Wellness Exams

Exams for pets at any life stage

Proactive, preventative medicine is the key to keeping your pet healthy. Through routine pet wellness exams, preventable diseases like obesity, ear infections and dental disease can be addressed, and early screening for arthritis, diabetes and kidney disease can be performed.  

Our experience is that the pets who are current on preventative care stay healthier longer. When they do get ill, it’s usually caught early so that the outcome is better.   

We recommend the following vet wellness/preventive care: 

• Adult Pet Wellness Exams: For adult pets, we advise annual comprehensive physicals that evaluate eyes, ears, nose, mouth, lungs, skin, joints, lymph nodes and more. Since our pets can’t speak and will often instinctively hide symptoms and signs of illness or pain, these physical exams are extremely important. 
• Puppy and Kitten Wellness Exams: We love puppies and kittens! Young puppies and kittens need to see the vet frequently to ensure they receive the proper vaccinations, and our doctors and technicians do a great job of educating pet parents about what their pet will need to be happy & healthy. 
• Vaccinations: Updated vaccinations and booster shots are a highly effective way to prevent many common and often deadly diseases and infections like rabies, distemper, feline panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis, and more.
• Dental Care: Your pet’s teeth and the health of their mouth can affect every aspect of their life. Regular professional dental work will improve your pet’s well-being. Our annual dental cleanings include radiographs, cleaning, polish and any needed treatments. 
• Parasite Control: Fleas, ticks, heartworm, and intestinal parasites need to be eradicated and prevented–not only for your pet’s health but for your family’s as well. Many of these parasites are zoonotic, meaning they can be transmitted to people. Our veterinarians can help you determine which one is right for your pet. 
• Skin and Coat Care: Grooming, washing, brushing and managing any external allergies prevents infections, mange, matting, and more. 
• Nutrition: Proper nutrition supports all your pet’s bodily processes, bolstering their immune system and ensuring normal aging, growth, and development. 
• Behavioral Evaluations: Changes in mood or behavior are often symptoms of underlying medical conditions. Identifying these shifts helps us identify and treat the root cause. 
• Senior and Geriatric Animals: Your older pet’s health is important to us! Because pets age much faster than humans, disease and illness progress much faster as well–making preventative care extremely important for senior pets. That’s why for dogs over seven and cats over nine, we may recommend an exam with bloodwork every six months.

How often does my pet need an exam? 

Depending on the breed and size of the pet, the average pet will age about five to seven years for every human year. That means that the health of a 7-year-old terrier is equivalent to that of a 35-year old human. Because of your pet’s short life span (averaging about 14 years), it is extremely important that your pet receives preventive care at least once per year and twice per year for pets over eight years of age. 

Schedule a wellness exam today–call us at (402) 334-5975 or request an appointment online.