- Dental CareKeep your dog’s tail wagging as long as possible! With a quality diet, exercise, dental care, mental stimulation, and regular visits to our office, your best friend will continue to keep you company for years to come.
- VaccinationEven if your house will be full of guests or your entire family is traveling, double check that all pets are wearing a collar and identification tags with current contact information. The same goes for microchipped pets. Make sure all pets are up-to-date on vaccinations and parasite prevention before traveling also.
- Behavioral CounselingCancer is the number one killer of both dogs and cats over age 10, with mast cell tumors most common in dogs and leukemia in cats. Some signs that your older pet could have cancer include slow-healing wounds, behavior changes, weight loss, fatigue, and lack of appetite.
- Nutritional CounselingHealthy kidneys are essential for proper waste elimination. When the kidneys become diseased, your pet’s urine and feces remain trapped inside her body. This can cause significant pain, vomiting, weight loss, incontinence, and greater thirst.
- Comprehensive ExaminationWe all have busy schedules to keep. Often it is easy to forget that just like ourselves, our pets require annual physical exams. This gives veterinarians and doctors a chance to detect ailments and diseases early on. Picking up on diseases early in their course, often gives us a better chance at treatment or cure. Also, routine exams will give the opportunity to update vaccines, like rabies, which are mandated by law; even if the pets are strictly indoors, and protect your pet against other preventable or contagious diseases.
- Parasites Treatment and ControlHeartworm can have devastating consequences for your pet, including death. It is especially tragic when dogs and cats succumb to heartworm disease when it’s entirely preventable. Now that warm weather is finally here, your dog or cat has a much greater likelihood of acquiring heartworm just by being outside since the most common route of transmission is a bite from an infected mosquito. However, pets can pick up the heartworm parasite any time of year. This is the reason we recommend year-round heartworm protection at Swansea Vet Center.
- Pain ManagementControlling your pets pain is essential to his over all well-being. We ensure the comfort or our patients and provide the latest in pain management. Medical conditions including but not limited to arthritis, injuries, eye, ear and mouth infections, cancer, chronic diseases, or surgery can all cause pain to our pets. We here at the Swansea Veterinary Center, will evaluate your pet to determine an appropriate pain management protocol.
- Vomiting Treatment
- Leptospirosis Treatment
- Feline Retro Virus TreatmentFeline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses both commonly affect cats immune systems. Unfortunately, there is no cure for either at this time. These viruses may be transmitted during pregnancy or by close contact via saliva, aerosol and blood. Testing can easily be done at our office and results are ready within 10 minutes. Prior to bringing home a new kitten or cat have them tested, especially if there are other cats in the household.
- Arthritis TreatmentChubby dogs are darling, and dog obesity is on the rise. And the frightening reality is that obesity shortens a dog’s lifespan. Unfortunately, obese dogs also have a higher risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, in addition to bladder issues, and osteoarthritis.
- Obesity TreatmentLuckily, there’s a solution for canine obesity. In addition to eating well, your dog should receive plenty of exercise that raises her heart rate and burns calories.
- Diabetes Treatment
- Heart Disease Treatment
- Kidney Disease TreatmentLilies are an especially popular springtime and Easter plant. Certain types of lilies, including Asiatic, Day, Easter, Japanese Show, and Tiger are extremely toxic to cats. Eating just two or three petals can result in kidney failure. Calla, Peace, and Peruvian lilies typically cause minor symptoms such as drooling. In either case, be sure to seek prompt medical attention for your cat. Lilies can also be toxic for dogs but to a lesser degree.
- Dental SurgeryAs with their human parents, dental health is very important to the overall health of your pet. Dental disease can lead to harmful bacteria spreading throughout your pet’s body and causing disease in the heart, kidneys, liver and other organs. Bacteria deposits plaque on your pet’s teeth, over time it accumulates and has to be removed professionally. We have dental equipment that allows us to fully clean teeth above and below the gum line. We are also capable of performing oral surgery and extractions of diseased or abscessed teeth if necessary.
- Veterinary SurgeryThe Swansea Veterinary Center is committed to providing convenient, competitively priced, top quality veterinary care. Our complete full-service small animal care facility has been providing excellence in veterinary surgery and medicine since 1968. The comfort and well being of our patients is always our top priority.
- Declawing
- Spaying and NeuteringIn addition to population control there are a number of reasons why veterinarians advocate performing these procedures. First and foremost are health benefits for your pets. A number of ailments can be prevented or significantly reduced by performing these procedures such as mammary tumors, testicular cancer, and pyometra. If you're not planning on breeding your pet, please have them spayed or neutered.
- Veterinary Euthanasia
- Cropping
- Laboratory ServicesPuppies should start preventive medication for heartworm by eight weeks old. While it isn’t necessary to test puppies that young before starting on a product, puppies over six months old do require testing. Puppies and dogs need only one simple blood test to determine the presence of heartworm. Similarly, cats should be started on a heartworm preventive once they are eight weeks old.
- X-Ray
- MicrochippingRecovery. Have a plan in place in case your pet becomes sick or injured this holiday. Our clinic phone number is a good start: 508-675-6374. And it's always a good idea to ensure your pet has up-to-date ID, in the form of a collar and tag and microchip, just in case he gets lost. Our Fall River Animal Hospital veterinarians can easily microchip your pet in a quick and painless appointment, if he’s currently without his permanent ID. Microchips provide the best chance of reuniting with your pet if he or she becomes separated from you. If your pet already has a microchip, be sure to verify that the information on file with the registry is up-to-date; it’s the only way for you and your pet to be reunited.
- Boarding
- GroomingOur grooming services are provided by an experienced certified groomer. Grooming can also be added on to the end of a boarding stay. Call us for more information and to set an appointment.
- Senior Pet CareUnlike people who can voice their discomfort, animals have a natural tendency to hide when they feel sick or in pain. Regular preventive care is essential because it allows us to detect health issues you could easily miss. Between appointments, you can improve your pet’s quality of life with joint medication, supplements, toys to keep cognition sharp, and many other supplies from our online store. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at (508)-676-2705 with questions about senior pet care or to schedule an appointment.
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