Care Animal Hospital

511 E Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511, USA

Category:	Veterinarian
Address:	511 E Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511, USA
Phone:	+1 813-684-7387
Rating:	4.5
Working:	7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 7:30AM–6PM 8AM–3PM Closed

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Robyn LeBeau

I cant even begin to explain how amazing this animal hospital is. My puppy, Alli, and I have been to many a different animal hospitals because of our journey throughout the state of florida and no where else did I find as much love, knowledge and dedication to animals and their owners. I happened upon Care Animal Hospital when I met the owner Dr. Richard Kane in my line of work as physical therapist. At that point, we were between vets because we had just moved. When Alli needed to be taken to the vet due to a concern of a re-occurrence of bladder stones, I took her to the animal hospital down the street from my home because it was close, convenient, it had good online reviews. That hospital led me to believe that my 5 year old mini schnauzer had a bladder tumor that is often terminal in dogs. In my hysteria, I left a message for Dr. Kane who was out of the country at the time. He called me back within hours from Ireland and told me he would take care of Alli. When I brought Alli to see him he calmed all of my fears and told me she just had a re-occurrence of bladder stones that would need to be removed surgically. He worked around my schedule and he, and his colleagues, took the best care of her. He called me as soon as her surgery was over and personally called me that evening after I had brought her home to check up on her. Since that time, Care Animal Hospital has been the ONLY place I would take my dog to in the tampa bay area. My fiance also began taking his cat and dog to see Dr. Kane. We have also seen the other veterinarians at the hospital and have been nothing but happy with the care they have provided. In every situation, they have gone above and beyond. Dr. Kane has even given me a tour of his hospital and his surgery center for horses; you can tell that being a veterinarian is truly his calling because of the way he lights up when he talks about his animals and his facility. He even recently brought on his daughter as a colleague and new veterinary graduate that was recently rated one of the top 25 UF Alumni under 25. If shes even half as awesome as her dad, I know the practice will be in great hands when he passes on the reigns. Now that my fiance and I have taken our humble abode of animals out to Texas, we were crushed to have to find a new vet that would take as good of care of them as Care Animal Hospital did. But I try not to worry too much because Dr. Kane and his staff promised to be just a phone call away and even found me a new Vet in the area that they recommended. If youre looking for a truly amazing group of people to care for your pets, look no more. Care Animal Hospital is absolutely the best of the best!

Dora Breckinridge

When my cat had a severely distended abdomen last Friday and our current vet was dragging his feet, we were calling around trying to see ANYONE who would take care of us since we knew hardly anyone would be open on the weekend. I called CARE and they said they would see me if I brought our cat in right away, which I did, driving the ten miles there. We sat for maybe five minutes after I filled out a sheet, and then we were seen immediately by Dr Kane and two nurses. I originally only thought we were going to get my cats stomach tapped and an ultrasound. (The things my vet was unable to provide.) It was a flurry of activity, and after a few minutes the doctor said, "Ill be honest with you. I could charge you $300 for what you want me to do and send you home, but you have a VERY sick cat. If you hadnt brought him in, he wouldnt have survived the weekend. If you want, I can make you an appointment somewhere that can take care of him RIGHT NOW." When I said yes, Dr Kane personally made an appointment for me (at a place I had called and was told was booked til Tuesday no less) and I could hear him on the other room saying, "I know youre busy, but this cat really needs your help." Our cat has since been diagnosed with heart failure, but is on meds and has had his abdomen drained and is getting the aftercare he needs... we hope to have at least another year with him, but if we hadnt seen Dr Kane we wouldnt have him right now. Because Dr Kane took a personal interest in our cat, and moved so professionally and decisively, our cat is still alive, happy, and comfortable today. We are taking our cat in today for a follow-up to see Dr Piscitelli (the cardiologist who actually treated our cat at the other location and works on and off at Care) and this place has earned its spot as our primary vet, despite the distance. It was clean, professional, and staffed by busy, friendly people.

L Smith

Some ladies brought in a baby squirrel on a late Friday afternoon to the animal shelter where I volunteer, and we dont take them at the shelter. They were freaking out so I promised them I would find a place that would take the creature and do all they could to take care of it. I called about 10-12 different rescues that I found online, but hardly anybody answered and nobody that I got ahold of could take it right away. Friday night is not a good time to be calling people!! I finally called BluePearls and they said the MIGHT have somebody. So, I did my best to rehydrate it, warm it, and called back in the morning next day, and they said she couldnt take it. So I took a chance, called it in and drove it over to Care, and they immediately put me at ease, gave me a release form, and let me know that they had 3-4 other babies in back for her to snuggle with and the lady that fosters them would be by later in the day to pick them all up. The receptionist was incredibly, unbelievably helpful and kind considering I was not a paying customer, instead I might be a -costing- customer because I was saddling them with a new creature. She told me all about the foster lady, her process, etc, and really put me at ease that I could fulfill my promise to those women that the baby would be taken care of. She was also kind enough to explain the forms that I was signing pertaining to the surrender and why I had to sign them when the baby wasnt mine to begin with. But hey, I wasnt paying for anything so I really cant complain!

A Private User

I had been going to Care for about a year and a half now. At first it was okay and the techs were really nice but I started to realize that the 2 hours I would spend at an appointment WAS normal for Care. My cats vaccinations were about $200 each animal because when I got there they said they needed to do some test on them first before they gave the vaccinations. Ive had cats my whole life and had never heard of such a thing. I even checked receipts from previous vets and the test wasnt on their vaccination papers. I gave in because they wouldnt do the vaccinations if I didnt do the $100 test. Then I took my puppy in for a bladder infection test and they tried to scare me into thinking he needed more blood tests to make sure he didnt have liver disease. I talked to a friend that had the same bladder infection situation and they said the same exact things to her! Did I mention the doctor said that it was so rare for my puppy to have this certain type of crystal in his bladder?... Amazing that my friends dog had the same ones... That bladder infection appointment for my dog took 3 1/2 HOURS! (Yes it was a scheduled appointment) I DONT TRUST them and I think they are pushing tests to make money for their birds and farm animals out back. I also boarded my puppy there for a few days when I went to get married. When I came back he had been pooping molch for a couple days and they had overcharged me on his stay. Go to Boyette Animal Hospital...