Treatment

Hospitalization

While we do our best to ensure that your pet goes home with you as soon as possible, occasions may arise where an extended stay is best for your pet's health.

Dehydrated pets need to be on fluids, pets with fractures or lacerations need to be confined and sometimes stabilized while repair is undertaken. In these instances, a hospital stay is often the best choice for your pet.

Updates

Morning treatments are performed before we open by a doctor and our staff. We ask that you call after 9:00 AM to get an update on your pet's condition.

Please understand that a doctor is not always immediately available to personally take your call. Depending on the number of office calls, procedures and unexpected emergencies, the receptionist may need to take a message and have your pet's veterinarian return your call at a later time.

Most of the time, the receptionist will be able to relay any messages or questions between you and the doctor, give you an update on your pet's condition, and let you know when we might have additional test results, indicating a good time for you to call back.

Visiting

We understand that separation from your pet during a hospital stay can be trying for both owner and patient. However, in some instances visits and the inevitable separation that follows may be more traumatic for your pet.

For this reason, we evaluate visitation on a case-by-case basis. We ask that you call ahead and check with the staff and the doctor if the time you plan on visiting would be a good time to do so.

Please realize that due to surgery check-in time, the nature of certain procedures or critical and emergency situations, visiting will not be allowed during certain times of the day. There may also be a short wait when you arrive, due to what may be transpiring in the hospital at that particular moment.