Discuss your pet’s behavior, appetite, exercise practices, and regular activities.
Provide nutritional counseling.
Discuss heartworm, flea, tick and parasite control.
Listen to your pet's heart - Heart murmurs, arrhythmias and signs of heart disease can be detected with a stethoscope.
Evaluate your pet's eyes - Ocular issues can be prevented by regular care and screenings. We look for dry eyes, cataracts, corneal ulcers and glaucoma.
Examine your pet's teeth and mouth – The most common disease in pets is dental disease. By having an exam of your pet’s teeth and mouth, we can determine the level of infection or impaction. Puppies and kittens also need to be checked to ensure their teeth are developing properly.
Listen to your pet's lungs - By listening to your pet's lungs with a stethoscope, we can detect infections and diseases and assess the overall pulmonary health of your pet.
Look into your pet's ears – We check for ear mites, redness, odor or discharge or other indications of ear infections. Allergies and outdoor activities may be a cause for irritation.
Feel the skin, lymph nodes and abdomen – We feel for lumps, bumps, swellings, skin discolorations, lesions or patterns of hair loss or thinning. These may be signs of systemic problems or metabolic diseases.
Feel joints and muscles – We can detect swollen joints, decreased muscle tone and variations in muscle size by feeling and moving the joints and limbs. In younger pets, we will look for issues in development, and in our older pets we could detect signs of arthritis.
Perform blood & lab tests - A heartworm, blood and urine test should be performed during an annual exam. These simple tests give us a baseline archive of your pet’s overall health and may point to underlying diseases.
Screen for parasites – If a fecal exam is recommended, this will allow us to check for parasites or worms.