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Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital
Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital
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3695 Kipling Street Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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Over the years, I've visited the specialty clinics of Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital a number of times, to see Dr Wise and Dr. Worth. On every visit, the staff and vets have treated complex medical issues of my cats, with great care.
by BrianY xxx.xxx.194.195
November 27, 2018
Money making machine. The vets (revolving door of 25 year olds) are probably trained on sales techniques.

They took a vigorous 18 yr old cat who had an upper respiratory infection/viral infection, and we took him home as a disoriented, confused, agitated cat who will probably need to be euthanized. After 3 visits with no results in getting him over the respiratory infection, he was given 4 strong medications all because we asked them to give him something to help him sleep when we left him overnight ($1200). They initially gave him METHADONE (WTF?? An OPIOID to help him sleep??). My cat then had a seizure from the opioid (never had a seizure before), so they gave him something to reverse the seizure - Midazolam which is a benzo also used as a sedative. Googling opioid + sedative will result in very scary warnings about not mixing the two - kills people. Then they gave him naloxone to reverse the opioid, and flumazenil to reverse the midazolam. If that happened to a person, there would be a malpractice lawsuit.

My cat is now out of his mind, just paces back and forth (for over 18 hours) from one water bowl to another - doesn't drink, doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, doesn't recognize us. Before and after the unbelievable amount of medications, we were recommended one diagnostic procedure after another - x rays, rhinoscopies, MRI's, CT scans, ultra sounds, neurology tests, steroids, antibiotics, anti-nausea, appetite stimulants. We did some of them and racked up a bill of $2,200. If we did all of it, it would have been over $5,000.

Their answer is the medications they gave him are not causing the new problems - but they need to see him again to give a definitive answer - yeah right, just one more way to get $$$. They did a physical neurologic exam on him after giving him the seizure, said that he probably has some neurologic issues but without biopsy that it is not clear what the cause is - could be cancer, could be benign, could be bacteria. How anyone can do an accurate neurological exam after pumping opiods, sedatives and drugs that amp up his cortisol, and after having a seizure is beyond understanding. Again, just one more procedure to make money.

He was a social cat 2 days ago who could jump, walk, and sleep. I'm beyond rage and heartbreak at what they did to him. They will cover their tracks and never admit responsibility.
by Mary Tuckfield xxx.xxx.198.5
January 30, 2017
I brought my dog there bc she is very sick. A two year old dog, in her prime and she hadn't eaten like normal for 3 days. She seemed to have trouble going number twin and seems to be in pain when walking. Long story short, I spent 4 hours there and over $700 for an X-ray, urinalysis, a bag of lactated ringers (to take home), and bloodwork to be completed only to not find the cause.
The next day (today) I called asking someone to look at her file and tell me if it is possible she could have been poisoned. They said yes, it is possible. So I asked if she ingested rat poison a week ago was there any treatment options available to help. She gave me generic bs avoiding the question. I asked her 2 more times, phrased differently, and she still wouldn't give me an answer.
I hung up, called back, asked the lady ( Megan) to look up my file and get me a doctor who would answer a direct question directly. At this point She started jumping to their defense, claiming that it, "Depends on what the question is." For whether or not they would be able to answer it. I began to explain what the direct question was asking and she interrupted me, claiming that I was yelling (I absolutely was not) then she hung up on me. Called back, same thing. Oh, and apparently they have no supervisor there at all times. Guess that's how they get away with treating customers this way.
To spend over $700, not make any kind of diagnosis, then refuse to answer a question simple as this for my dog, who is still suffering from the same thing as the day before is way, way unacceptable.
Also, they will not allow you to stay with your dog, which I am not a fan of either and for something routine, I would have found someone who would have. Guess I really would have been better off doing that this time too. All about the $$$ here, not about your animal.
Don't get me wrong, most of the people are nice in the office, so long as customer don't expect simple, direct questions to be answered.
I have done my job, proceed at your (your pets) own peril!
If i can upload the letter in response to my original Google review, I will upload it in photos.
by David H xxx.xxx.222.31
November 06, 2015
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3695 Kipling Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033