Horribly and astonishingly arrogant and unprofessional people, from the front desk to the Managing…read moreDrs.
They blame shifted their medically ignorant and neglectful malpractices onto me, the pet owner, and then just said, "sorry that happened to your cat"...
Meanwhile, my cat is having grand mal cluster seizures 1.5 days after her annual visit for literally this exact issue, because they didn't give my cat the medication I dropped her off with that they prescribed her after diagnosing her with epilepsy the prior year!
They said I misinformed the tech.... I'm sorry, what?! What was the misunderstanding? I handed her my cat and the medication and said she didn't get her dose this morning because no one instructed me to give it to her or not before her procedures. The girl said she would "definitely let the Dr. know" - verbatim.
So all I get is a, "sorry that happened to your cat" - verbatim in a phone call and an email from one of the Drs.
Oh, btw, I also got understandably frustrated with the Dr on the phone for the lack of real empathy and genuine remorse. The apology was not an apology, and she just kept asking me what I wanted as a solution. I said for you and your practice to take responsibility and figure out a way to gain my trust back! It was not a hard request, but she eventually hung up on me and then the next day, like a coward, she emailed me that they would no longer see me or my cat as a client.... BECAUSE I CALLED YOU OUT ON YOUR MALPRACTICE AND LACK OF REMORSE AND EFFORT IN FINDING A SOLUTION THAT SAVED A CLIENT'S TRUST IN YOUR CLINIC?! This low life actually had the balls to tell me that there was supposed to have been an intake form that they should have had me fill out. So.... again, I got dropped as a client for YOUR BAD PRACTICES?!
So much more happened, it is overwhelming.
I would never trust my pets here again. Very disturbing.
Also, the bad comments I have read here are VERY true. I wouldn't believe a single positive review here, I am astonished they have any. They seem like fake reviews honestly. They claim that the prices aren't high - false. The staff is friendly - false AF. The treatment of the pets is great - SO FALSE.
One more thing, I called out one of the Drs for being drugged up or drunk during my first ever visit there! She was so jumpy when my cat hissed a couple times (given animals can sense evil and Muller Vet, who I took her to once I got dropped, she was purring for and rubbing on the Dr who just understands that you treat pets with care) and I had to even navigate every step of the damn appointment. Her speech was slurred, her eyes were lazy, she couldn't tell me what any next step was... I called that out, have the emails, and just more of the same acknowledging BS.
HOW IS THIS A SPECIALTY CLINIC?!
This is the email I received regarding not giving my cat the medication. Note that I had called them to ask about if she did get her medication and they put my on hold for over 15 minutes just to determine that it was not in her notes, which shows me they do not complete their appointments thoroughly with documentation. The follow up call was 1 day later and she doesn't have seizures usually until 1.5 days after her missed dose. I also stated she had 3 seizures:
"Good morning,
I hope this note finds you and Emmy well. Maggie let me know you had some concerns around Emmy's phenobarbital administration while she was here for her exam last week. I was sorry to hear that she had a seizure the following day although I was a bit surprised since it wasn't reported to the technician who called to check on her at noon the following day.
I have reviewed our records and chatted with the technician assistant who spoke with you at check in and assisted with the procedure. I can confirm that Emmy did not receive a dose of phenobarbital while she was here. I know dropping off your kitty can be busy and stressful and I did not see in your written notes and the technician assistant did not clearly hear you asking us to administer the medication while she was here so she did not receive it.
Looking back, I do not think we would have been successful at administering any oral medication to her in the clinic due to her high level of anxiety. Unfortunately, she becomes very stressed here, which is why we need to sedate her to examine her.
I hope this provides some clarification for you. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you or Emmy.
Sincerely,
Regina Roach, DVM
Civic Feline Clinic
(925) 930-9226