Veterinarians Illinois
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Aroma Park, IL
Dr. Marcia Gortowski
VCA Aroma Park Animal Hospital
Aroma Park, IL 60910
815-937-9314
She can handle guinea pig basics, can look at molars with an otoscope, but that's the scope of her tooth knowledge with these little guys. Successfully repaired an inguinal hernia on my little guy.
Contributed by: melcvt00 - 6/23/2003, 9:10 am
Westchester
Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital
1923 S. Mannheim Road
Westchester, IL 60154
(708) 344-8166
Very experienced with guinea pigs.
Contributed by: mooser - 7/17/2004, 3:44 pm
Elmwood Park
Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital/ Midwest Emergency Animal Hospital
All of the vets here are very competent and used to seeing pigs on a regular basis. They have done a toe amputation, mass removal, many xrays and blood tests, and euthanasia for me. They also carry Oxbow products incl. Critical care. They also now have emergency services available, and when I leave pigs there overnight I can have these emergency vets check on my pigs often, and call for updates at any time during the night if I want. It's more expensive, though.
7510 W. North Av.
Elmwood Park, IL 708.453.8181
www.midwestexotichospital.com Contributed by: mooser - 7/28/2006, 10:06 pm
Skokie
Animal 911 Emergency Clinic
I brought a pig in once, one of the vets gave subcues, AB's, Critical Care. This is also a normal exotics vet by day, but I haven't been during the day, only during emergency hours.
3735 W. Dempster St. Skokie, IL 60076
(847)673-9110 (emergency)
(847)329-8709 (normal hours)
www.exoticpetvet.com/
Contributed by: mooser - 7/29/2006, 4:00 pm
Elmwood Park
Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital/ Midwest Emergency Animal Hospital
At this point I would NOT recommend Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital. The original owners (including Dr. Nye who I initially saw there) have sold the practice, and the remaining doctors seem more focused on avian and herp patients. They tend to take the "we are the experts, don't ask questions" approach to animal care. For example, they continue to do skin scrapings and injections for mites and deny that baytril could cause serious GI problems for some guinea pigs. They have sonogram equipment, but no one who was considered well enough versed in the technology to administer and read the tests, necessitating a three-hour trip to the UW vet school when I needed those services. Their overnight "special watch" hospital was a nightmare for one of my pigs.
7510 W. North Av.
Elmwood Park, IL 708.453.8181
www.midwestexotichospital.com Contributed by: EllieMom - 5/9/2008, 10:06 pm
Skokie
Animal 911 Emergency clinic>
My pigs never get sick during working hours, and it's hard to find one that has experience with guinea pigs. I took Oreo in because she was bloated terribly an din pain. They looked over the "records" I keep in my Care Guide and actually paid attention to it and used information about Oreo from that source (e.g., bad reaction to Baytril). The intake vet was careful with her and, based on previous bouts with this condition, started on the right course of care immediately. Oreo stayed over night and I called several times to check on her. MY questions were answered by either a vet or vet tech, all of whom were caring and showed knowledge of guinea pigs. The fact that they are an offshoot of Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital also provided some credibility. I love my current vet, but I wouldn't hesitate a moment to go back to Animal911 if I had an emergency.
3735 West Dempster Street
Skokie, IL 60076 847-673-9110
Contributed by:EllieMom - 6/10/2008, 1:06 pm
