Animal Eye Associates PA

Animal Eye Associates PA
Animal Eye Associates PA 9901 South US Highway 17/92 Maitland, FL 32751
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Animal Eye Associates PA

Animal Eye Associates PA is a Veterinarians facility at 9901 South US Highway 17/92 in Maitland, FL.
Primary Specialty

Veterinarians

Services Animal Eye Associates PA practices at 9901 South US Highway 17/92, Maitland, FL 32751.

Veterinarians offer general and emergency pet care services. Some veterinarians offer 24 hour emergency services-call to confirm hours and availability.

To learn more, or to make an appointment with Animal Eye Associates PA in Maitland, FL, please call (407) 629-0044 for more information.
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(5 Reviews)
Service
4.5 star average for Service
Expertise
5 star average for Expertise
Recommended
4 star average for Recommended
Environment
4 star average for Environment
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Recent Reviews
***** Customer Beware*****


We went to Animal Eye Associates for eye surgery on our 7 month-old 80lb cane corso puppy, Cleo, who had cherry eyes in both eyes. The procedure was explained to my husband and I that if the eye pops back out naturally we would have to pay again which we agreed to. We paid them over $2000 dollars to do the surgery for both eyes. We got the surgery done on a Thursday and when we picked Cleo up she was heavily sedated. She was groggy on Friday, but after the sedation completely wore off on Saturday, Cleo started doing everything to get the cone off of her head which caused one of her eyes to pop back out. We called them and explained to them what happened and was told to come in on Tuesday. However, I called on Monday morning to see if we could come in immediately instead. When we went back on Monday I had to ask them for sedatives to keep Cleo calm while her other eye healed. When asked why we didn’t receive the medication from the start they said its not common practice, and that it was a judgement call. I spoke to the office manager who was less than helpful and she said that we would have to pay again (approx. $900) since her eye popped back out naturally which was incorrect. My husband and I even asked to speak to the owner, thinking he would be more reasonable and would work with us, given the situation, but he read from the same office script and refused to work with us. He ‘agreed to disagree,’ saying it popped out naturally, so we would have to pay again. Immediately after talking to him, I requested Cleo’s file and in their own report they wrote that “Cleo’s e-collar was completely destroyed and the suture was gone, so most likely she was too active and was somehow able to damage the surgery site.”

After reading the negative reviews I see were not the only ones. Hopefully this review gives you an insight to Animal Eye Associates business practices and help save someone from going through the same issue. I would be filing complaints with all the appropriate parties moving forward and weigh my options for small claims court.
by JEANELL SULLIVAN xxx.xxx.178.181
September 23, 2023
Don’t take your dog to Dr. Daniel Priehs at Animal Eye Associates in Maitland, Florida! He totally blinded my dog!
I brought my dog to Animal Eye in Maitland because his cataracts were starting to interfere with his vision. He could still see but it was becoming more and more difficult for him. He is an older dog and I realized that there were risks for complications but I decided to take him there to see if they could help him see better.
Dr. Priehs examined him and did several expensive tests, costing over $1,000.00, and told me that my dog would be a good candidate for cataract removal with a lens implant.
Unfortunately my dog’s retina detached a couple of days after the surgery, which left him completely blind in that eye. Dr. Priehs told me that my dog had unfortunately fallen into the 5% of cases that has this kind of result. There was supposedly a 95% chance that he would do well. I took it in stride and asked Dr. Priehs about the chance of doing the other eye in order to restore his sight. Dr. Priehs also told me there would be a slightly increased risk of the other eye’s retina detaching since it had happened to the first one. I asked him how much of an increased risk and he told me it would be another 5% risk, making it a 90% chance that it would not happened to the other eye. With that we went ahead with the other eye in hopes of restoring his sight.
The second eye’s retina detached and this left my dog completely blind. I spent over $7,000.00 for these two surgeries and put my dog through it ending up with nothing but a completely blinded dog, much worse than with the cataracts! He can no longer run and bumps into things all the time. I have to carry him from place to place and sometimes must hand feed him. It is a lot of work and so discouraging since my dog was very socially active prior to all this.
After talking with other veterinarians and physicians I have come to realize that the risks were much higher than 5-10%. I feel cheated and lied to and I wonder if it was all just a money grab by Dr. Priehs and Animal Eye Associates.

by Sherry Knowles xxx.xxx.108.249
May 29, 2019
Recent Polls
Would you recommend this provider to others?
Yes
Were the waiting room chairs comfortable while waiting for your pet?
Yes
Was the wait time for your appointment reasonable once you got to the office?
Yes
Did this veterinarian leave your pet unattended for an extended period of time?
No, I was always attended to
Does this veterinarian promptly return your phone calls?
Yes
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.252.36
October 13, 2014
Did you have to wait long after you arrived for your appointment?
No, I didn't have to wait very long
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.97.147
November 19, 2013
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