# Family Animal Hospital, Costa Mesa: an animal hospital in Costa Mesa (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/costa-mesa/family-animal-hospital-costa-mesa-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 4 sources. Updated 2026-09-03. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/costa-mesa/family-animal-hospital-costa-mesa-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtm2w3gq04yjye8pi9o7b5ks%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtm2w3gq04yjye8pi9o7b5ks%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtm2w3gq04yjye8pi9o7b5ks%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtm2w3gq04yjye8pi9o7b5ks%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmtm2w3gq04yjye8pi9o7b5ks%2F4.jpg) ## In short Family Animal Hospital is an animal hospital in Costa Mesa, CA. Its AI Score is 48 of 100, which is fair. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Animal hospital | | Address | 1525 Mesa Verde Dr E #121, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (714) 434-2830 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.2 across 305 reviews on Google | | Known for | Family Animal Hospital is best known for its accessibility and friendly service, making it a popular choice for pet owners in Costa Mesa. However, concerns about communication and continuity of care have been noted by some clients. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 19, 2026, 12:54 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 1525 Mesa Verde Dr E #121, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Description | 1525 Mesa Verde Dr E #121, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Family Animal Hospital | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (714) 434-2830 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | | Services | Service | Exams | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Pet exams | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Pet surgery | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Surgery | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 | | Services | Service | Veterinary care | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/familyanimalhospitalcm | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/familyanimalhospitalcm | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://familyanimalhospital.org/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Sep 3, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 2 services Family Animal offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Exams | | | | Confirmed | | Surgery | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Family Animal Hospital is best known for its accessibility and friendly service, making it a popular choice for pet owners in Costa Mesa. However, concerns about communication and continuity of care have been noted by some clients. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Family Animal Address: 1525 Mesa Verde Dr E #121, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA. Phone: (714) 434-2830. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked September 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Family Animal on its Google Business Profile: "1525 Mesa Verde Dr E #121, Costa Mesa, CA 92626" ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Al Forno Caffe | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Deli Nerds | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Ikaria Kitchen | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Mo Pho Mi | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Aoki No Chuuka | Ramen restaurant | 2 min walk | | 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.2 average across 305 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read September 3, 2026.) (AI guess, from 305 reviews.) ### What people like - Affordable pricing - Friendly staff interactions ### What people do not like - Long waits for appointments - Poor communication about pet care - Frustration with drop-off system ### Press No press story about Family Animal found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Family Animal Family Animal hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### topical numbing, standard or extra No answer yet ### Aftercare at Family Animal, what does it involve? No answer yet ### opening hours at Family Animal, what are they these days? No answer yet ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves No answer yet ### how much is a first visit around here No answer yet ### Do they post anywhere? No answer yet ### what do I actually do when I get to Family Animal in Costa Mesa? No answer yet ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say No answer yet ### real doctors here, or is it beauticians No answer yet ### where exactly is this place? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### payment plans at Family Animal, is that a thing? No answer yet ### never been here, how does it go? No answer yet ### killing time on Mesa Verde, any ideas No answer yet ### is All Creatures any better No answer yet ### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip No answer yet ### best animal hospital in Costa Mesa No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Family Animal We ask ChatGPT about Family Animal. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 48 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Animal hospitals on the registry run 14 to 76. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Family Animal scores 48. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Family Animal | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 1 answer we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 53 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 73 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about an animal hospital When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose an animal hospital in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Family Animal if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Family Animal | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Family Animal Hospital | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://familyanimalhospital.org/ | Subject of this page | | Costa Mesa, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Family Animal is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the animal hospitals in Costa Mesa, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best animal hospitals in Costa Mesa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/costa-mesa/animal-hospital - Best businesses in Costa Mesa: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/costa-mesa ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Family Animal Hospital. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwcln2GPf3IARovRghVYFIeE (accessed Sep 3, 2026) - [2] familyanimalhospital.org, https://familyanimalhospital.org/exams/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] familyanimalhospital.org, https://familyanimalhospital.org/surgical-services (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [4] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)