!!!!DO NOT GO THERE!!!!
Long review but there are so many WOW I cant believe he said that or did that moments.
Summary- Dr. Dave overmedicated my cat, had to revive her, and on top of that charged me for all the things he needed to do to fix his mistake. Also had no advice for me about the medication prescribed to her.
Before I truly get into this review/story I want to start off by saying I started going to Paumanok because Dr. Maggie was there and offered both eastern and western approaches to healing and working with animals. I really loved her and the staff behind the desk. Dr. Maggie was always so kind and I felt like she really cared. All of the techs and the women behind the desk were also very kind, so that was another reason I enjoyed going there.
However, Dr. Maggie left, and so I was in touch with Dr. Dave about my cat Zaia who was prescribed fluoxetine for her agitation and stress concerning her skin itchiness. Its been an adventure trying to find the right medicine or supplements to help ease my cat.
Anyway I made an appointment with doctor Dave and he suggested a full body exam and blood work etc. My cat is feisty and won't comply with strangers unless she is on some kind of relaxer...but he suggested sedatives. So reluctantly I approve of this. He calls me 45 mins later and tells me they oversedated her, he had to revive her, her heart rate and body temp dropped significantly, but she's going to be okay. Says he doesn't know why she responded like that so he wants to do extra x-rays to check her heart?!? I should not have approved but I did.
I picked her up and the bill is now double what he estimated. He barely goes over it, I have to remind him to explain it to me and go over the x-rays.. He forgets why he told me they wanted to x-ray.. Doesn't even mention her heart and when I ask about it he says "Oh I am glad you remembered to ask." There is $200 on the bill for "extra medications" which were give to revive her...his mistake I had to pay for. He has the nerve to tell me "and it should have been more than that we gave you a discount."
KICKER - I asked him if she should still take the fluoxetine tonight and he said,"good question." He had no idea. (Meanwhile I know you can't just stop giving behavioral meds without side effects)
He called me the following day, today, to go over the bloodwork...which was exactly the same as it had been months ago during her last exam. I am still stuck on his over sedating her, so I ask, "Did you by any chance weigh her yesterday?" And he says yes. I asked, "Did you weigh her before you sedated her or after?" And he says he weighed her after! So I asked, "Oh, so how did you know how much to give her if you didn't know her weight?" and he says, "I eyed her."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
I can't even believe he said that!
This guy has no clue what he's doing and will charge you $$$$$ for his mistakes.
Thankfully he did not kill my cat, for that I am grateful.
But please don't gamble your pets' lives here. read more