Amherst Animal Hospital

This place specializes in exotics - birds, turtles, etc. They do an excellent job about assessing your pet and giving you options in terms of budget constraints. I have been impress with the care and advice they have given me regarding my RES turtle. Read Less

I may have liked the experience when i went in however i expect the reason for going in to be solved. My hamster still cant eat solid food 3 weeks later and i get advised to give my hamster up to the humane society because they didnt clip/grind his teeth enough for him to not have to eat paste until his teeth kill him ? I find that unacceptable. I dont care how close this vet is to me im not coming back. 230 bucks to be told 3weeks later to dump my hamster, my god. Read Less

I have been looking around for a vet clinic that does check ups on small animals. Amherst is one of only a few in the general area and they are the only ones that answered my questions in detail and asked what was going on with my animal. When I called back to make an appointment, they fit me in the same day. When I got to the clinic, all staff was respectful and treated my animal with kindness and respect. They made sure she was comfortable and gave her a thorough check up. They did not prescribe anything unnecessary or suggest anything in order to make a profit. This animal hospital wants what is best for its pet patients, and their owners. I would HIGHLY recommend this vet hospital to anyone who is searching for the best place to take their animal. Read Less

This should have been posted for a while now, but here we go. My dog had a little condition called demodex, which is basically an overactive mite infestation, when he was a puppy. It is not a serious thing at all, and usually results from a suppressed immune system. Considering that he was a puppy at a time, it comes as no surprise at all. The symptom that he was displaying was that his hair started to fall out on his head. It looked worrysome to us, so of course we decided to bring him to the vet for a check up. The vet (Dr. Kimberly Hester) did the test and came back with a solution of giving him some drugs to deal the infestation. She said that if the condition does not clear within a couple of weeks, he would need to get a "chemical bath" to get rid of it. The drugs cost about $200 in total, and the "bath" would have cost hundreds of dollars more. We decided to go online and do some research before giving the pup the prescribed meds and turns out that this medication is basically a poison that the dog absorbs through their body and as a consequence would kill the excess mites. One of the side effects of this medication is that it suppresses the immune system of the dog in their later years. We started to research more and turned out that the proposed "chemical bath" is one of the extreme methods to treat your dog with, as it REALLY impacts their immune system in the long run. Basically, a condition that starts due to an already suppressed immune system is treated in ways that suppress the immune system even more. What's worse is that the vets (professionals that are supposed to take care of the pet's health) make profit on making the pets UNhealthy. It's a complete oxymoron, but I guess it pays the bills, right? BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! At this point, we were doing research intensively and turns out that all that was needed to treat this condition is a solution of water, borox and hydrogen peroxide - completely safe compounds that do not impact the animal's health. We washed the pup with his shampoo and then dumped the solution on him without drying. The condition was resolved after 3 baths. Both compounds together cost less than $10 and the pup is healthy and did not have to go through the immunity suppressing treatments to get rid of it. I don't know whether the vet didn't know about it (which she should have instead of trying to destroy my dog's immunity), or knew about it but didn't tell us, because, hey, she is making money at it. Whatever the case is - it is absolutely disgusting that they wanted us to pay for limiting my time with my dog. I strongly encourage everyone doing their own research on the medications they are giving to their pets, that is prescribed to them by the vets from this clinic. Read Less

Took my little bunny to this clinic to cure his parasites, and they took amazing care of him! Also had him neutered here recently, and of course, they did an awesome job with that, too. Our little bunny and I are very happy with all of those that we have seen there which include Denise, Kristi, Chris, Dr. Hester and Dr. Young!!! Thank you all very much for taking the extra care and extra seminars to help my pets and everyone else's that come in to see you guys everyday. I recommend this pet hospital for anyone who has a pet - be it a little birdie or hamster or a doggy and any other animals people keep at home!!! Read Less

We utilized this vet for the same pet twice. The first time they saved her life and gave her amazing treatment, the second time they gave her treatment but unfortunately her body was older and she died peacefully at home. She was a parrot and our baby and I was so grateful for the vet being so thorough and calm with us in our time of need. Even though she passed peacefully at home Amherst Veterinary found out and sent us a sympathy card. Brought our family to tears but was an action which meant a lot. Though we don't plan on ever owning another pet, and never another bird just because of how much we loved her and how hard this has been, if I ever did and was in need I would come back here in a heartbeat.Read Less

Top-notch and caring service. They care about every pet that comes through their doors, and will go the extra mile for each one. Better yet, they're excellent at caring for exotic pets that most vets don't know how to deal with. Wonderful place and wonderful people. Read Less

Dr Lane is incredible. One of the nicest people, let alone vets I've ever met. He was wonderful with my gerbil. She had a sore on her stomach and needed a cone on her head. That's right, like a dog. He fashioned a tiny gerbil-sized neck cone for her from plastic and medical tape. She didn't like it much but Dr Lane's innovation helped her heal. The prices are incredibly reasonable too. Read Less

Update: October 2012Hi there,Just a quick update. Dr. Luckwaldt is now at Greenwood Park Animal Hospital (1041 Gerrard Street East - 416.778.6666). So you don't even need to leave downtown to find a great vet ;)_________This Vet hospital is worth the trip from Toronto to Scarborough, it was worth even the $40 that I paid in cab fare to get there! The vet technicians are extremely helpful, the front desk personnel is nice and approachable, and Dr. Luckwaldt is the best vet that my bulldog ever had.I was referred to Dr. Luckwaldt by a friend who said that he is the type of professional who really cares about his clients' health and goes the extra mile to help both pets and oweners. I couldn't agree more. My English Bulldog joined his practice with a Masticular Muscle Myositis diagnosis and a very pessimistic prognosis. She was relapsing even in the highest dose of prednisone and we were thinking that time would come that we would need to consider putting her down. However, Dr. Luckwaldt always encouraged us to keep trying and reporting all symptoms, even the ones that seemed unrelated to her condition.It has been four months since we met Dr. Luckwaldt and our dog's health has improved drastically. We discovered that she had an abscessed tooth and her thyroid levels were off. She is going back to being the healthy and happy dog that she has always been thanks to Dr. Luckwaldt!Before committing your resources to a downtown practice, consider this hospital. It's more affordable than other GTA animal hospitals and the staff really treats your pet as a member of the family, not a money maker! Read Less