting on a bookshelf with a photo on the box and we haven't spread any of her ashes. It feels good sometimes in a weird way that I know she's still around us. I hope I didn't upset anyone by posting this.

Melissa

[Taz_Zoee]

When Bruce had DJ (Cocker Spaniel) PTS four years ago it was at a special medicine clinic (the same place Taz had his surgery last November) and Bruce was with him when he crossed. I would have been but was stuck in traffic.
I have no idea if there was an extra charge considering the bill was over $5000 anyway.
I'll have to ask my sister about that one. She works in a 24 hour vet clinic in Oregon. I know that I'd probably go ahead and pay the extra anyway, but yeah, it doesn't seem right. ER clinics charge way too much all the time, IMO.

[momcat]

A number of years ago a dog we took for a friend suffered a stroke. Our vet advised that the humane thing would be to put Shane to sleep since he no longer had the use of his hindquarters. When the time came, Soncat and I were asked if we wanted to be with him as he passed. We stayed with him, the vet gave us some time with Shane after he passed at no charge. The entire staff was sympathetic and comforting to us.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

my vet always asked if you wanted to be present for euthanasia and never charged extra if you did... or if you did/did not want to take the remains home.

My guess is that the extra fees were just because it was an emergency vet. If you stay there with your pet you are taking up time and space if they were busy. Not saying this is right or wrong, that's just my guess.