diff --git a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
--- a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
+++ b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/base.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class StatsClientBase(object):
     def pipeline(self):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def timer(self, stat, rate=1, tags=None):
+    def timer(self, stat, rate=1, tags=None, auto_send=True):
         """
-        statsd = StatsdClient()
+        statsd = StatsdClient.statsd
         with statsd.timer('bucket_name', auto_send=True) as tmr:
             # This block will be timed.
             for i in xrange(0, 100000):
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class StatsClientBase(object):
         # you can access time here...
         elapsed_ms = tmr.ms
         """
-        return Timer(self, stat, rate, tags)
+        return Timer(self, stat, rate, tags, auto_send=auto_send)
 
     def timing(self, stat, delta, rate=1, tags=None, use_decimals=True):
         """
diff --git a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/timer.py b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/timer.py
--- a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/timer.py
+++ b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/statsd/timer.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def safe_wraps(wrapper, *args, **kwargs)
 class Timer(object):
     """A context manager/decorator for statsd.timing()."""
 
-    def __init__(self, client, stat, rate=1, tags=None):
+    def __init__(self, client, stat, rate=1, tags=None, use_decimals=True, auto_send=True):
         self.client = client
         self.stat = stat
         self.rate = rate
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Timer(object):
         self.ms = None
         self._sent = False
         self._start_time = None
+        self.use_decimals = use_decimals
+        self.auto_send = auto_send
 
     def __call__(self, f):
         """Thread-safe timing function decorator."""
@@ -39,14 +41,15 @@ class Timer(object):
                 return f(*args, **kwargs)
             finally:
                 elapsed_time_ms = 1000.0 * (time_now() - start_time)
-                self.client.timing(self.stat, elapsed_time_ms, self.rate, self.tags)
+                self.client.timing(self.stat, elapsed_time_ms, self.rate, self.tags, self.use_decimals)
+                self._sent = True
         return _wrapped
 
     def __enter__(self):
         return self.start()
 
     def __exit__(self, typ, value, tb):
-        self.stop()
+        self.stop(send=self.auto_send)
 
     def start(self):
         self.ms = None
@@ -69,4 +72,4 @@ class Timer(object):
         if self._sent:
             raise RuntimeError('Already sent data.')
         self._sent = True
-        self.client.timing(self.stat, self.ms, self.rate)
+        self.client.timing(self.stat, self.ms, self.rate, self.tags, self.use_decimals)