Permanent AVID Microchip Identification is now available for your cats and dogs. Ask about this simple, inexpensive, and potentially lifesaving procedure. A collar or tag can break off or be removed, but a microchip is there forever.
We have a complete, in house laboratory that allows us to run blood tests and have the critical information they provide within a few minutes, rather than a few days, as with an outside lab. Time is the essence when deciding a course of action that best suits your pet’s treatment needs. Our lab allows us to meet those needs.
For the safety of your pet, we ONLY use isoflurane gas anesthetic machines. Isoflurane gas allows us to rapidly make adjustments to a pet’s anesthesia and is widely considered the safest available. We also closely monitor each anesthetic patient with a digital pulse oximeter(monitors blood oxygen concentration) as well as a heart and respiratory monitor.
We have had several questions about health insurance for pets. Believe it or not, several options are available to you. We have researched the various companies and their policies, and in our opinion, Veterinary Pet Insurance provides the best protection. VPI was founded by a veterinarian in 1982. Many plans are avilable, including plans for routine vaccines, heartworm and flea preventatives. The company is not an HMO- so your pet gets the care it needs, including specialist visits. This coverage helps prevent the heartbreaking decision between your pet and your pocketbook. VPI can be reached at 1-800-USA-PETS or visit www.petinsurance.com .
We recommend Frontline Plus as your flea and tick preventative. Frontline is a combination of a proven adult parasite killer and an insect growth regulator. It is the only product of its kind that kills 99-100% of adult fleas within one day while stopping the development of new fleas. It is also the only product that kills ALL stages of common types of ticks. A single application continues to protect for 30 days. Frontline Plus is fully guaranteed by its parent company, Merial, and carries the Good Housekeeping Seal Of Approval. More information can be found at www.frontline.com .
Please remember to keep your pets on heartworm preventative as well. We see heartworms year-round. This fatal disease can infest both cats and dogs. It is expensive to treat, but very inexpensive to prevent.
For dogs, we recommend Tri-Heart Plus as your heartworm preventative. It is a less expensive generic preventative that is guaranteed against heartworms along with intestinal parasites, roundowrms, hookworms, and whipworms. It comes as a tasty beef tablet that most dogs love.
For cats, we recommend Revolution as the heartworm preventative of choice. This prescription medication is applied onto the skin, just like Frontline. Along with its heartwork prevention, Revolution also prevents and controls fleas, earmites, scabies, hookworms and roundworms in cats. It basically protects your cat inside and out against disease-causing parasites. Learn more at www.revolutionpet.com .
