Wellness Services
Wellness Exams—Wellness exams are the key to keeping your pet healthy. Regular check-ups are a way for us to get a complete picture of your pet's overall health. Exams can also help spot potential health problems before they become more difficult—and more expensive—to treat. During a check-up, we will listen to your pet's heart and lungs, examine his or her eyes, ears and oral cavity and check for any lumps or skin growths, among other procedures. An exam is also an excellent time to discuss with us changes in your pet's behavior, nutritional advice and other health issues. Frequent wellness exams are just as important for your pet as they are for you.
Microchipping—Each year, millions of pets go missing and many are never found again. A microchip can help ensure your pet will be found more quickly should he or she go missing. A microchip is a tiny device, about the size and shape of a grain of rice. It is implanted beneath a pet's skin between the shoulder blades, and stays there for the pet's entire life. This procedure is as easy and as painless as a vaccination.
Each microchip has a unique number. This number, along with information about the owner and pet, are added to a national pet registry. Most veterinarians and animal shelters have devices for detecting and reading these implanted microchips. If a lost pet is found, and the microchip is scanned, the registry is called and the owner is contacted.
Vaccines—Up-to-date vaccinations play a large part in keeping your pet healthy and free from disease. However, not every pet requires the same series or frequency of vaccines. Our veterinarians will tailor a vaccine protocol that's specific to your pet based on his or her lifestyle. Vaccine schedules are subject to change based on the most current information available, and our veterinarians follow American Animal Hospital Association, American Veterinary Medical Association and American Association of Feline Practitioners recommendations when preparing vaccine schedules.
Geriatric care—Thanks to advances in veterinary health care, pets are living longer and longer. Though ages vary when it comes to considering a pet a "senior citizen," a good rule of thumb is to consider dogs at ages 6 to 8 years old and cats 8 years of age and older to be senior pets. Regular veterinary exams are the key to keeping your pet healthy during his or her senior years. We can work with you to establish nutritional guidelines, therapies and medical regimens to keep your pet healthy and happy in their golden years.
Laser therapy—Laser therapy was once used exclusively in human medicine. Now, this unit allows us a different treatment modality for pain relief, chronic arthritis, rehabilitation and wound healing. This state-of-the-art technology gives us another way to treat pets which may not respond to conventional therapy.
