Bakersfield Pets Vet Hospital 9339 Rosedale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93312

""I advise you not to bring your pet here because they are only concerned about making money and they will try to cheat you. Personally, I took my dog to this clinic as my old vet retired and my dog needed medication for her allergies. The doctor examined my dog thoroughly and claimed that she may have an autoimmune disease called Lupus. However, the doctor took advantage of my concern and had his assistants give me an estimate of $1,175.00 for various charges such as x-rays, blood work, medications, injections, and so on. I agreed to it because I wanted to know if my dog actually had Lupus. I left my dog in their care and received a call eight hours later that she could be picked up with her medication. When I asked about their diagnosis, the assistant said that the doctor wanted to perform additional tests, such as a urinalysis and other exams. I refused because I felt they were just trying to take more money from me. When I arrived to speak to the doctor and asked him about his diagnosis, he said that with all the exams, he still couldn't determine if my dog had Lupus or not. He even admitted that no other vet in town could determine it from those exams. I was upset and demanded my money back, but he refused. I felt that he was a dishonest doctor who only cared about making money.""

"I usually don’t do reviews but this has to do with the safety of my pets. This happened awhile ago so im not sure if the same people work here. Took my dog here for a checkup and bloodwork and he literally spent the entire day there. For a quick checkup. And just waiting for my dog to be seen took over an hour.. Staff was unhelpful and dismissive as well as a bit disrespectful. Every question i asked was either answered with another question or completely disregarded. Seemed to not know what they were doing at all. 0/10 i only gave 1 star because it’s required for a review"

"I'm never bringing my dogs back after going unnecessarily into debt for this place. My dog was pooping and throwing up blood so we took him here as they give the quickest appointments. Every time we can we sat in thr lobby for an hour minimum so the appointment time was very pointless. Thry seem ridiculously understaffed as well. We were charged 3k for 2 x rays, 1 set of blood tests, and 1 set of fecal tests. They tacked on all sorts of extra charges and insisted it was necessary. Some examples are sedation for 50, vitamin b for 40, anti-inflammatory for 50 etc.... thry took 5 days to get back to us on thr conclusive results of his testing and x rays. I called every day and they said they'd get back to me soon. We couldn't wait any longer and took him to the vca as an emergency visit but it only cost 400 bucks for the exact same treatment. They didn't have to sedate my dog and they didn't give him 40 different injections and shots that each cost 50 bucks. They were much quicker and efficient. They eased our concerns and gave us the same medication but in 2 bottles instead of 7. I'm boggled at how I feel like a vets office was negligent towards my dog and his test results and how 90% of the itemized bill felt very inflated and unnecessary. Of course they insisted everything was necessary but the fact that we got the same tests abd exams done at an emergency hospital quicker and for 7% of what all critters hodpital charged is infuriating and mind boggling. It really felt like a money grab when I looked at my bill"

"I do not recommend this vet. I took my chihuahua there because his back legs where not working. I waited two hours after my appointment time. When I finally got to see the vet he did a very minimal exam and said he would do X-rays and they would contact me with the results. I questioned that because our regular vet always reviews the X-rays immediately with us. He said he can only tell if something is very obvious like a broken bone. I asked what are you doing for him today he can’t walk, he hasn’t eaten in two days he hasn’t used the bathroom in two days. He clearly needed help that day. He gave steroids and told me a pain medicine and sent me on my way after six hours they couldn’t tell me anything other than he needs rest. I called my vet the next day and they got in him and the steroids where for a dog triple his weight and the ‘pain meds’ where a joint supplement that had nothing to do with the problem he had. When they called me back to give me the x ray results all they said was he needs rest!! This cost me 722.00 for them to do nothing and prescribe medicine that was completely wrong for my pet. They have zero compassion for your animal. I will be filing a formal complaint with the veterinary board also."

"AKA All Critters Animal Hospital. They were perturbed when I wanted to get the medication they presctibed through a third party for a cheaper price and did everything possible to block this from happening including repeatedly not responding to (FAX & e-mail) & hanging up on the pharmacy when they tried to verify the prescription. It wasn't until I happened to be on the line at the same time as the pharmacy & demanded that they verify the prescription that they finally did. It took weeks! Meanwhile my pet was suffering needlessly. They are unprofessional & incompetent. I reported them to the vet medical board. I had seen some poor reviews on them, but needed emergency care for my pet and they were the only place available. Now I know why - no wonder they have plenty of appointments available! Since this time, I have spoken to several other vets & people who care for animals who also had poor experiences with this "vet" and had a very bad opinion of them. I will never take any pets there again nor would I recommend them."