Rockaway Animal Hospital

Incredibly, kind, caring, courteous and knowledgeable! Our cat spent an entire week in their care and Dr. Maniar contacted us daily to give us status updates. We were able to come in and visit with our cat after appointments were done for the day, which made all of us feel much better. The doctor and every person we spoke to at RAH were so helpful and attentive. I could not be happier with Rockaway Animal Hospital.

I love Rockaway Animal Hospital. My cat got sick the day before we were going on vacation out of the country. My Vet at the time was closed weekends and I was in a panic. My sister said to go to her vet, they were there 24/7 so I called. They took my girl (Black and White one) in and kept her while I was away. She is much better and back to her normal self. Buddy (Orange one) has also gotten great care there too. Thanks you to all of the great staff there. You can feel they are loved and well cared for. And the visiting hours are a plus too.

I don’t even know where to begin regarding the standard of care I have received over the past year with this animal hospital. And I am not the only one just filter all the negative reviews and see how many of them has been recent. It is disappointing because I discovered the practice eight years ago when it was Dr. Mainer and his wife they were incredibly professional and thorough and caring, and I was so pleased that I had found the best veterinarian practice. My dog has since passed away, but my daughter brings her cat to this vet practice, and unfortunately, it is gotten so big and crowded that the wait times are atrocious even with an appointment, and the standard of care that we have received for several different bigger issues has been absolutely unbelievable to me. My daughters cat had pneumonia and had to stay for a fee days, and we were kept in the dark about her condition. We were handed off to vet techs who did not know her case, misinformed us several times, could not provide us with information about updates, and it was impossible to get a vet to even call us back on her condition which at the time, according to them, was precarious. The cat also got a small wound on her back recently that we brought her in for a witch needed a few minor stitches, and they forced us to leave her there overnight because “no one was there to attend her to stitch her up” and we were hit with a costly bill of overnight care even though she received none overnight at all, and was stitched up in the afternoon the next day, so the cat was put under unnecessary stress , and had no one attending her for a completely unnecessary overnight stay. Again this was the second time with a medical issue where she was there and they would not call us back with status updates even though we called multiple times for answers. It was very hard to get information from them and no vets responded to us, and only again vet technicians, who not knew nothing about her case or her condition. Thankfully I do not live in the Rockaway area anymore and if I did, I would never bring any of my animals there. My daughter is now switching vets because we are completely dissatisfied with the substandard level of care that has been given to us on numerous occasions. I am very sad because I thought I found a great practice. I will never go back here again, and I do not recommend it to anyone who cares about their pets and their health.

After dealing with a very terrible front desk attitude from my local town's vet office, I decided to switch to Rockaway even though it's a 40 minute drive. They are always so patient with my dog and they're so friendly. Scheduling has been a breeze, they send out reminder emails when your pet is due for an appointment and prices are reasonable.

My mother took her cat here for a UTI which they said turned into a kidney infection and kept her for a week plus a follow up. I questioned the week stay but my mother assured me that the doctor was great and super caring. Further speaking to other vets I was told that cats can go home with kidney infections as long as they are eating and drinking, which my cat was. This is known to be a common scam by centers, keeping pets overnight when it’s not needed medically. They claimed to be giving my mom a deal of $1700 for a week stay plus $400 for a follow up visit. This cat didn’t need 24/7 hour care. Yes the vet is nice etc. however when you’re taking advantage of people who don’t know the protocol.. this is malpractice. My parents had to charge a credit card as they are on a fixed income and cannot afford this. Shame on you.