VCA Central Animal Hospital

"Do not take your sick pet here, you're wasting your time and your appointment time means nothing. If someone comes in for an emergency, you're looking to wait at least an hour and a half past your scheduled appointment time. The only reason we were even able to see anyone was by asking the front desk, and even then your waiting 20 mins each time before anything gets done. The staff was friendly, and I get there's not much they could do, but the fact we had wait that long for the doctor to look at my hamster for 5 minutes before he was done, was just frustrating. It's not like we had all the time in our day to be there. Overall we wasted 3 hours for what should've been an hour visit. I originally gave it 1 star but I'm changing it to 3 stars because at least the staff was cordial and they seemed to care when I inquired about stuff."

"We've unfortunately had A LOT of medical emergencies with our French Bulldog over the last year, and VCA Central has been there for almost every single one. He's had countless bouts of GI issues, including an episode of vomiting and diarrhea with severe abdominal pain that scared us both, but VCA Central was there to help us every step of the way. Dr. Johnson has always been kind, patient, and great at explaining everything to us, and helped our Frenchie get back to his health happy self. When our baby had a terrifying neurologic episode several months ago, we thought we might lose him, but everyone at VCA Central was so kind and helpful, even recommending a fantastic neurologist to us when they knew he needed more in depth treatment. They are our go-to hospital whenever one of our fur babies gets sick, and we are always going to be grateful for them. As far as cost, they are on the slightly pricier side, but I firmly believe you get what you pay for, and I have never felt pressured to spend money on anything unnecessary here. Everyone from the front desk staff to the technicians to the doctors are absolutely amazing."

"I have nothing bad to say about this place… They saved my boy!! In June, Panther ended up having Bladder stones. We had rushed him to an ER vet who charged us over 3k just for Exam, X-rays, a Catheter, and overnight hospitalization… they were quoting us 9k for surgery. We were devastated because we couldn’t afford that. We had him hospitalized overnight and the next day we began calling other vets to ask if they had space to take his case and how much it would cost. We had bad luck with over 30+ different vets in the LA Area. I was scared until I seen VCA Central. This was the last vet on my list to call, so I called. The receptionist was absolutely amazing and understood my stress about my baby. They were able to take Panther’s case. We immediately picked him up and transported him to VCA Central to which they took him in straight away. Dr. Falco was very informative about how things would go and reassured us that he would be in the best care. When it came to pricing, we knew it would still be expensive as frenchies need to be intubated a certain way, but their staff did the absolute best to work with us on the pricing. We knew our boy was in good hands. Within hours after dropping him off, we got the call that everything was successful. We were relieved, our baby boy was going to be just fine. The next day we were able to pick him up and the techs there were great and informed us on aftercare as well as a possible diet change for him to thrive. He is now almost fully healed and thriving. VCA Central saved Panther’s life and I can’t thank them enough for that."

"I’ve been here twice and they are always professional, empathetic and overall an amazing staff. The first time was for my newly adopted kitten whose sutures from the spaying had opened up & she developed a hernia. The doctor who operated was very kind. The second time visiting was unfortunately because of our senior german shepherd, who was having trouble breathing. I called 5 hospitals and none of them were able to help. One of the hospitals didn’t even have oxygen available. Until I called VCA Central and they immediately told us to come in. Sadly, it was our dog’s time to go, she was 15. The staff was thee very best during this hard time & made our last moments very special. I highly recommend bringing in your furbabies! Thank you VCA Central."

"Jonathan Ho, DVM is very professional. He did a detailed inspection of my turtle, gave professional advice, and taught me a lot of turtle breeding advice. Thank you very much for his help!"