Cedarcrest Farm & Equine Clinic: Hicks Steve DVM

Took my aged gelding to Steve to put him down, he had RAO and medication was no longer effective. Paid for euthanasia and left because I had owned and raised the horse from a weakling and was too painful to watch. I knew Steve for years and trusted him. Came back months later to find my horse alive at the clinic extremely emaciated, hooves split and extremely long and suffering from chronic coughing and discomfort from RAO. Steve told me he used him to tease his mares so he could study them and was going to euthanize him soon, then changed his story another time or two. The whole thing is just unbelievable. Needless to say - I would not recommend this guy.

posted: 08/31/2021

Dr. Hicks and family are experienced veteran horse vets. They are very patient, answers all your questions, and you don't feel rushed! Pricing is fair and scheduling was fast and easy!

posted: 03/09/2023

He is awesome. I took my 2 minis to him and he gave his dx and explained everything. Highly recommend.

posted: 03/11/2023

Dr. Hicks is a kind and compassionate, knowledgeable Equine Veterinarian. Thank you for helping my Rose , I'm truly grateful!

posted: 12/30/2022

I do not recommend this clinic. My initial appointment with Dr. Hicks was for my 30 year old horse to have her teeth floated. First impressions were that he was caustic and old school. Not a pleasant man but no big deal. I came for my horse, not a social call after all. He was unable to do her teeth due to her age(could have told me over the phone instead of forcing her to travel as it is very painful for her). He prescribed some bute to control her arthritis pain and it really helped a lot! I was able to place a refill for the drug via an online pharmacy one time. However, he absolutely refused to fill the prescription again because he didn’t like that I wasn’t buying from him. My husband and I live in Louisiana because he is in the Army and the horse lives at my family ranch in Palestine. Dr. Hicks proceeded to argue with me over the phone that I should be able to just come pick up the medicine from him-even though I live 4 hours away. Or force a family member to even though it isn’t their responsibility, nor does anyone have the time. My mom cares for her elderly mother, my father who has recently had surgery, and will be helping my sister who is about to have surgery. The medicine at his office was $15 more expensive anyway so I preferred to order online and have it mailed directly to my mom for her convenience as she is the one who feeds the horse(as a huge favor to me). His tone was incredibly condescending and he behaved as though he didn’t believe that he’d prescribed the medicine in the first place. To make matters worse, he hung up on me before I could ask if he’d try to work with me on the issue because my horse still needed the medicine! The conversation was honestly very confusing. It’s hard to believe a veterinarian would be so unwilling to work with a client remotely. So now my elderly horse will suffer because he cares more about money than animal welfare. I absolutely do not recommend anyone use Dr. Hicks. He is rude, unprofessional, and does not care about the military or the wellbeing of his animal patients. I am embarrassed to call him a fellow Aggie!

posted: 09/02/2019