Livingston Animal & Avian Hospital

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Sarah Furno

Dr. Carla Kasaback has been my veterinarian ever since I moved to Tampa in October of 2014. My rat Columbo had just had a leg amputation prior to our move from Georgia a week before we came to Tampa. The previous vet had recommended that we get his stitches removed once we got to Tampa. He was doing OK until the stress of the move and picked at his stitches and got an infection. I randomly called some vets in the phone book to see who would take care of my poor Columbo and found Livingston Avian and Animal hospital and called to see if they had availability to see Columbo. They did and I got an appointment the very next day. Being unfamiliar to the area I had no idea at the time but they were only a half a mile away from my apartment. What luck!! When I met Dr. Kasaback she was very thorough in explaining the process. Columbo had to go under again to get re stitched up. Dr. Kasaback did a wonderful job, after the surgery she put him on 2 anti-biotics and some pain medication. Columbo recovered very quickly. Now I must say when my husband and I got Columbo he was already an old boy. We had him two years when he finally needed the leg amputation due to bumble foot, so he was probably around 4 years old. This is very old for a rat. Dr. Kasaback did a great job with surgery, there was that chance he wouldnt survive another surgery, especially after having been under anesthesia only a week and a half before. But she did such a good job. Even with three legs Columbo got around and gave us much joy and love. When Columbo finally passed due to a tumor her and her staff even sent us a sympathy card. The whole staff knows us there and I wouldnt take my pets anywhere else. She definitely knows her small animals. They are very fair with their prices to. The wont overcharge you. Its not about the money, you can tell she truly cares about you and your pet.

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Jorge Barquin

Theyre awesome. I was in the military so when I moved back home to Tampa from California, I needed a vet to take my extremely energetic, 2 year old, red nose pit. I was also taking care of my grandpas German Shepherd who had serious anxiety issues and she too was very energetic and only 3 years old. Together, they are a disaster. I was nervous as to how they would react to them wreaking havoc in their office and to my surprise they made me feel like everybodys dogs are as crazy and uptempo as mine. The service was great, and they treated my pit (who absolutely hates the vet) with care no matter how much he squirmed and cried and wrestled with them. I left the room an absolute mess of dog slobber and German Shepherd hair and they just thanked me for coming and said they couldnt wait to see my pit again. Walking out of there I knew right away that this was the place I want to continue taking my dog to. I would recommend Livingston Animal Hospital to anyone looking for a nice, small, cozy animal hospital filled with animal lovers (and cute women :-X).

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Jenna Allis

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME! I agree with Binx, Im sorry but it was a bad experience considering how much money I paid. They over charge with bad service. I had to wait 3 hours in the room, and keep reminding their tech on what to do. My puppy and cat fell asleep. Ive been working with animals for a long, long time professionally. This was not nearly adequate. I honestly got no information that I couldnt judge myself. Im going to have to go to another vet. Also, their place is horrible. The kennel I brought with me, that was freshly cleaned, left with fleas jumping all around it. The fleas came from the actual facility. Dont waste your money here.

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Monica Peverini

I been a pet owner all of my life and had tons of Vets - some good, some very bad. But nothing compared to the staff and vets (Topor, Kasaback, Yosha) that Livingston Animal Hospital have. They all love what they do and they do it very well. Staff has always been "on point" helpful and mindful (we recently had to put down our bull mastiff, and they made a very difficult experience less traumatic and they did everything imaginable to help our pet along with us throughout the process ). We bought a home in Pinellas county, but we will continue to make the long drive to use them to take care of our cats. I will not go anywhere else.

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Casey McCarthy

Good as it gets. All my animals have been treated great and seem to like going. Wait times can happen, but I like to think the time they are taking is quality care with other animals and owners. Some problems take time to solve and treat properly. I have been going to Livingston since 2000 at the time they were close to home. Now I live out in Land O Lakes and I still use them. 4 years ago I brought them 2 underweight flea infested half dead feral kittens. Bobo is now 12 lbs JJ is still a punk at 6 lbs. Both are great and love vet visits. If your not happy move on Bobo and JJ will be happy to take your visit.

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Amanda C

First off they took a while to even get avet with me after they told me to come early, which I get happens, theres emergencies, and other issues, so I wasnt too mad. The assistant was super sweet and I enjoyed her but the vet came in being super rude to the assistant, treating her like an idiot then she turns around speaking to me like I knew nothing about my animal or what I was doing. She didnt know what was wrong, I figured that out on a fb group and she just ran expensive tests that figured out nothing. So she acts like Im an idiot all while having no smile or nice attitude, I hated going here. Never again.

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rosalyn suarez

Dr. Topor is most humble and caring, she took care of my mouse when she became sick and with her and her staffs special care and patience, my little mouse got well and got to live a longer happier life, it was sad when we had to let her go, but I was so grateful she took her in so she wouldnt suffer, Ive never met any Vet that truly care for your furry family and pet owners, she was so compassionate and understood how important our little mouse meant to me and my kids, she even put her in a beautiful box to burry her in that alone was so thoughtful, she is just great all around and her team too!!

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Kay Sears

Amazing! They have always been there for us when needed: emergency, yearly appointments for my dogs and cats and "spa days" for my Amazon parrot. Nothing phases them and they go above and beyond to help...even with my unlimited, and often stupid, questions. They have always helped set realistic expectations of outcomes and discuss best course of actions for my often elderly rescue pets and dont try and push for extreme measures when not needed. I trust them completely with all my animals. I wish I could find a human doctor as kind as Dr. Topor and her staff.

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A Private User

I am not sure what Binx is talking about in their review. Ive been going to this vet for 3 years. I went to them for my sugar gliders and for my Shiba Inu puppy. They are the same price as everyone else from what Ive noticed. The vet is great with Winnie. She did say she was too thin the last time I was there even though I feed my 12 lb dog 2 cups of food a day... That was offensive for me, since I have not been mistreating my pet, nor is she malnourished. This was the only experience I had like that though.

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