As vets who make house calls, we get asked on a near-daily basis what situations might warrant summoning mobile medical help for pets rather than visiting a brick-and-mortar clinic. Why add hassle when traditional practices work just fine, right? Well, more circumstances than you’d expect!
We’ve compiled ten of the most common life moments, schedules, and pet health needs that render mobile veterinary care an ideal solution for New Jersey families. Keep reading for insights that might surprise you.
1. You Rescued a Shelter Pet
Congratulations on providing a loving home for a once abandoned animal! Rescue pets undergo immense stress between time spent neglected/mistreated previously and then sheltered in unfamiliar, loud environments. Throwing yet another distressing change at them is pointless, so let us travel to youversus inflicting more trauma carting new pets to clinics right after adoption. We help ease transitions checking up on rescue animals someplace quiet and stable feeling—their new home. This minimizes setbacks bonding with fresh owners. We’ll also obtain medical history from groups like veterinary practices, animal control and humane societies that cared for rescue pets previously so nothing falls through the cracks.
2. Your Pet is Recovering From Surgery
Post-operative care poses enough challenges without also commuting back and forth to a vet facility when rest remains critical. Let us take suture removal, bandage changes and other recovery treatment to your space where recuperating pets stay settled after anesthetic procedures, orthopedic repairs, lump removals or other invasive but necessary medical interventions. We assess incision sites, monitor for procedure-related infection risks like drainage or swelling and prescribe medications that specifically ease individual pets’ discomfort. The less driving required when pets feel sore, the happier everyone stays!
3. Your Pet is Geriatric or Special Needs
Mobility limitations and health conditions seriously hamper aging or disabled pets getting to veterinary clinics. Chronic illnesses from organ disease to arthritis also progress over years requiring very regular diagnostic workups. Conducting all that efficiently in pets’ living quarters just makes sense. We comprehensively evaluate senior pets in their home environment—assessing mobility on surfaces they walk daily and finding ways guardians can better support any deficits. For chronically sick pets, we handle needs like blood draws, ultrasounds and cardio assessments onsite to minimize trips. We happily make the drive so uncomfortably coaxing aging animals in and out of cars repeatedly becomes unnecessary.
4. You Have Multiple Pets Requiring Care
As any multi-pet parent knows, getting one reluctant family member prepped for a vet visit poses enough headaches. Attempting to organize several pets with varying temperaments and medical needs into a trip across town explodes stress exponentially and risks forgetting key details on who needs what. Save yourself the aggregation by inviting our mobile team over to care for all your pets in a single swoop! We bring everything required for thorough exams, treatment administration, labwork, etc. to see each animal in your herd efficiently. We know how tough juggling care between family members gets and are here to simplify life through streamlined at-home coordination of all health needs.
5. Your Pet is Anxious Around Other Animals
Does your dog or cat get extra ornery around new animals? Some pets feel incredibly threatened encountering other patients in vet clinic waiting areas, inciting reactive aggression or fearful crouching even on leashes/in carriers. Why subject pets already feeling vulnerable to stressful triggers totally avoidable if we simply make HOUSE calls instead? You also skip sanitation precautions disinfecting pets exposed to unknown illnesses circulating vet clinics. Together we can overcome anxiety hurdles animals face socializing with species they view as rivals/predators. During exams, we train positive associations using treats, toys and praise so future run-ins with neighbor dogs or visiting relatives’ cats go more smoothly thanks to boosted confidence!
6. Your Pet Dislikes Car Travel
Short drives feel interminable for pets predisposed to car sickness, confinement stress, drooling, urinary accidents or nonstop barking/meowing. Travel-related tummy troubles, destructive chewing, and bothersome vocalization lead to equally miserable cleanups too! Ditch the drama reaching a traditional vet facility by inviting us to YOU. We assess anxious pets already relaxed at home where no triggers exist prompting all that upset. If future travel becomes necessary for boarding or hospital stays, we suggest anti-anxiety medications and products easing transport based on our evaluation of what specifically upsets special needs pets most. The leashed walk from bed to bathroom is all the “commute” homebound patients need!
7. Your Schedule Gets Too Hectic
Between shuttling kids to school, fulfilling work demands, running essential errands and meeting household needs, sometimes life gets SO busy that adding ONE MORE to-do like a vet visit feels downright impossible some weeks. Perfect example, one of our clients is a siding contractor, and he works about 80 hours a week. It is incredibly hard for him to get his dog into the vet, but we can swing by on a Sunday morning and make sure Jake is taken care of with his annual exam and flea medication.
When frantic moments hit, never sacrifice your pets’ care! Summon our mobile team to keep your cherished companions healthy on YOUR timetable. We schedule exams, diagnostics, vaccines and checkups at your home during evenings, weekends and other preferred times so nothing slips through the cracks. Trust us when we say we understand the chaos and are here to simplify pet care when things get most overwhelming. We got you covered!
8. Your Family is Immune Compromised
Families managing vulnerable health conditions—from illness treatment side effects to immune deficiency disorders—cannot risk contagious exposures vet clinics might facilitate, especially with COVID considerations. Let us broker that germ transference threat away from your doorway to safeguard human health through home services. We strictly follow infectious disease protocols like sanitizing, masking up and glove changes during exams, administer vaccines/medications curbside and liaise with human health teams to align pet wellness plans with family medical needs. We aim to cure PET illness—not facilitate human sickness on our watch! Your health precedes all else.
9. You Have Limited Mobility
Pet parents coping with chronic illnesses, injuries or disabilities that inhibit regular activity can still ensure their furry friends thrive through mobile vet assistance. We eliminate transportation barriers by making house calls addressing standard wellness exams, diagnosis and treatment of emerging conditions and follow-up monitoring when issues require ongoing oversight. You focus energy where it counts most—simply loving on your pets at home rather than struggling toTransport them across town repeatedly to a clinic facility. Neighborhood walks become the most “travel” anyone requires with at-home vet perks just footsteps away!
10. Your Pet is a Difficult Cat
Let’s be real—cats intrinsically make vet visits 200% more complicated. Their temperaments resisting enclosed carriers, car rides, unfamiliar handling and disruptions to home turf rituals amplify everyone’s stress exponentially. Ditch the wrangling and keep tricky tabby care convenient through our curbside services! We minimize disruptive factors stressing out already content kitties in their favored surroundings. They can hide, play or observe encounters on their own terms from a preferred perch without the same acting out. We train gentle handling methods promoting future cooperation and provide ample treats mellowing out even the feistiest felines over time.
As you can see, mobile vets fill all kinds of niche needs simplifying pet health management for New Jersey families facing specialized schedules, limitations and animal circumstances. We strive to overcome obstacles that might otherwise discourage or prevent proper care in the first place. Don’t EVER sacrifice your pets’ wellness for convenience when we can bring superior support straight to your living room! Reach out anytime to learn more about our offerings or schedule an appointment. We can’t wait to meet you and your beloved fur family!