VCA Cat Hospital of Chicago

Deeply appreciated Dr. Mariah Foose while they were there, and am now looking for a new vet office currently. The office is dedicated to cats, but difficult to maintain the cost management with each visit being $700+. Various tests run each time, but it really felt focused upsell opportunities (not by Dr. Foose), rather then a sustainable care plan with costs reviewed. The care savings program isn’t beneficial for sick visits, and marketing emails were disconnected from care needs. At the end of the day, a business trying to make profit.

Love VCA Cat Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Thompson is extremely caring and is always looking into new research for our cat Blue. The clinic is always great with sharing documentation with his speciality providers and we feel like the clinic has definitely helped with Blue’s longevity and quality of life. We appreciate everything they do.

I used another VCA vet in the city before moving to the north side. I switched to the VCA Cat Hospital and I could not be happier. Every employee I encountered was definitely a "cat person." It made such a difference for me and my kitty. The vet (Dr. Foose) gave great recommendations on current medications and made me feel comfortable about the dental procedure my cat needed. Caring and supportive staff and so glad I switched!

We came here from WI to get our cat treated with I131 therapy, as the only place currently doing I131 in state gave us way higher of a cost estimate than VCA had. We would've spent twice as much going to a local vet than we spent here, even if I include gas money & our costs doing testing with our vet. I cannot praise this place enough. Everyone there was very kind and very thorough about educating us on the procedure & quarantine period. The vet we met with, Dr. Foose, was wonderful & very nice! Clearly loves cats & cares about giving them proper care, was able to answer any questions or concerns we had as well. Our kitty had a lower dosage and only stayed overnight because we wouldn't have been able to do pickup that evening due to the long drive & our sleep schedules, much appreciated them keeping him overnight to accommodate! I will say the only issue we had was the cat cams for his stay. Since he was just there overnight it wasn't a big deal, we got a link to a camera that didn't have any feed outside of some pictures of a cat from a week prior? So I'm unsure if we were provided an incorrect link or if their cameras were having issues. I woke up & checked the cameras after they were closed, so I did not follow up to get proper access, but just a heads up, if you go for I131 & you would like access to see your cat I would try to check during their operating hours that the feed is working for you! I was happy to at least see the area he was likely staying in & it looked spacious & comfortable. Overall a wonderful experience & would recommend going here if your cat has a hyperthyroid!

We saw Dr. Mueller who was great with our cats and gave helpful advice without making us feel pressured about treatment plans, this review is not about him. However, despite telling the scheduling person that I was primarily scheduling for vaccines, we were never informed of drastic vaccine price increases since our last visit and then were shocked with an $800 bill for our two cats (600 for vaccines). This information should be transparent PRIOR to booking the appointment. Their vaccination pricing is significantly more expensive than other vets and vaccine clinics in the area and we would have gone elsewhere had we known of their pricing changes.