We have been using VIP healthcare for our pets shots needs for a few years without any issues. We always enjoyed the doctors and staff that were at the clinics to as they were always very knowledgeabl... Read More
We have been using VIP healthcare for our pets shots needs for a few years without any issues. We always enjoyed the doctors and staff that were at the clinics to as they were always very knowledgeable about our pets health. With that being said, on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the Linglestown Road Pet Valu my husband took our cat Ned for his rabies vaccine. Ned is a 5-year-old male house cat and as of his last vet visit in July, a perfectly happy little boy. Upon a quick listen to Neds heart with a stethoscope, Dr. Aniseh Talebi told my husband our cat has a grade 4 or 5 heart murmur. My husband is completely shocked. Dr. Talebi then goes on to tell us our cats stomach is distended and suspects worms. As I said earlier, Ned was perfectly healthy and had no signs of a heart condition. How would I know you ask? For the past 2 years my dog Mandy battled mitral valve disease which as a veterinary should know is generally first detected by a heart murmur. We spent upwards of 10k on vet visits, compound medications, cardiologists appointments, and testing. We sadly lost Mandy in October. From our experience we know the major signs of a grade 4/5 heart murmur which are signs of difficulty breathing, lethargy, and lack of appetite. NONE of which Ned showed. Lastly, it is extremely rare to find a heart murmur in a cat. Upset and completely devastated we could now go through the horrible experience of losing our pet again, we took our Ned his primary vet for a recheck. To our relief, Ned has NO heart murmur, NO distended belly, NO worms. We spent $57 on a vet visit to demonstrate how careless and reckless Dr. Aniseh Talebi is. I know VIP Pet Care has high quality standards and if you would like to continue those standards, Dr. Talebi should be removed immediately for her poor judgment, clear lack of education, and unprofessional standards which I am sure are in clear violation of the Pennsylvania State Board of Veterinary Medicines guidelines. As you can tell my husband and I suffered a great deal of stress with this ordeal as a heart murmur diagnosis is not something you casually throw out as a diagnosis. Especially such a high grade as Dr. Talebi suggested. I would like to know how exactly VIP Healthcare plans to address this issues with Dr. Talebi and what the ramifications will be.Read Less