Dr. April Romagnano PhD,DVM,ABVP Emergency Line Only

BEST EXOTIC CLINIC IN FLORIDA!!!! Dr. April is a miracle surgeon!!! I am so grateful to have met the most dedicated and knowledgeable vet in Florida, Dr. April Romagnano saved my little hedgehog’s leg from a terrible infection, while amputation was an option Dr. April took all her expertise and efforts to operate on her and save her leg, she is innovative and extremely caring, she treats your pets like they’re her babies. Despite being so busy saving multiple pets from zoo animals to colorful birds, she makes sure to text you updates of her findings and care progress, her and her staff stayed super late to operate on my hedgehog and in the middle of night she called to make sure we did shared decision making, answering all our questions with detail and compassion and making sure we agreed with the surgery. While in the waiting area, I admired the abundance of degrees and certificates on her wall it reassured me that my pet was in excellent hands, it said that she also gives Lectures at UF vet school, she truly went above and beyond calling to check on my pet once we took her home and sharing more test results, I am so so grateful to her, do not hesitate to bring your exotic ANY animal, since she related to us that she has even treated Spiders!!!! She is truly amazing and super dedicated to animals lives, check the smile on my hedgehog after her surgery :) , we will definitely bring our pet tortoise if a problem with him arises too.

Such an amazing veterinarian and staff. Ive been take my ferrets and Guinea pigs to her for several years now. I do have to drive an hour but it’s totally worth it. She is always very thorough and leaves no stone unturned. My 3 year old ferret Rita suffers from both adrenal disease and insulinoma. Dr. April often checks in to see how she is doing. You can tell that she has a strong love and desire to help her patients. Would recommend!

I have read a few reviews that sound like what I experienced. Let me say I’m sure Dr April is very knowledgeable and well practiced. I didn’t get that far. I called on a Saturday afternoon about our sugar glider. She told me that it would be $500 down payment and they would keep her at least 3 days. We never even told her what’s wrong. It’s just plain extortion. I feel that generating funds was more important than anything as there was nothing to indicate how long our pet should be there. It was very sketchy and no bedside manor at all.

I personally didn’t go here due to the interaction I had with them, I felt the conversations were rushed & rude. I got a call back over an hour later, twice asking for a $500 deposit before even seeing my bearded dragon. I didn’t even bother calling back & went to another exotic vet for 2x less than what they were asking even before any treatment. I will not recommend them to anyone. I don’t normally leave bad reviews, I’m a good genuine person looking out for others.

2 stars, this lady didn’t seem to have any empathy for my pets just seemed money hungry, in 2018 I brought my cockatiel to dr April because he was limp , she took him over night and charged us for a bunch of unnecessary test, then the next day we got called saying that he passed 2 hours ago, then I bring my rabbit here for what seemed like pink eye she started talking about a bunch of other tests for issues non concerning our issue , after we spend $500-$800 for things that didn’t help his eye we ended up treating it at home and a bit ago I called about my bunny having a bloat in his stomach asking what we should do and she had no empathy , being rude to me on the phone and saying if we don’t pay the $500 deposit for the ER my rabbit will die , I begged her if theirs anything else I could do and she told me no and that if I want him to live I have to hurry because her team will leave soon and once their gone theirs no more helping him . Me and my mother ended up helping our rabbits bloat at home and he’s perfectly healthy today. I say only come here as an emergency but if u Can try and treat ur bunnys issue at home please do it