Wellness Care
At Dog and Cat Repair we're committed to helping you keep your pet healthy by preventing disease. Regular, comprehensive, and wellness exams allow our doctors to discuss any concerns you may have and catch potential problems before they become too advanced. Early detection gives us an opportunity to stop the advancement of many life-threatening conditions.
We recommend bringing your pet in for an exam once a year when any annual vaccinations are needed. During the exam, the doctor will look for things like visible skin abnormalities, ingrown or split toenails, dental issues such as broken teeth, tartar, and gingivitis, eye infections or lens changes, ears infections, parasites, and more.
Internal exams involve palpitation of the kidneys, spleen, liver, reproductive organs, and gastrointestinal tract. If your pet has reached his or her senior years, we may advise twice-yearly exams to keep up with age-related conditions. Visit our Senior Wellness page for more information on caring for a senior pet and our recommendations.
Ask us about recommending a wellness program based on your pet's breed (some breeds are predisposed to certain health problems), age, lifestyle, and overall health.
While collars and name tags are helpful, they are easily lost or removed. A microchip implanted in your pet is a way to permanently identify your ownership and greatly improve the chances of recovering them.
At Dog and Cat Repair, your dogs and cats are part of the family — yours and ours — so we recommend this quick and non-invasive procedure for all pets. Microchips are inexpensive, about the size and shape of a grain of rice, and can be inserted during a brief office visit. Although very few pets experience them, possible side effects include migration of the microchip from its original implantation site, failure of the microchip, hair loss, mild infections, and swelling.
While fleas, ticks, and other parasites are most bothersome during certain seasons, at Dog and Cat Repair we believe all pets should receive regular heartworm/flea/tick prevention all year long.
These stealthy hitchhikers can slip into your home through a tiny tear in a window screen, on your pets, or even on you! Mosquitos only need a split second to dive in through an open door. Even if your pet does not go outdoors, you can bring flea eggs on your shoes and clothes. Each flea can produce 50 to 100 eggs daily! Monthly prevention for the pet, as well as environmental control such as spraying, is needed to successfully control fleas and ticks.
