I never leave reviews but it wouldn't feel right to not warn others about my experience here. The pain and discomfort that my perfect Noah experienced in his final months were largely if not completel... Read More
I never leave reviews but it wouldn't feel right to not warn others about my experience here. The pain and discomfort that my perfect Noah experienced in his final months were largely if not completely due to the neglect of the vets at this clinic. While the employees here are all extremely kind, and while Noah enjoyed his time at this clinic in boarding, I absolutely do not recommend Prospect Park Animal Clinic for veterinary care.I had been bringing my cat Noah, who recently died at around 12 years old, to Prospect Park Animal Clinic for about two years when he developed pancreatitis, which made him too nauseas to eat. It seemed there was no way to address the cause of his pancreatitis, as antibiotics were ineffective. I was unable to successfully give him anti-nausea medications orally and asked if there was any alternative. The youngest male vet (whose name escapes me) recommended that I give Noah regular injections of Cerenia until his nausea improved, although Cerenia is not labeled for long-term use. I asked if there were other, less invasive anti-nausea treatments. He said there weren't. I asked about potential side effects. He told me he had never seen any. Then the vet tech patiently taught me to give injections in one specific location in Noah's upper back.The Cerenia injections were so painful for Noah that he began to hide from me regularly. However, I believed that they were necessary to get him to eat, and I could space them out to once every few days, so I powered through, hoping his nausea would resolve itself. When Noah developed painful tremors that seemed to originate from the injection site, I looked up Cerenia's side effects and found that for even short-term use, Cerenia can cause neurological problems and muscle spasms. Still, I trusted the vet and figured Noah might just be getting old. Then Noah's tremors became so painful that he would cry and urinate uncontrollably when they occurred. They ultimately became almost constant.I brought Noah back to Prospect Park Animal Clinic. Dr. Silverman, who had not seen Noah previously, recommended simply changing Noah's diet. He also thought the tremors were a symptom of old age, but seemed perplexed as to why I was injecting the Cerenia in the same place each time, which he recommended I stop doing. Finally I brought up that I had read about Cerenia's side effects on Google, and asked if they might be a concern. The Dr. assured me that he had never heard of the side effects I'd mentioned, but proceeded to look them up himself. Then he recommended I stop injecting the Cerenia. I proceeded to ask what I could do to address Noah's continued nausea in the absence of using Cerenia.To my astonishment he recommended an inexpensive Pepsid cream that could be rubbed into Noah's ears. Apparently the highly expensive, extremely painful, and potentially dangerous Cerenia injections that I had at that point been giving Noah for months had been completely unnecessary all along. Noah did not mind the cream at all and it worked perfectly to resolve his nausea.Frustrated and upset, I decided to seek care elsewhere (at the All Creatures Vet Hospital, which I highly recommend). Within literally 5 seconds of Noah's physical exam, the vet there identified that he had a truly horrible case of fleas. The fleas were very likely the cause of his tremors. I was so happy that Noah had fleas! I had thought he might have irreversible damage from the Cerenia! I began to pick off his fleas with a free flea comb that the new vet provided me. Noah improved immediately and dramatically, and all seemed well.Unfortunately, two days later Noah was very noticeably lethargic. He could not get off of my bed to pee and was breathing heavily, so I brought him to the ER where they diagnosed severe anemia. Too much blood was lost for Noah's anemia to be due to the fleas. When Noah's blood count continued to drop after an initial blood transfusion, it was determined to be either cancer or a blood cell -destroying infection, perhaps caused by the fleas. The latter was ruled out.I will never know exactly what happened to Noah; diagnostic tests would have been very uncomfortable for him and the new vets agreed that his prognosis was poor regardless. On November 17th, I put my best friend to sleep after months of unnecessary pain and discomfort due to not just Cerenia injections; and not just a horrible, undiagnosed case of fleas; but also, in all likelihood, bone cancer.Please save your own pets from over-medication and medical neglect by choosing a different clinic. Read Less