"Welcome to the East Coast Bays Vet Clinic. We are a two and a half vet, solely small animal practice which has been established for over 20 years in the beautiful area of East Coast Bays in Auckland."

RECEPTION

The nerve centre of our fully computerised Clinic, with walk on scales for free weight checks for the larger animals. We also have smaller scales in the Consulting room for small pets.

Please feel free to bring your pets into the Clinic at any time for socialisation. Our nurses are always available to discuss any pet health issues and nutrition with you.

We would appreciate all dogs being on leads and cats in boxes please. Your animal's safety is important to us.

The Clinic is fully air conditioned, including the Kennel Room for both human and animal comfort.

PET SUPPLIES / SHOP

We have a wide variety of the best pet nutrition products available including Pedigree/Whiskas Advance, Hills Science Diet, Eukanuba/Iams and Proplan.

We stock the highest quality pet foods including a wide range of prescription diets for specific disease conditions such as kidney disease, bladder stones and food allergies.

We can access any other pet food on the market specifically for you - please enquire at reception.

CONSULTATION / EXAMINATION ROOM

We are fortunate to have 2 light and airy consulting rooms, one with Internet access. This is where we perform comprehensive physical examinations on your pet, discuss your concerns and make health care recommendations.

PHARMACY

Our well stocked pharmacy ensures that the best of modern medication is available for an immediate start to your pet's treatment and collection of repeat prescriptions.

REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS

Veterinarians have the privilege of being able to prescribe both Veterinary and human medications to animals under our care. With this come legal and ethical responsibilities.

Many long term medications have the potential for adverse reactions. This means that we cannot legally prescribe a medication indefinitely without examining the treated pet. This period may vary from 3 months to 1 year depending on the medication and the pet's age and health. This may simply coincide with annual vaccination and examination but please be aware you may be asked to visit with your pet before receiving further medication.

Pets on most chronic medication are advised to have a blood test once a year to check for side effects and possible interaction with other health problems that may be occurring.

Please phone in advance for your prescription to prevent waiting while it is prepared.

HOSPITAL / KENNELS / WARD

Most anaesthetic drugs will reduce blood pressure to some degree and this increases the risk of chilling. We use bubble wrap under the animals to reduce heat loss onto the stainless steel table during surgery. After surgery your pet will go into cages with under floor heating and be covered with fleece blankets. The air conditioning in the Kennel Room also keeps the temperature ideal year round.

Kennel Staff come into the Clinic specifically to scrub, clean and sterilise the hospital cages and Clinic floors every operating day.

LABORATORY

Many patients require blood, urine and tissue tests. We are one of a small number of Vet Clinics with an onsite IDEXX blood chemistry/haematology machine that allows us to provide you with an accurate assessment of yours pets condition quickly.

Some special tests and tissue samples for bacteriology and histology are sent to the outside laboratory. Most results are available within 24 hours.

SURGERY - see Our Services