Dont go here if you have a chronically ill or elderly pet!!!
Dr. Hughes killed my 17 year old cat! My poor baby had a heart condition and hyperthyroidism and Dr. Hughes gave him a steroid shot! You should never give a pet with either of those conditions a steroid! My poor baby was dead 3 days later!
We had been going to Dr. Hughes for several years now and it was know my cat had seasonal allergies and had asthma. Typically when they got bad Hughes would give him a shot and he was better, but since 01/01/2025 my husband and I noticed he was struggling more with his asthma. He had started to open mouth breath a couple days before our appt with Hughes. When we showed up on 1/9/2025 Hughes didn't act with any urgency nor did he do any labs or imaging. Just gave him a shot and sent us out the door. The next day our cat had a rapid decline in heath, so much so we had to take him to MedVet 24 hr Emergency care in Carmel.
Immediately he was triaged and was put into an oxygen cage, labs and imaging done. Found out he was suffering from severe hyperthyroidism, toxic congested heart failure, he had a pleural effusion that was drained and had nodules in his lungs. When the ER vet found out he got a steroid shot he was livid. They did their best and told us without the steroid shot he might have lived a couple more months and been comfortable but with the steroid shot he wouldn't have long. He had to be put to sleep the never next day because he was struggling so badly!!!
I went to Dr.Hughes to tell him what happened and to ask for my money back for his negligence and essentially expedited my cats passing and he laughed at me! He then told me he wouldn't give me the money back and tried to put the blame on me and my husband. He was really sarcastic with me and asked "would giving you back that $95 dollars really make you happy?" I was appalled by his lack of caring or the lack of guilt in his part of my cats death.
In the end I had to be a bit if a Karen to get my $95 back and then was given my records and banned from his office. GOOD! No one who cares for their sick pets or elder pets should take them to Hughes unless you want them to die to his negligence!!! read more