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| Monday | | 8am – 7pm |
| Tuesday | |
8am – 7pm |
| Wednesday | | 8am –1pm |
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| Thursday | | 8am – 7pm |
| Friday | | 8am – 6:30pm |
| Saturday | | 8am – 3pm |
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Please call for appointments
440-234-5831 |
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 Regular wellness exams along with appropriate testing can identify and prevent minor health problems from becoming life-threatening! Pets age faster 5-7 years faster than people. Adult pets should be examined at least once per year, while Senior pets should be examined at least twice per year. Some pets may need more frequent exams if they have special medical conditions.
HealthMap™
Your pet (cats and dogs only) will receive their own individualized HealthMap™ explaining our recommendations for caring for your pet. The following factors help determine our recommendations:
· Life Stage – Puppy/Kitten, Adult, or Senior
· Does your pet come in contact with other pets?
· Does your pet spend the majority of its life inside or outside?
· Breed
· Life Style
· Special Needs – (ex. Sensitive Skin, Chronic Problem, etcetera)
· Areas of the country they may live (Examples - Do they go south for the winter? Do they go to the East coast?)
Your pet’s HealthMap™ is divided into the following five major sections:
1. Examinations & Immunizations
2. Wellness Preventions
3. Diagnostic Tests
4. The Family-Pet Bond
5. Quality of Life
Normally, you will go home with a 12 page report explaining our recommendations and the status of each of these with respect to your pet.
Examination Report
Besides for the HealthMap™, you will also receive an Exam report explaining the results of the doctor’s examination of your pet. A typical report gives you the following information:
· Type of Examination (Wellness, Diagnostic, Pre-Surgical, or Progress/Re-Check)
· Body Condition Evaluation
· Eye Examination
· Ear Examination
· Gums and Membranes
· Dental Exam
· Nose and Throat
· Lungs and Breathing
· Heart and Circulation
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· Stomach and Intestines
· Reproduction and Urinary Function
· Rectum and Anus
· Skin and Haircoat
· Bones, Joints and Muscles
· Lymph Nodes
· Nerves and Reflexes
· Behavior
· Doctor’s Recommendations
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Your pet may also get the following Reports:
Breeds Report
The first time your pet is here, they will get a Breed’s Report explaining different conditions your pet’s breed may have a pre-disposition for. (Ex. Doberman’s are pre-disposed to Von Willebrand’s Disease, a common bleeding disorder in pets and people.)
Lab Results
If your pet had lab work done, including blood work or urinalysis, you will also receive a report explaining the results.
Vaccinations
Vaccinations are one of the most important preventive measures you can take for the health of your pet. Dogs can be immunized against Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus, Bordetella, Rabies, and Lyme disease. (We do not recommend Coronavirus, per the recommendations of the American Veterinary Medical Association.) Cats can be immunized against Feline Panleukopenia (Distemper), Rabies, Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Chlamydia, Feline Leukemia, and FIP. For adult dogs and cats we are now recommending tittering your pet (checking the blood to see if there are sufficient antibodies to protect your pet) rather than vaccinating. (For dogs we are titering Distemper & Parvovirus, while for cats we titering. At your next visit ask our medical about whether your pet should be tittered instead of vaccinated.
“Any person who owns a dog, cat or ferret in the Cuyahoga County District Board of Health’s jurisdiction shall have these animals immunized against the rabies virus within thirty (30) days after these animals have reached three (3) months of age using a vaccine and method listed in the current Compendium of Animal Rabies Control.”
(from the CUYAHOGA COUNTY DISTRICT BOARD OF HEALTH RABIES CONTROL REGULATION)
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Big Creek Pet Hospital - Olmsted
27093 W. Bagley Rd, Suite 4
Stearns-Bagley Plaza (Shaker IGA)
Olmsted Township, OH 44138
Phn: (440) 234-5831 |
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Big Creek Pet Hospital
16949 Bagley Road
I-71 & Bagley Rd
Middleburg Hts., OH 44130
Phn: (440) 234-5831 |
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After Hours Emergency Care
provided by the Westside Animal
Emergency Clinic
Phn: (216) 362-6000
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