Boulevard Veterinary Clinic

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katherine caceres

DO NOT TAKE EXOTIC PETS TO THIS VET! Im not the type of person who would ever write a review, but how could you call yourself a vet when you dont even care about animals? If I could give negative stars I would. I brought my chinchilla in to Union Animal Hospital because he stopped eating, he wasnt being active and he was acting weird. I had no idea what it was or what was wrong, so we brought him to Doctor Isabel Perez. She told us our chins teeth were overgrown, and needed to be shaved down. They charged us nearly $400 dollars to fix his teeth. After we brought our chinny home from the "surgery" he looked terrible! He was crying, still in pain, as if they did not use anesthesia when we paid for it. My chinchilla was traumatized after he came back home. A month goes by, my chin still wont eat, he is in pain, crying, symptoms are getting worse, we called and made an appointment again. We brought him in just for them to tell us we needed to go to a specialist. To get x-rays at another place and to get his teeth filed again!! Basically they wanted me to pay for what they were supposed to fix, because apparently they didnt even shave his teeth completely or correctly! The appointment they set for us was 3 days out, meanwhile my chinchilla cannot eat, he couldnt even move. So we called again, and we set an emergency visit, they wouldnt see us at Union Hospital, so they sent us to another vet. So when we got to the other vet Boulevard veterinary clinic in Kenilworth, the staff was rude and displeased to see us again, because it was the same staff as in Union. The vet that attended us this time was Dr. Markowitz. He handled our chinchilla without care, he grabbed him like a rag doll. He pulled him out of the carrier, he held him improperly, ripped clumps of his fur off and said it was normal for that much fur to fall off, and he was forcing open our chinchillas mouth while the chin is in pain and crying. Then Dr. Markowitz grabbed his tools to "fix" his teeth, after we suggested his teeth were what was causing pain, he said that his teeth werent the problem. Dr. Markowitz then proceeds to shove a wooden tongue stick down my chinchillas mouth and broke his teeth!! Then Dr. Markowitz makes a joke saying " I guess we didnt need the tools to shave his teeth" because he literally broke them with the stick! I am so disgusted with this experience!

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A Private User

Couldn’t have a lower opinion than we have of Boulevard Veterinary Clinic in Kenilworth. We took Grania, a cat who’d been an important part of our family for 10 years, to Boulevard to have a dime-sized growth removed from her shoulder. Two nights later she was dead. In between, Boulevard did a lot more cutting than they said they’d do. They failed to provide the care she needed. And they misled us at every major point. We got Grania back with a four-inch slash on her back. Boulevard never gave us a hint it might be that extensive. Her forepaw was swollen up like a balloon because Boulevard hadn’t removed a tourniquet. When she began bleeding steadily the next day, they took her overnight for observation -- but didn’t tell us no one was on duty overnight. The next day they said she might need a transfusion. But they didn’t give her one, and finally said we might take her somewhere with 24-hour care because they weren’t staffed overnight. We chose a place, and Boulevard swore they’d let it know we were coming. Grania died just after we got there. No one we talked to there had heard anything from anyone at Boulevard.

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Kristen Marshall

I lost my 8 year old lab mix to aggressive cancer but am so grateful I took her to Boulevard Vet over her last few months. My fiancés family have been taking their dogs here for several years with always great care. After never finding a good vet, I took my Penny to get a lump checked. She needed two surgeries since it was so aggressive and grew back quickly. The staff and Doctors were very knowledgeable and beyond caring. The prices were very reasonable and I followed up several times with those visits not costing anything, just the cost of the meds needed. When my Penny needed to be put to sleep, the staff and doctor were beyond kind and professional during this most difficult time. In the past I needed to suddenly put another dog to sleep at another vet and it was incomparable...not as compassionate as Boulevard. We just received a beautiful sympathy card signed by the entire staff and doctors with such sweet messages. We will only use Boulevard vet. Thank you to the team here!

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Alexander Balaban

I brought my lovely sweet Tortoiseshell kitten LUCY on August 12 for SPAY/ABORT assessment. Dr. Markowitz made a quick assessment that he could perform the surgery. He failed to inform me of the risks involved with such a surgery. He did not even use a stethoscope in examining my LUCY. I was not permitted to see my LUCY in her holding cage prior to surgery. Even though I informed BVC that I fed LUCY in the morning, they felt that was a non-issue for surgery the same day. They left LUCY unattended all night long post surgery and she passed away the next morning. When they noticed her in crisis the next morning, they failed to call me right away. I shall never, ever bring another animal to Boulevard Veterinary Clinic in Kenilworth, N.J. I lost a wonderful companion due to their lack of emergency response and neglectful actions.

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David Rien

I have nothing but great respect for everyone at Boulevard Vet Clinic in Kenilworth, they are the best when it comes to caring and providing excellent care for dogs. I have taken all of my dogs to them since the early 1990s. They have provided excellent care for Polo a Lhasa Apso, Taz a Miniature Pinscher; Jade a Doberman Pinscher; Riley a Labrador Retriever; Asia a Rescue Dog; Dexter a French Bulldog; and Cody a mixed breed. These doctors are the best and they are there to assist you 7 days a week. The support staff are very caring and they treat each animal as if it was there own. A great place to bring your pets for the best in Veterinary Care.

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Paul Diamond

A friend recommended the clinic to us when our oldest dog developed eye cancer. We wanted a second opinion since the specialist we saw quoted us $3,000 for the procedure. Boulevard charged us $1,200 and the care could not have been better. Coco recovered and had another 2 happy years. Also, when we eventually had to put her down, she later developed an aggressive brain tumor, the staff and doctors could not have been more gentle and understanding. We continue to bring our new puppy there.

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A Private User

My dog China has been going to Boulevard Vet for 10 years. She has had many conditioins that have been treated and not only the doctors, but the entire staff has been compassionate and never ever inconvenienced each and every time I brought her in. She saw Dr Risel for her first 6 years and now she visits with Dr Fuerst. I have already and will continue to recommend Boulevard Vet to anyone who has a pet they love and care about that needs to be treated.

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Emilie Alpert

Dr. Markowitz knows his reptiles! I was going nuts trying to find a vet to treat my baby iguana, and all of them were so expensive, except for this place. Very affordable, and this doctor really knows his stuff when it comes to reptiles and other pets.

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