Auburn University Veterinary Clinic

Just the absolute best from the moment you walk in, everyone. How they gushed over our rescue Woody he was litterally prancing like a show pony. They "thought" was such a good boy( even after he pooped in the hall) I cannot thank everyone enough but especially Nancy & Morgan ❤️

I cannot say enough about this veterinarian clinic! I will start by saying ALL of the students, staff, vet techs, and veterinarians were informative, personal, kind, and helpful in so many ways! We brought our French Bulldog here due to extensive injuries to his leg and paw. We had to leave him here for a week but they reassured me that he is in good hands. They provide comfy bedding for the kennels that is washed daily. They have students who sit with them to visit and love on them. They also allowed us to come visit whenever we wanted to as long as we called ahead to let them know. After his discharge we had to bring him back every other day for bandage changes and check ups. Again, they were phenomenal! Explaining in detail the progress of his healing and what is going on. Giving us information on how to take care of him at home. Offering suggestions on how to give him his medication. There is no better place to bring your pet for the best care!

I can not begin to say enough good things about their neurological care team and staff as a whole on the hospital and er side. We were worried that our baby Jack was not going to make it their care and diligence ensured we are taking him home safe and sound 36 hours later. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Truly a blessing! The entire staff is amzing from the internal medicine department to the ER. Everyone was super kind and caring. Pricing was very transparent, and they not only explained everything that they were doing, but discussed the cost associated with every procedure and medicine that was needed. They are very communicative with updates and treatment plans as well. While pricing can be on the higher side simply because it's emergency and diagnostic based, it was still comparable (or sometimes cheaper) than other emergency or urgent care vets.

Still here (3 hours later) and not happy so far. Brought my sweet barn cat in to regular vet because I thought she was choking. He did an xray and was concerned about her lungs and he couldn't figure out what was in her stomach. She hunts squirrel, even though she gets wet and dry food twice a day. My guess is a squirrel fur and all. He told me to take her here to AUV because it was 5:30 and she was having breathing issues, not choking. First thing they want to know here is do I want a DNR or should they resuscitate after they take her back. I explained that I didnt know what was wrong with her yet, so I dont know how to answer that. He said he needed an answer. So i said well she is only 2 so yeah i guess resuscitate her. What the hell! Then they came out and said that they couldn't read the first vets xrays very well so they needed to do their own at $300 each (lungs and abs) we said ok. 1 and 1/2 hours later they still havent come out to tell us what's wrong but leaning toward keeping her overnight for $3000 prior to doing xrays. At 8:15 (more than 2 hours of waiting) they tell us lots of animals in distress they are working on but she will have xrays soon. We left to eat something and heading back now. If xrays not done we will take her and leave and go tomorrow somewhere else

Dr Athes and Student Allison were great! We felt well informed and involved in the care, very up front with prices and treated our girl so good. While we waited we were given suggestions for the area and food recommendations

I’ve had multiple extremely disappointing experiences with the Auburn Clinic’s emergency services. The student staff workers are kind as well as certain vets, but that doesn’t make up for what I’ve experienced with my cats. The first time I brought in my 2-year-old orange tabby, he was lethargic, wobbling when he walked, drooling, and vomiting. I was extremely concerned. The vet essentially brushed it off and even said, word for word, "my cat throws up all the time." The very next day, his condition was much worse. When I brought him back, he was diagnosed with an intestinal blockage that required emergency surgery costing around $8,000 after hospitalization, medicine, surgery, etc. We unfortunately couldn’t afford that, and we had to make the devastating decision to put him to sleep. We were taken back to a dingy, dusty, DIRTY, stinky room to say goodbye. All types of hair and just smelled disgusting. I understand there are animals in and out but it’s not hard to take a Lysol wipe to a tiny room. I also understand that blockages happen and aren’t necessarily anyone’s fault, but having my concerns dismissed the day before he needed life saving surgery is something I will never be okay with. A few months later, I brought in my 5 month old kitten after finding blood in his urine. I explained that we have another cat at home and that they play rough. I was told he had Feline Idiopathic Cystitis and that it was likely stress related. However, he continued to decline. Hiding, not eating, and clearly not acting like himself. I didn’t feel right about this diagnosis and was ready to take him back because something didn’t feel right, when out of the blue I smelled something foul and saw a large open wound on his back. I rushed him back in and it turned out he had an infected cat bite that had abscessed under the skin and ruptured suddenly, which is what I smelled. I was sent home with a LARGE open hole (they had to cut out infected, dead muscle tissue, you could literally see inside of him) in my kitten’s back and told it would heal on its own. I was also charged another emergency fee because it was considered a "different issue," even though it was within seven days of the first visit. In my opinion, that is called a misdiagnosis. We were told to call if anything worsened, which it did. When we called, no one answered, and we never received a call back. The wound had doubled in size and the infection was worse. So I took him to his primary vet, they were shocked that it had not been treated more aggressively from the start as it would NOT have healed on its own. Thankfully, my kitten is recovering now, but not because of the care he received here. After two serious situations where my concerns were dismissed and follow up care was non existent, I have completely lost trust in their emergency services. I sincerely hope I never have to rely on them again.