Algonquin Animal Clinic

My parents took their cat there bc the cat eye was tearing up. I called n there wasn't a long waiting list. They were in n out. The receptionist n veterinarian were very friendly n excellent customer service at affordable prices

I work at a large senior living facility in the suburbs which has a pair of large mute swans. One of the swans was hooked by a fishing lure which caused its leg to get infected. We could not find anyone to treat the swan until we found Dr Durante at Algonquin Animal Hospital. The staff including Kaiya, Sarah and the rest of the team was extremely helpful and professional. Sarah called us the next day to check on the condition of our swan which was very impressive. I would highly recommend this practice for anyone that cares about their pets. From start to finish they were a joy and pleasure to work with which is very uncommon in this day and age. Our swan is doing much better with the antibiotics and meds Dr Durante prescribed.

I was VERY disappointed with the way that this clinic handled my beardie's illness. They ran stool samples and found out he had parasites. That was treated but my bearded kept getting worse even after treatment and a second stool sample came back negative.

They told to call if anything changes, and I did, numerous times but I kept getting useless advice on what to do next and was told, without any further testing being done, that "we could paper the walls with what it could be"! They did not listen when I told them the advice I was being given was followed previously and that my beardie got worse when I followed their advice. They told me to follow it anyway with a total disregard for the health and welfare of my beardie.

I left feeling frustrated and saddened as I was forced to watch my baby deteriorate before my eyes. At that point he was not able to keep any food down, despite the medication that were given, and the clinic told me to call if anything changes. Like what?! He dies?!?! He was already on deaths door. The least they could have offered was to keep him overnight to see if they could treat him. Nope, instead he was sent home to die with little regard for how saddened I was or the health of my beloved pet.

Thank God, I choose to get a second opinion from another exotic vet who ran extra tests and got my bearded quickly back on track. I would NEVER recommend this exotic vet for anyone that wants a caring vet and staff who will work to save their babies!

Go here for excellent bird care! Leslie and everyone at this office are really sweet and have helped us have our birds' health needs exceeded with every phone call and visit.

We have been seeing Dr Durante for over 15 years. He has cared for our budgies, rats, rabbits, and dogs. Experienced, smart, honest, and caring. We're very grateful.

The doctor and techs here are awesome. I can't say enough good things about this practice. I had a scary situation with my hedge hog in January where I had to bring her to an ER in the city. I was told her foot needed to be amputated. I took her to Dr. Durante to get a second opinion. She has a made a full recovery because of their wonderful care. It's like nothing every happened, she is happy and healthy. I had to bring her in quite a few times and they were great with squeezing me in last minute.

Everyone that works there is incredibly nice and caring. They were able to see me 15 minuets after I called on the first day. I ended up boarding my hedgehog there while I went on vacation and the techs took photos and videos of her playing to show me when I got back. On top of how wonderful the staff is, they have very fair prices.

This is the best vet I have ever been too.

Before moving out to the Algonquin area in 2002, we used to take our birds to Dr. Sakas at Niles Animal Hospital, so we were spoiled with state of the art, excellent avian healthcare.
Little did we know that we had another great avian specialist right in our new backyard!
Dr. Durante and his staff at Algonquin Animal Clinic are wonderful and have taken very good care of my family's pet birds.

Most recently our new baby green cheek conure escaped from her cage and got into trouble (and somehow dislocated/tore her lower beak!) Dr. Durante, Leslie and Becca provided great care for our baby bird and provided good advice on how to care for our newly "special needs" bird. Colada is OK now and seems none the worse for wear, but will need periodic beak trimmings--by Dr. Durante, of course!

I was looking for a vet who specialized in birds/parrots and was referred to Algonquin Animal Clinic and Dr. Durante by an acquaintance of my mom's.

They were extremely thorough in their explanation of the procedures before they did them, their examinations of my parrots - heck, Dr. Durante even had me look over his shoulder to see something he noticed during one of the examinations.

Dr. Durante and his staff put the well-being of my parrots first, and were kind, personable, and professional when we were there in person AND when I spoke with them on the phone. I trust them completely and will be going back for all of my parrot's care.

Everyone here is extremely kind and helpful. They really do care about your pet(s). They are all super knowledgeable and want to make sure your pets are healthy. Definitely recommend!!

My family has been taking our pets (3 dogs and a cat) there for care the last 10 years and couldn't say enough about Dr. Mark and his staff! They are very caring and great with animals and have a calming effect which seems to be very rare. One of our dogs was scared of the vet and is excited to see him when we get there even though she has had 2 surgeries ( spayed and cyst removal ) performed there. Our cat had a cyst removed from her eye 2 years ago and we were worried about how her eye would be afterward. Those worries were unwarranted because Dr. Mark is a very skillful surgeon and she has perfect vision and you cannot tell she had any kind of surgery on it.