ON THE SIXTH DAY
in-home pet euthanasia for RI resident pet owners
offered by P.A. Burke, DVM
Text 401 523 6566 or email onthesixthday@icloud.com with your first & last name, full address, if it's a cat, or, if it's a dog, the approximate weight, and how soon you want an apt.
Apts are scheduled, between 10 AM & 7 PM - 7 days /week except when noted.
This is not an emergency or 24-hour service
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This website offers general information, insights, & resources for anyone contemplating elective humane pet euthanasia, as well as some specifics about my service (More follows after an apt. is made).
For appointment requests & more information, text 401 523 6566, or email onthesixthday@icloud.com.
PLEASE provide your First & Last name, FULL address: #, street & city. State if the pet is a cat or dog, and if it's a dog, its approximate weight. Once given this information, I will text/email a cost estimate & availability. The phone number functions as a recording/screening message repeating this information. Please don't ask/expect a call back. Unless you are reaching out to me on a date noted as 'not available' (above), generally I will respond to texts or emails received before 4 PM, the same day, Inquiries received after 4 pm may not be answered until the next day. Messages left on the machine are often hard to understand and unless a text-able number is included, may not be returned.
THE BUSINESS IS NOT LICENSED IN MA OR CT- I can only come to clients in RI. It is assumed the pet is ill, elderly, and easy to handle. Euthanasia of hard-to-handle, big, strong, or feral, dogs & cats, for safety & liability reasons, should be done at a hospital with adequate personnel.
As the costs associated with home euthanasia are almost always more than an owner taking the pet to a veterinary clinic/hospital, even an emergency clinic. I am listing the range of fees, to speed the process for owners; once I have all the requested information, I will quote the fee for the visit & euthanasia, and the separate fee for body care - if that is also requested.
The visit and euthanasia fee is based on drive-time from Providence,& pet size, & ranges from 350-600*$.
I utilize Final-Gift cremation service, and the cost is based on pet weight. For 5 to 200lbs, communal cremation ranges from 130-360$, Private cremation with cremains returned in a choice of complimentary urn, is 350-535$. (If I am facilitating after-care,apts for dogs over 75#, apt hours are more limited, Mon-Sat.
Payment by check, or cash. I don't take credit cards or electronic payments.
(For those with financial limitations, I can send advice on alternatives.
Special note: If your pet is currently hospitalized, & you've been told it may only have a very short time left, consider whether 'putting them through" the stress and discomfort of bringing them home, outweighs our perception of 'dying at home in their own bed'.
As a timely and thoughtful tribute to pets you have lost, consider making a donation in their name. On this website under, "After" are suggestions of highly rated charities, or check under Charity Navigator.