Bellport Animal Hospital

I recently purchased a six month old kitten from a pet store that gave me a voucher for free neutering at the Bellport Animal Hospital. I had never been there before, and would never go back after having been there now. I brought my kitten in for a check up and saw a male doctor that told me he was very healthy and to bring him back in three weeks to be neutered. All seemed well. Three weeks later I returned with my little guy and saw a female doctor who very quickly ran through a list of tests I should have done before proceeding with the surgery. She was insisting on pulling his baby teeth and told me that if she did not pull them, his baby teeth and adult teeth would fall out. She convinced me to have an x-ray done on his heart because she said she heard a very slight murmur. After she did the x-ray, she told me his heart was slightly enlarged and I needed to get an echocardiogram done on him for $350 before they put him under anesthesia. I felt something wasn't right and decided to hold off on the neutering and the test. Two days later his baby teeth that she insisted wouldn't come out on their own fell out, and the new vet that I went to said there was no murmur and nothing wrong with his heart. I am convinced they just didn't want to do that free neutering and tried to take me for as much as they could. I would never go back there again, and I would advise everyone looking for a vet to look elsewhere.

My past two dogs were under their care and I can say I did not have a problem until now. Recently we bought a dog that became ill within two days of purchase and died under their care. I'm not putting any blame on them for the puppies illness or the fact that the dog passed on. The problem was the affiliation they had with the pet store. We got minimal information about the puppies condition due to the fact the pet store advised them not to tell us too much. This was told to us by the animal hospital on 8/4/08 after the dog died. They refused to return any of our phone calls all weekend. Unfortunately we will never know the full truth. We fell in love with this little puppy for the short time we had her and we think that they were very insensitive towards our feelings.

Awhile back my dog Kodiak (akita) was hit by a big car or truck.. They weren't sure if she would make it but they were truthful. They said they could do a uick exploratory surgery.. They did. And she lived another 8 years from then,, They are the best! They even worked out a payment plan since it was so much (but all Vets are )