Wonderful experience! The first veterinary clinic that held knowledge about hamsters. Very helpful, knowledable, hands on, and calming. Relieved my worries and helped my hamster in a timely manner. I will continue to use this clinic!
STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY from Dr. Don and Dr. Mike. They are also practicing on Laurel Rd at the new Publix Plaza Venezia, under the name Veterinary Clinic. They both made a major error with my kitty. I had them do a blood test because she seemed lethargic and had lost weight. Well, the blood test shows an elevated white blood count on the blood test and it is even HIGHLIGHTED ON THE REPORT AS NOT BEING IN THE NORMAL RANGE but they failed to mention that. They said she had kidney failure and to feed her rabbit food and Omega 3 fish oil tablet. When I told him that we had always gave our other cats fluids when they had kidney failure, his reply was to try it for a month and then we would do another blood test and if her levels went up I could give her fluids. So, I fed her the rabbit food and Omega 3 tablets and had her rechecked in another month. Her kidney values got so much worse but again THEY FAILED TO MENTION HER ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD COUNT. I told him that our other cats with kidney failure never declined so quickly and had such a difference in results in one month but I was brushed off. I then started feeling uncomfortable, so I drove over to their office to get the fluids and asked for a copy of her blood test results. I then called a neighbor (we are fairly new to the area) and got a recommendation for another vet, scanned the results and emailed it to him and he called immediately telling me that she either had an infection or possibly cancer because of her very high white blood count. He got me in immediately and she had a severe kidney infection, obviously made much worse by the month between blood tests. She was then put on antibiotics for her infection but unfortunately we had to put her to sleep soon after this. I blame these two vets for the shortening of the life of an otherwise healthy cat and also the suffering she went through because of their incompetence.
Dr Don is the best vet ever, it is so great that he comes to my home and my pet resort, the service is always prompt and friendly, The fees are very good and excellent value if you are a multi pet family.Dr Don and his staff are kind, helpful and show that they really are animal lovers. Well Done! and Thank you Moya Just 4 paws Pet Resort
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Dr Don's Mobile Vet Services | 342 South Tamiami Trail | Vets | 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM |
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Nokomis Veterinary Clinic | 405 Albee Road West | Vets | 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM |
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Brandt Veterinary Clinic | 720 Tamiami Trail | Vets | Not Available |
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Luna Monica DVM | 720 Tamiami Trl N | Vets | Not Available |
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Dr Brown Kate A DVM | 720 Tamiami Trl N | Vets | Not Available |
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Vet Wellcare Vaccinations Clinic at Pet Supermarket | 470 Highway 41 | Vets | Not Available |
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Island Animal Hospital of Venice | 157 Miami Avenue East | Vets | 08:00 AM - 05:00 AM |
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Herrington Michael DVM | Venice | Vets | Not Available |
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