Algonquin Animal Clinic

Dr Ron has an excellent clinic. Extremely knowledgeable and friendly staff. We have 2 pugs with health issues and have had great treatment from his clinic.

This guy is so good! He’s honest and fair! Need I say more? If your looking for a top of the line professional, this is your man! He’s truly a hidden gem!

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!

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.

We love Algonquin Animal Clinic! They have been caring for our rabbits for over a year, and Dr. Durante is a class act. You can tell that he values rabbits as pets and cares for them like any other pet. Recently, one of ours hurt her spine (she is getting old) and under their care, she is now as healthy as ever and has recovered very quickly. I called in a panic and they were able to see her immediately, as in within 30 minutes, about the time it took me to scramble our girl to the office!
Dr. Durante is honest and straightforward and is great at giving solid advice and realistic prognosis for your pet. AAC also cared for one of our late rabbits, who was diagnosed with snuffles; they were able to help him be comfortable in his last months with us. He was honest from the beginning that he was very ill and might not make it, but provided the best care they could and the best chance we could give him.
In addition, they have the best equipment for rabbit spays/​neuters — I won’t lie, they are a bit more expensive than other options (and a LOT more expensive than a few, we know of one who does them for under $ 100. Don’t trust them.) but I trust Durante’s office hands down, and it’s worth every penny. They even have monitoring equipment to monitor your rabbit while they are put under, and any rabbit owner knows this is the most dangerous part of the surgery, so it’s important. Our current boy bunny underwent a neuter and recovered incredibly quickly.
If you have rabbits and live in the area, this is the best place to go, period. Much love for Dr. Durante and his excellent, caring staff.

Great service and very friendly people. We’ve been going here for years. Dr Durante, Leslie and the rest have always taken great care of our dogs — 5 over the years.
With the great service, you do pay a bit of a premium. If you’re on a tight budget, I’d recommend shopping around a little.

We’ve been bringing our pets here for years and wouldn’t go anywhere else

Dr. Durante at Algonquin Animal Clinic was recommended to me when I got my first parakeet — I haven’t looked back since! I take my whole brood (4 parakeets, 2 cockatiels, 3 cats, 1 dog) to AAC and wouldn’t even consider going anywhere else unless I needed a 24-​hr emergency. I regularly visit AAC because one of my cockatiels has a split lower manduble so his beak needs regular trimming. I also use AAC for bird and cat boarding when I have to travel for business. I wouldn’t trust my babies to anyone else. Dr. Durante and his team (Leslie and Bekah) are THE most caring group of veterinary professionals in this county. The team at AAC will never try to «sell» you a procedure or service, or give you false hope. Not only are they caring but honest as well and firmly believe in quality over quantity when it comes to our companion animals’ well being. Who knows how far I would travel just to take my pets to Dr. Durante…

I brought my gerbil here for treatment after he was injured. It is rare to find a veterinarian who cares for small animals, and Dr. Durante did a wonderful job with him. I highly recommend Algonquin Animal Clinic if you have small pets!

My pets and I all LOVE Algonquin Animal Clinic. Dr. Durante is the BEST veterinarian I’ve ever had the pleasure of taking my animals to. He is extremely kind and patient, and very thorough. His staff members are WONDERFUL! We always feel welcome and like we are visiting old friends. I drive 30 minutes, past many other veterninarians, to go to AAC. I have trusted them with my dogs, geckos, and rats and will continue to trust them with all of my future pets! I would (and do) HIGHLY recommend Algonquin Animal Clinic to anyone who loves their pets!!!

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.

This place is great For my pets. Service is quick and friendly. It’s close enough that I have no worries about traffic or emergencies. I’ve seen of the Vets and they are all very skilled.

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.