
ON THE SIXTH DAY
in-home pet euthanasia for RI resident pet owners by P.A. Burke, DVM
NO APPOINTMENTS NOV 7, DEC 4, Dec 10. LIMITED NOV 26, DEC 25
Text 401 523 6566 or email onthesixthday@icloud.com, 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 appointment. The phone number answers with a recording asking for the same information. I reply to text emails with an estimate of cost and availability. Please do not request or expect a call back
Apts are scheduled, between 10 AM & 7 PM - 7 days /week (NO APTS 7 21-23)
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.....Messages left on the machine are often hard to understand and, unless a text-able number is included, will not be returned. 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.
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 let you know the fee for the visit & euthanasia,
which is based on drive-time from Providence, adjusted for pet size, & ranges from 350-650$.
If a pet owner also wants me to facilitate cremation, I utilize Final-Gift cremation service; cost is based on pet weight and type of cremation. For 5 to 200lbs, communal cremation ranges from 130-360$, Private cremation with cremains returned in a choice of complimentary urn, is 350-535$. (If I am taking a dog, over 75#, for cremation,it has to be scheduled FinalGift's business hours, thus only Monday-Saturday.
Payment by check, or cash. I don't take credit cards or electronic payments.
(For those with financial limitations, I can send advice on alternative help).
Special note: If your pet is currently hospitalized, & you've been told it may only have a very short time left, consider if putting them through the stress & discomfort of bringing them home, outweighs what is our perception of their desire to 'die 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.