Wellness & Medicine

Wellness Exams

When it comes to your pet's health care, prevention is the key. Our veterinarians recommend that your pet receives a physical exam at least once a year, though more frequent exams are encouraged. Regular physical exams are just as important for your pet as they are for you. Exams give a complete picture of your pet's health and are useful in detecting diseases and other health problems in the early stages - before they become more difficult, and more expensive, to treat.

Our veterinarians perform a complete examination of your pet. We listen to your pet's heart and lungs, evaluate his or her vision, check for unusual lumps, look at your pet's teeth and oral cavity and check your pet's joints for swelling or stiffness. We may also perform routine blood and urine tests as well as tests for internal or external parasites. During the exam, we also discuss with you home health care options for your pet, and we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

Wellness Packages

Webster Groves Animal Hospital offers a number of specially-priced wellness and pregnancy packages for our clients. Visit our specials and packages page for details and pricing information.

Reproductive Services

Webster Groves Animal Hospital offers a broad array of reproductive services, educational resources and technological advances to assit our clients' pets with breeding and pregnancy, including pre-breeding consultation and screening, ovulation timing and artificial insemination.

Once breeding is complete, we recommend our comprehensive pregnancy package to provide assistance and management throughout pregnancy, whelping and neonatal care. Our pregnancy package is a must for anyone expecting puppies, from the experienced to the first-time breeder.

Our pregnancy package includes an ultrasound diagnosis of pregnancy (as early as 25 to 30 days from ovulation), an x-ray examination to determine how many puppies you can expect, and any special assistance required during whelping (including a c-section). The package also includes a free initial examination for the puppies and discounts on vaccinations.

Microchipping

Every year, millions of pets go missing and many never return home. Microchipping your pet is a safe, easy way to prevent this tragedy. A microchip about the size and shape of a grain of rice is implanted under your pet's skin between the shoulder blades. The microchip contains a unique number that corresponds to a national pet database that includes your pet's vital information. Veterinary hospitals and animal shelters across the country have special scanners that allow them to detect and read the microchip, leading to a fast, safe recovery for your pet. We use the Avid microchip system.