Helping Hands Veterinary Clinic

Dr. Guidry and her staff are truly extraordinary. Their expertise, courtesy, kindness and knowledge are demonstrated each time we see them. Best veterinary care ever.

I've been wanting to get on here and give this clinic 5 stars. Dr. G, she is a great doctor and makes me want to tell others she is great. She's done a gret job taking care of Fea Fea and you can tell she loves what she does. A++

The doctors and staff are great at Helping Hands Vet. Dr. Guidry is my pet's doctor and I recommend her 100%! Thank you Helping Hands Vet Clinic. They showed me they cared.

DO NOT, I say again, DO NOT allow any pet to be seen by Dr. Goutam Mukherjee, "Dr.G". I brought my 2 year old kitty to this clinic, and was seen by this excuse for a vet. My cat had been cleaning his hindquarters excessively for several days, and was beginning to cry in pain when he moved or jumped over our baby gate. I brought him to this disreputable clinic because of the low prices advertised. After a very cursory, almost non existent, examination of my cat he was diagnosed as having his spine out of alignment and we were sent home after the first adjustment with some pain pills and a bill triple what was mentioned on the website. He was fine for a day or so, then everything started hurting him again. We waited for the second visit a week later and this time it "fixed" him for a few hours. After seeing my cat in pain for too long a time frame, two plus weeks at this point, I took my cat to another vet for a second opinion. The new vet suspected something or other that needed x-rays and sent me to an emergency vet clinic/hospital. After x-rays and observations the emergency vet, the *third* opinion I got, diagnosed my baby (cat) with crystals in his bladder/urine. We got him flushed out in the hopes that it would help him, and vet bills higher than we could pay, we surrendered him back to the shelter we originally got him from and hours later he had passed. I strongly believe that my cat died due to Dr. G's misdiagnosis, and his discounting of the symptoms I relayed to him my cat died. I would have pursued a malpractice lawsuit, but did not, and do not now have the funds available for such a pursuit.



Take your beloved pets somewhere other than this place if you value their life and companionship. I would give this place a negative star rating if possible.

My husband and I have a male cat who is gravely ill... We called around to low cost vet clinics, as my husband has been laid off recently, and is the only source of income for our household. We have 5 children together. When I called Helping Hands, the receptionist informed us an office visit would cost us $43.00. I explained our cat's symptoms to her, and asked approximately how much she thought a visit and diagnosis would cost us... She said, "No more than $75-$100". So my husband and I decided to make an appointment for our cat, since we really wanted a diagnosis of his condition (even though we had a gut feeling it is something fatal). We went in for our appointment and filled out paperwork, which sat in front of the receptionist for almost 10 minutes before she did anything with it. We ended up waiting in their lobby for 20-25min, when they had called US earlier that morning and asked us to move our appointment time UP! The entire time we were waiting in the lobby, our cat was crying, distressed in it's carrying cage, and surrounded by multiple dogs... it was very sad. We were eventually taken back to a room, and finally met the Vet. She was nice and sympathetic, but CLEARLY misinformed. I told her about a kitten I had, who had contracted FIP and eventually died... I also told her that I was 9 months pregnant at the time, to which the Vet said, "Oh my God, pregnant women should NOT be around that!" Now I've had cats my entire life, and I had specifically asked the Vet who cared for my sick kitten if FIP was dangerous for me as a pregnant woman, and the Vet assured me FIP was dangerous to me in no way. It is Toxoplasmosis that is very dangerous for pregnant women!!!!! I did research when I got home from Helping Hands, to see if maybe there was some evidence of FIP being dangerous to pregnant women, and there is NOTHING out there suggesting that! So clearly this Vet is poorly trained... After we met with the Vet, we were told they were going to prepare an estimate for the cost to x-ray and diagnose our cat. We waited several minutes, and the Vet tech came back in with a prepared statement (similar to a car salesman, when they bring you in their written offer on a car, after speaking with their manager). She informed us it would be $258.00 just to diagnose our cat!!!!!!! They wanted $55.00 for the office visit, which I did not understand how that price jumped up $12.00 from the original price I was quoted by the receptionist, they wanted $160.00 for X-RAYS, and $40.00 to sedate our cat! I couldn't believe it! I had spoken about our financial situation to both the receptionist and the Vet tech, and they bring us in a quote like that??? We were so insulted, and felt we had been lied to ... as well as taken advantage of... so we decided to just go ahead and leave. $55.00 later, (which I had to pay with 2 separate credit cards just to afford it), we were told by a Vet who thinks FIP is dangerous for pregnant women, that our cat possibly has cancer, FeLV, or FIV (which he was tested for both as a kitten, with negative results)... Honestly, I have little faith in her diagnosis. And now we sit with our dying kitty, wondering what is killing him, wondering if it's something contagious to our other cat, but really having no answers. PLEASE spend your money at a more professional, "economy conscious", caring clinic!!!!!!!!

Everyone in the office is super nice and caring and I totally trust my pets in their care. The prices are pretty good but my only complaint is the wait times. If you have to bring your pet in on a Saturday or in the evening be prepared to be sitting in the lobby bring a good book!

I have been going here for a couple of years with my baby Max, and I couldn’t be happier with the place. I like it because the vets there don’t treat you like they are trying to get all my money but genuinely care about my kitty. The place has heart!

Dr. G. has been the best vet we have ever seen. His knowledge, compassion and love for all animals is awesome. We will go wherever Dr. G. goes!