Please take your fur babies somewhere else. I know veterinary offices get both glowing and terrible…read morereviews, so I usually take them with a grain of salt. I hope you'll read this one because this facility raises so many red flags.
I was preparing my cat for travel to Hawaii, and I already knew the import process because I've done it before. It's extremely time-sensitive, and every step has to be completed in a specific order.
I scheduled what was supposed to be a rabies vaccination. During the appointment, a technician took all of my cat's paperwork to the back and never returned it. Dr. Hayes administered what I was told was the vaccine we came in for. Nothing seemed unusual, so 30 days later I called to schedule the next required step: the FAVN blood test.
That's when the receptionist informed me that my cat had never received a rabies vaccine. I was fuming, originally at Dr. Hayes. Then I realized, somewhere along the lines, Dr. Hayes was told by the vet techs that a different shot would be necessary. We had come in specifically for rabies. No one ever told me she was receiving anything different. According to the medical record, she had instead been given a distemper vaccine. That mistake delayed the entire Hawaii import timeline by a month and immediately put our move at risk.
Then Dr. Loose joins the chat. I come to find out that he fired Dr. Hayes on the spot for reasons I'm not aware of. At one point I was told my vaccination record could simply be changed to indicate a rabies vaccine despite the medical chart documenting a distemper vaccine. That immediately made me uncomfortable since that's quite literally falsifying information, so I declined and scheduled another rabies vaccine instead.
We come in for our rabies vaccine, again, vaccination cost waived, as if they're giving us a discount, although I already PAID for a vaccine I never requested and didn't even know we received last time. Never saw Dr. Loose, but instead saw one of his shaking out of her boots vet techs who stuttered desperately and struggled to complete sentences. They took her to the back instead of doing the vaccine in the room like Dr. Hayes did, which I was rather uncomfortable with. It was an odd experience, but we left with no issues.
Next came the FAVN blood draw.
Getting in touch with Dr. Loose was nearly impossible. I left multiple messages without receiving a return call. Eventually the front desk scheduled the appointment. Still never spoke to Dr. Loose.
Per instructions, I gave my cat gabapentin before arriving. She was heavily sedated--droopy eyes, barely able to hold herself up, clearly medicated.
The same shaking in her boots vet tech takes my cat back to get her blood drawn. Told me Dr. Loose would come speak with us. Shocker, he never did.
About ten minutes later, my cat was brought back with one paw bandaged, the other bleeding, and the technician asked my fiancé to put the bandage back on because my cat was supposedly "unmanageable."
My cat was lying limp in her stroller, barely able to move.
We were then told they couldn't obtain the blood sample and that we would need to pay an additional $200 for sedation. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My cat had already been heavily medicated, yet I was being told she was too difficult to handle - Keep in mind I watched Dr. Hayes administer a vaccine to her with absolutely no issue. I asked whether the blood draw could simply be performed in the exam room instead so we can assist. The answer was no.
I asked to speak with Dr. Loose. Denied. I asked if I could speak with any veterinarian at the practice. Also denied.
Instead, all communication went through a technician who repeatedly left the room to relay messages back and forth. This vet tech, shaking so hard she can't hold the iPad straight, can't spit out a sentence, and ends up looking at me, who's crying out of frustration - with a literal blank stare. As I stood there crying out of frustration over months of delays caused by mistakes that weren't mine, there wasn't a single veterinarian willing to come speak to me directly.
By that point, any confidence and trust I had in this clinic was gone.
This experience cost us valuable time in an already strict travel process, forced unnecessary repeat appointments, caused additional stress for both me and my cat, and left me feeling completely dismissed when I tried to advocate for her.
Between the incorrect vaccine, the poor communication, the repeated delays, and the refusal to have a veterinarian speak with us directly when problems arose, I cannot recommend this clinic to anyone.