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For the last four years Dewdney Animal Hospital has been taking on, holding, and rehoming where possible CAS animals for the BC government. We have done this in an attempt to prevent euthanasia of these animals. Over this time we have held CAS animals near continuously and have eaten the costs because we believe these are wonderful animals that deserve a chance. Over the last few months we have been inundated to the point that we have filled every single reptile enclosure we own and have had to shut down our boarding facility for cats and dogs due to the proximately of these animals. We made the decision to order more appropriate cages from Cornell's world and those should be arriving shortly.

Dewdney has been taking on the costs of these animals for the last four years, but we cannot do so any more. As such we are publishing our fees to handle these animals. Those of you that are maintaining CAS animals in violation of the law should know that our fees will be charged to you should any of your animals be seized by Conservation. i.e. you will be responsible for these costs. In general these costs accrue for approximately 2 weeks to 6 weeks after a seizure at which point the government surrenders them to Dewdney Animal Hospital and we are able to try and find forever homes either in the province or outside. It usually takes between 4-6 months for us to get these animals rehomed for which we receive no funding.

Please understand, we are a working veterinary hospital and these funds cover utilities, lease, staff, insurance and all the things necessary to operate a business.

So be aware that if you are caught with CAS animals you may be facing a very, very high bill from the government to cover my services. You may want to consider this a VERY generous donation to our facility.

Dr. Adrian Walton

We expect to be receiving our new reptile cages mid September. To provide space for these cages we have had to remove a bank of dog and cat cages. As such we have elected to increase our prices to reflect the cost of the cages as well as the general upkeep.

The cages we have are divisible into 18", 36", 52" and 72". Animals will be assigned a cage dependent on their needs.

These fees are in effect as of Sept 1st, 2014

For snakes,
18" cages for snakes up to 3 ft long = $15/day
36" cage for snakes up to 5 ft long = $20/day
52" cage for snakes up to 6 ft long = $30/day
72" cage for snakes up to 8 ft long - $40/day
> 8ft long = $50/day for maximum of 6 months.

For lizards/crocodilians
18" cages for lizard up to 1 ft long = $15/day
36" cage for lizard up to 2 ft long = $20/day
52" cage for lizard up to 3 ft long = $30/day
72" cage for lizard up to 4 ft long - $40/day
> 4 ft long = $50 per day for a maximum of 6 months.

Crocodilians have a $10 per day surcharge due to their need to be moved from our aquatic tank to the terrestrial tank.

Hot/venomous $200 per day and only with approval of Dr. Walton and only offsite (will supply cages/heat/food and cleaning but will not keep onsite, and must be in Maple Ridge Pittmeadows)


Travel/examination costs.
These are from the BCVMA fee guide (see attached)

Exams in clinic $84.90
Off site call $289.30/hr. Does not include travel costs to site, but does include travel costs if transporting CAS. Ends when animals safely confined in cages at Dewdney.

Travel costs $3.60 per km.

After hours 5pm or weekends/sundays $156.50 surcharge.