Veterinary Specialty Hospital Of The Carolinas

Ourdog had pneumonia. They cgmharged us 340.00 for 45 antibiotic pills. Our local was able to find a human antibioric...same thing...for 100 bucks. We ran out this weekend and could not purchase tge human equivalent. Had to go back to VSH Cary. Not until did they charge me 340.00 but tmthey doubl billed me!i

The other issue other than price gouging on oharma products is their schtick to recommend unnecessary tests to pad tgeir bill. Our dog had a relapse of pneumonia. His prior antibiotic had oprked very well. But thry wnted to put him under at 11 years 5 months age..he is a larg ef fog near the end of his nirmal life span and anesthesia is very dangerous at his age... to get a lung culture to identify the germ. We refused, ssying simply prescemribe the antibiotic that had worked very well last time. Tge dog recovered.

Also...they are not good at advising on after care. Ou rv smdog had sn inflamed esophagus and needed to be special vet otherwise pneumonia could recurr. We learned this from our local vet.

Summary, great in treating emergencies and performing surgeries, but overcharge and continually recommend unneccesary treatments, procedures and tests. I suggest NC State emergency clinic in Raleigh.

My parents are close to 80, very trusting and love their pets. These leeches have had them taking one pet or another (or both) almost every week for almost 8 months and still cannot give them an answer as to what is wrong.

My parents live 1-1/2 to 2 hours away depending on traffic and right now my mom is very upset because after taking their cat there almost weekly for 3 months they were told today "they still aren't sure what the problem is, we may want to start chemo again." And her dog, who has been going there for 8 months "may need surgery again" with no clear reason why. I told her to get another diagnosis or just let her pets go peacefully because these folks are obviously trying to make sure they take my parents for everything they can and what they are doing is not good for my parents or the pets. Sure is good for that hospital wallet, though.

You've been warned. Just like when a person is sick, always get a second opinion and research your hospitals before you go to make sure you are getting one that really cares.

Could each and everyone of you who commented please send me an email to me stating your experience? My email is shertzer7@***.net I need help please!

I refuse to be milked for money that is unjustified, this place is unreal! They are not here for the love and care of animals and this is not right

It has been a few years now but I show and breed Irish Wolfhounds. I use a service called WhelpWise to monitor the progression of labor and the health of the puppies not yet born.

I had 4 puppies, 3 with heart beats of in the 230-240 range and one in distress with a heart beat of only 140. Whelpwise suggested an immediate emergency C-section and even called VSH to let them know that I was on my way and to have the surgeon there ready for an emergency C-section. After 3 hrs. and waiting and waiting and waiting we found out that they had just called the surgeon and after 4 hrs.

there two of the puppies were dead and only two were delivered via C-section after 4 hrs.

of waiting plus the one hour it took me to get there. They are a disgrace and apparently only have newly licensed vets in charge of emergency care which should never happen as they don't know what to do in a real emergency.

I took my dog to this hospital and rather than care for her they gave her two different sedatives which I had to pay for twice. She had urinary retention due to bladder stones and they did not relieve the pain or the stones.

The female doctor tried to get me to leave her and pay $1000 rather than the $500 for the two shots. They were supposed to catheterize her and never did. I agreed for the sedation and catheter. But, because they wanted the extra money they did not do it as discussed.

So, my dog was there for 7 hours in pain. She said their surgeon could do surgery for $4500-$5500!!!

I came back to get her though they had not done anything but given her shots and she was still crying. I took her to our regular vet the next morning and he did the procedure for $1100.

VERY HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH VHS...CALLED TO CHECK ON FUR BABY AND FOUND SHE HAD NOT PEED THEN WHEN WE SAID WE WERE PICKING HER UP OH BY THE WAY SHE PEED FOUR TIMES. HAD NOT STARTED FLUIDS AS CHARGED AND AS PROMISED.

NO DIFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS. FELT PUSHED INTO KEEPING HER LONGER THAN THEY SUGGESTED.

EVERYTHING WAS MONEY MONEY MONEY...ALSO WAS HIGHLY OFFENDED THAT IF YOU CONSENT TO CPR FOR YOUR PET YOU ARE CHARGED 400.00!!! IF I GAVE CPR TO A PERSON UNKNOWN LAYING ON THE PAVEMENT I DON'T CARRY A CREDIT CARD READER...I DO IT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY HEART...THIS PLACE LACKS COMPASSION AND HEARTS

Do NOT take your pet here:

You will not get quality care and you will get surprise charges and excessive charges beyond what you authorize. They do not even help your pet. You pay Thousands, to only have to turn around and take to another vet and get proper service for mere Hundreds of dollars.

This place is a rip OFF. And Be Ware!!!! They will bully you into paying what they charge whether justified or not!.

They claim to have sent me three invoices for additional charges, which I never received, but this month I receive a notice that they are going to send the additional charges to Collections. Really ???? What kind of extortion are they running. STAY AWAY!!!!!

DO NOT GO to this place…I requested help getting my dog out of the car. Two techs picked him up and put him on the gurney and he FELL BACKWARDS OFF OF IT.

Their response: He didn't hit his head? Really? OMG. The Hospital Administrator did not say much…not even an apology.

The ER Dr diagnosed congestive heart failure so I had to put him down.

So much for a dignified death. Bounce him in the parking lot first…..Definitely go to the NC Vet School ER or Holly Springs…..so sorry I went here for my sweet dog to suffer even more in his last hours…..

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2/8/2016

These people have added insult to injury by failing to respond to several emails concerning the death of our pet. After depositing $2000 dollars with them and receiving a phone call from the vet on duty reporting that the animal was dead 21 hours after admission and in the next ten minutes being told that the animal was still alive only to see the animal die 90 minutes later, I find it astonishing that they will not respond to my questions concerning additional charges of $1,643 since I was never told that the original $2000 had been expended.

I urge you to under all circumstances avoid taking your animal for care to any Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas. In the Triangle of North Carolina you have the option of turning to the North Carolina Veterinary School facilities. You can Google me to validate my credentials and credibility and evaluate my authority to give this advice and make this recommendation. The care provided at Veterinary Specialty Hospitals was by junior people with inadequate training and absent supervision resulted in the death of a treasured pet.

Bruce A. Barron, M.D. Ph.D., M.P.H.

This place is horrible. They will do anything to get you through the doors and charge you for unnecessary costs.

We took our cat to our normal vet for blood work and found out she was having kidney failure. They sent us over to VHS to get an ultrasound and confirmed with them that the ultrasound technicians were there. When we showed up they quickly got us into a room and took the cat to the back, making us think she was getting prepped for the ultrasound. They brought her back very quickly and then we sat in the room for over an hour before the vet came to talk to us. She then informed us that the ultrasound technicians were not there and our only option really was to leave her over night for the chance that the technician could come in on a Saturday. They said in all the visit with ultrasound would cost us $2,000-$3,500.

When we declined to leave her overnight, they still charged us $120 for an after hours exam fee. Had they told us when we got there that the ultrasound technicians are not available we would have left immediately to go back to our normal vet. But their hiding the truth cost us valuable hours and we had to pay for them to tell us the same information our normal vet had just faxed over to them.

We will never take any of our pets here again.

Do not under any circumstances go to VHS in Cary NC for your pet. Specifically do not see Dr.

Eward who is totally incompetent and a liar to boot. That entire practice will just clean out your bank account, lie to you, not care about your pet and is generally just a racket. This is absolutely the worst practice I have ever been to and I have owned a lot of dogs. You want to believe the vet when you bring your pet in, but be careful, they are just a racket and want $$$.

NO GOOD DOCTORS HERE. DO NOT ENTER!!!!!

Dr. Eward in Cary at Veterinary Specialty Hopsital was responsible for me having to euthanize my dog.

Her incompetence and complete lack of care not to mention botching an operation led to my dogs death. This place is just a cash cow for operations and if you review many places on the web you will see that they are just after the money. They don't care about your pet and will bleed you dry. Go to VSRH in Cary or NCSU.

Anywhere but this place and this Dr. Unfortunately, vets can kill your pets and there really isn't anything you can do about it but get the word out for other people to be wary.

This place looks good on the outside, and they talk a good game, but they are a horror story. Just research what other people have to say and what happened to them, and you will not ever take a pet here.