I can't say anything about the other vets at this location but DO NOT use Dr. Factor unless you are particularly keen on being overcharged, insulted, made to feel inferior and left with a bad taste in... Read More
I can't say anything about the other vets at this location but DO NOT use Dr. Factor unless you are particularly keen on being overcharged, insulted, made to feel inferior and left with a bad taste in your mouth.To summarize: I do not believe that Dr. Factor had my cat's best interest at heart. I feel duped for participating in his "free" cat exam. I DO NOT feel that he adequately takes the time to explain charges or plans and fear mongers you into tests. He was very rude and EXTREMELY condescending towards me once I told him I was going to another vet.----------------Dr. Factor came in and did his examination of our cat. He looked at her teeth which is when he spotted a broken canine. He said that the canine would be causing her immense pain and that we should schedule to have it removed as soon as possible. He said he would need her blood work done. So we scheduled everything right then.--------------They said the blood results would be available the next day. I called 3 times that day, nervous about the results. They said they would call me back TWICE. I did not hear from anyone until the next morning. Dr. Factor said that my cat's kidneys looked good but indicated some minor renal issues. He then told me that she needed to be on a prescription-only diet (that I could only get from him) for the next month. At the end of the month he wanted to re-do her blood work.This amazed me. At our last meeting he stressed her pain as being the most important thing, now he's saying that her kidneys look good but he won't touch her until she's been on a special diet for a month.There is NO diet that will completely change your kidney function in one month; however, it just so happens though, that the $130 blood work would expire in exactly one month and would need to be redone. This, after paying about $40 for their prescription diet. Then I went back and checked the bill. I realize now that he ALSO charged me for a Urinalysis which was NOT discussed during our meeting. I was ALSO charged for shots! This totaled to over $75 in charges that I did not feel properly informed about.-------------That was the last straw. I went in to get a copy of my cat's blood work to take for a second opinion. Dr. Factor met me in the waiting room with the bag of food, eager to sell me on something else.I told him I didn't feel informed about the charges and wanted a second opinion. He offered only a condescending attitude towards me and said "Well, I have some pamphlets that will explain it". I said, "It just doesn't make any sense to me". To which he, very haughtily replied, "Well, that's why I have a degree". o_0Then I brought up the Urinalysis. He INSISTED that he discussed it with us, despite the fact that neither my husband nor myself recall this. I said, "Well, I'm not paying for it". He said, "We already did." I said, "I'm a customer asking you to make this right. I did not feel like any of these charges were adequately explained to me and to be honest you had me so scared from our last meeting that I would have signed anything". "It's already done. I'm not going to do anything about it". To which he just walked away from me.I've never been so angry, embarrassed, cheated, manipulated, frustrated... He was pretentious, rude, no compassion or understanding. I wouldn't recommend him for ANYTHING. Just an awful experience and I regret ever going there.Oh and did I mention that he wanted to charge me $600-800 for the extraction?... Read Less