Annual wellness exams evaluate your pet’s overall health, detect problems before they become serious, and keep them on track to live a long, healthy life.
PET CARE IN WEST KELOWNA
Annual wellness exams evaluate your pet’s overall health, detect problems before they become serious, and keep them on track to live a long, healthy life.
At every stage of your pet’s life, we’re here to provide the best possible care. In their youthful days, we focus on specialized and preventive measures. As they grow older, we shift to regular wellness exams to catch and prevent health issues early. Your pet’s well-being is our priority, which is why we dedicate ourselves to excellent care throughout their lifetime.
Guided by the American Animal Hospital Association’s recommendation, we advocate for annual wellness exams, increasing the frequency as your pet grows older. We have crafted detailed wellness plans tailored to your pet’s age, which may include vaccinations and disease screenings, to ensure a healthy life ahead.
Why are Wellness Exams Important?
Wellness exams allow us to evaluate the overall health of your pet while also giving us a baseline for their own unique bodies and tendencies. They also detect potential problems before they become serious, and even make your pet more familiar with our veterinary hospital, making future visits easier on them and you.
When Should my Pet Visit the Vet?
Preventative medicine is the best approach to keeping your furry friend healthy. This includes annual wellness examinations, vaccinations, external and internal parasite prevention, and dietary management.
How do Wellness Exams Work?
Our veterinary team will start out by taking the pet’s vital signs, before performing a comprehensive examination of your pet from nose to tail. We may also perform diagnostic tests such as blood work, urinalysis, or intestinal parasite tests. Depending on your pet’s life stage, vaccines may be administered, as well as disease screenings for heartworm, kidney, liver, blood disorders, and more.
Wellness examinations do not mean that your pet is going to be subjected to complicated or costly medical tests and treatments. This allows us to prevent major health issues from developing undetected and gives us the opportunity to analyze and record baseline values such as temperature, body condition, and lab work. We measure these when your pet is healthy to provide better care in the event of illnesses or emergencies.
Early detection and correction of medical problems will help to ensure that your pet will live a long, healthy, and active life.