Meller-James & Associates Veterinary Services

"Caring and compassionate. Thank you guys for being there when we needed you."

"Always helpful to my family for years. Excellent caring people."

"I had just gotten a couple of puppies on a Thursday and Friday one of them wasn’t feeling well, but I thought it was because they were in a new home and from traveling. On Saturday the puppy was worse so I took him to a vet that was open in Carterville. They diagnosed him with Parvo, said his best chance of surviving would be to take him to St Louis which they said would cost thousands. Our 2nd option would be to let them keep him which could cost around $500 a day. We couldn’t afford that, so our 3rd choice was to bring him there for daily injections of fluid. I took him Sunday morning and got his 2nd injection. This option cost “around” $100 a day. By Monday morning, the puppy was worse, I called Meller & James and they told us to bring him in. When we got there, the puppy was pretty much lifeless, I was in tears thinking we were going to have to put him down. The vet came in, checked him over and advised us to take him to their office at Anna because they could keep him in seclusion while they treated him, so they hooked him up to an IV and we went to Anna where they were extremely helpful and gave us hope that he would make it!! Then Wednesday, the other puppy got sick, I called the Anna office and they had us bring him to be tested and he was also tested positive for parvo, so they admitted him as well. By Friday afternoon BOTH puppies were well enough to come home!! Meller and James not only saved our puppies but they were way less expensive than what we were going to be charged for the other vet. I will not take these puppies anywhere else!!"

"Always a great experience. They take such great care of our furbies ."