Carolina Veterinary Specialists Winston-Salem

DO NOT TAKE YOUR PET HERE! SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED WITH HORRIBLE SERVICE. I took my three cats here 3 days ago after they accidentally ingested my dogs apoquel overnight. My fiancé sat for eight hours (before they started quoting people 6-8 hours) while they checked vitals on our cats. Only one of our cats (thankfully) showed signs of toxicity and we elected to hospitalize her over night. I was called that evening with the results of her lab work confirming elevated kidney and liver values and told I would receive an update the following morning. By 11:15am on Day 2, I hadn’t heard anything and called the for an update. The vet was unavailable and I was told I would “hopefully” receive a call in the next couple of hours. I called back at 2:15 and asked for an update and was told the vet wo

I cannot say enough wonderful things about the team at CVS. My first visit was a late weekend night in September, and even though the only doctor on duty was in the middle of surgery, they still stepped out (with the help of an understanding front desk employee) to quickly check my cat and make sure he wasn’t blocked. Within minutes, we were reassured and on our way. This weekend, I made the heartbreaking call to see if they could help him cross peacefully. From the moment I spoke with the front desk, I was met with genuine compassion. They immediately placed us in a quiet room and checked on me often despite how busy the hospital was. The vet tech was gentle, able to effortlessly make me giggle in such a trying time. Dr. Braun was patient, answered every question, and guided me through t

My partner and I would like to thank everybody that took care of Gary on January 19th and 20th from the bottom of our hearts 🫶🏼 Sleepless nights make remembering names hard, but you know who you are!!! We couldn’t be more grateful to have been met with such profound amounts of kindness, intelligence, gentleness and compassion during such a scary time. Gary is home giving us all the purrs, kisses, head bonks, and slow blinks that we stopped seeing before bringing him to CVS. He’s been eating his new wet food and drinking allll the water and is one happy guy now that his belly feels better. Everything from triage to pickup following his procedure was top notch and we are grateful for all of the honest information that was given to us during his treatment on how to prevent this from happenin

My daughter’s kitten hit her head , which caused her to have a bad seizure & I called around a this was the only place within an hour that could get her in to be seen. I drove 50 mins at 2 am & they got her right back, they didn’t charge me a crazy amount & I just can’t thank them enough for helping us. I am forever grateful!! The staff was very empathetic & I can tell they care about what they do! I have been to other emergency vets and I can attest that they’re not all this way! Some are very cold, even in the situation that you have to have your pet euthanized suddenly. My pets are family & they treated us with compassion & thoroughly explained options, suggested insurance & told us of other awesome vet offices around the triad. Highly recommend! Thank you so much Carolina Veterinary Sp

About three years ago, our sweet boy suffered a urinary blockage — something I’ve since learned is sadly common in male cats. Of course, it happened late at night on a weekend, so we rushed to Carolina Veterinary Specialists in Winston and met Dr. Blair, who was calm, kind, and incredibly knowledgeable. She treated him and gave us hope he’d recover. Unfortunately, due to no fault of Dr. Blair or her team, he blocked again just days later, and after a failed surgery at our regular vet, we found ourselves right back at CVS, terrified and heartbroken. By the time we arrived, his organs were shutting down. Their team jumped into action without hesitation. Dr. Cogar performed a difficult PU revision surgery the very next morning, and thanks to their quick work and compassionate care — he survi