If I could give Frontier 3.5 out of 5 stars, I would. Otherwise, regarding the pros, I appreciated the tactfulness and care of animals that the staff had. I took my cat in recently, to be evaluated, and I appreciated the kindness the staff had with performing basic health tasks, even with requiring a little restraint of the animal in order to get the most accurate results. I also appreciated the fact that the staff wrapped my cat in a towel when taking him to another room for blood tests (which I hadn't seen enough from other vets, from my experience, and I think was what made the cat stay calm and even trust them enough to rub against their scrubs, afterwards (and I hadn't seen the cat do that to anyone (or even anything) in at least a couple days prior to the checkup))
However, even though the staff were kind, tactful, gentle, and even very knowledgeable, of course, I kind of wished I maybe would've been asked more specific questions about what I had been noticing from the cat. Of course, I could've google searched more detailed information about what conditions/diseases felines could have from certain symptoms (and I do regret not having done enough research, myself, sooner), but given that I didn't realize until less than 24 hours before my cat passed that having strong breathe/body odors was likely a sign of kidney failure/disease (and I didn't learn that from the vet's office), I kind of wished the main vet, I spoke with, asked if my cat was starting to have really stinky breathe/bodily odors (especially given that she was wearing a mask, which I'm glad she was, but would also mean she likely wouldn't have noticed an unusual smell, herself, when doing the checkup/tests).
And even though my cat did have blood pressure levels close to early diabetes levels and he was drinking/urinating excessively, I can see why the vet seemed to be more concerned about diabetes/hyperthyroidism. However, I kind of also wished the vet would've brought up information about potential other conditions (especially common ones) and the symptoms of those, even if they maybe didn't seem relevant to what my pet had (just to give me an idea of what to look out for and to make me more confident in choosing the most beneficial food for the cat (especially given that I had just gotten back from an international trip the week before (which I hardly ever do) and thus, couldn't really afford to do more tests other than the checkup fee/blood tests (and was, therefore, also, just trying to pick out wet cat foods, myself, with certain ingredients to try to help my cat out, at least temporarily))).
Similarly, there was one point when I was talking to the vet about the cat's loss of appetite/potential nausea, and how I was also trying to stay on a strict budget, and she said she could administer liquids to at least help him temporarily, but then either she or another vet I eventually talked to for a bit, as well (I couldn't exactly remember who said it) eventually told me that that was the anti-nausea vaccine (which only costed just less than $50 but I was already paying at least $300 for the checkup fee, blood tests, and a couple appetite enhancement-like tablets). However, because I heard that response after asking a couple other questions first, I couldn't tell if maybe I misunderstood them at first, both vets (or maybe just one of them) had different things in mind with each (or maybe at different times), or what, but I just kind of felt there was also a little bit of confusion there.
One final con: I didn't realize that there was a stupid technician fee seeming to cost more than just the general anti-nausea vaccine, itself, associated with getting the anti-nausea vaccine on a separate appointment. I realize vets are often terribly underpaid and medical equipment/resources costs (no matter what species they're for, lol) can be crazy expensive, but I couldn't afford to come back in the day after (and what also happened to be the day before my cat passed) all because of that stupid technician fee. I also realize a lot of vet centers, unfortunately, have fees like that, but given that my credit cards were all declining (even though the balance on a couple of them still seemed far from the limit) and I only had just less than $70 in my checking account, if I only had to pay for the ~$47 anti-nausea vaccine, I probably would've come in to get that for my feline (but then again, given how dramatic and rapid my cat's health seemed to decline in just 2-3 days, he maybe wouldn't have lived much longer after the vaccine, anyway).
But even though my visit had an equal number of pros and cons, I would still maybe recommend the center having more signs in the rooms or at least more information sheets available about pet health (what to be observant of with your pet, the symptoms of especially common conditions/diseases, maybe how nonprofessional veterinary pet owners can differentiate disease signs, food type/liquid frequency for health, etc.) read more