Southwest Florida Veterinary: Hooper A Nichole DVM

Feb 2024

About a year ago, my 4 year old cat had to be rushed to the hospital. Took him to Blue Pearl in Ft. Myers, they told us there he has a severe heart condition and he needs to see a cardiologist and recommended this place as it's the only animal hospital with a cardiologist specialist. (Blue Pearl charged me 3500$ to keep my cat on oxygen and take X-rays). We had another emergency a week before our scheduled appointment with the cardiologist and took him here directly. That visit they treated him the same as blue pearl (he had to be on oxygen for 2 days longer here than blue pearl) and I paid 1700$. For all the people complaining about the money, take it from someone who's had multiple pet emergencies (more than what I just listed) and have gone to multiple places.. money is not an issue here. It's going to be expensive anywhere you go. This place charges THE LEAST. They DO care about the animals. Just because not all of your animals survive DOES NOT mean they don't care. THINGS HAPPEN. Long story short my cat did not make it as we had a 3rd emergency rush to the hospital for his heart problem and he passed on the way there. I never once felt these people wanted to take all my money. I always felt they wanted to help. Every interaction I had with any employee there was pleasant. Keep in mind when reading these negative reviews you're only getting one side of the story and I think we all know how people can be. Take it with a grain of salt.

Aug 2023

I just read all the negative reviews, we are happy we went there with our Golden-Doodle. My baby threw up buckets of water and pooped blood all night and we waited for our regular vet to make an appointment in the morning and they couldn't fit us in until the afternoon. We had no choice but to go to an emergency vet, she was in bad shape and I am glad we picked Southwest Florida Veterinary Specialists. They took great care of our beloved dog, they laid down all the expenses and what was really necessary to make her get better at that time. She had to stay overnight. Yes it is not cheap, it's an emergency vet, what do you expect! Regular vets are not cheap either. I trust them with our baby and thank you for your service. I hope my baby doesn't have to see an emergency vet again, but if she does we will visit again!

Feb 2023

We took our dog to SWFVS because of a mass growing on his outer ear. Tracey was wonderful. She was caring and extremely knowledgeable. She explained clearly our options and gave us the pros and cons of each and made helpful suggestions. We will definitely come back.