SERVICES

WELLNESS/PREVENTATIVE CARE

Through annual physical exams, our veterinarians assess each patient’s health status and provide advice to clients so that they can keep their four-legged family member healthy. Biannual physical exams are recommended for older cats/dogs to detect onset of diseases that occur more frequently with advancing age. Routine services include internal and external parasite prevention and treatment as well as screening for common infectious disease such as feline leukemia, feline immunodeficiency virus, heartworm disease and Lyme disease. Immunization (vaccination) is based on assessment of each individual animal’s risk of exposure to disease-causing organisms and immunization intervals are based on the profession’s current understanding of how long immunization lasts, rather than simply on how the vaccine is labeled. Our clinic additionally provides nutrition counseling to help clients either prevent or manage existing disease conditions.

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

Our in-house laboratory testing including blood chemistry analysis, urinalysis, intestinal parasite testing and cytology. We utilize species-specific commercial reference laboratory testing with twice a day courier service which allows rapid receipt of laboratory results. Our clinic is equipped with digital radiology (x-ray), both whole body and dental. The advent of digital radiology allows rapid movement of images via email allowing us to utilize the services of board certified radiologists to aid in interpreting complicated images. Additionally, our partnership with In-House Internal Medicine, a mobile ultrasound imaging service, allows us to provide our clients with on-site ultrasound examination services.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES

Cats, dogs, and small mammals (ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats) are all species examined and treated at Four Paws Veterinary Services, PC. Medical care includes examination and testing to diagnose disease, establishing a prognosis and providing a treatment plan that will provide a means of curing or managing a disease. Our clinic is designed and equipped to care for critically ill patients needing aggressive care to combat their illness. With several veterinarians at the practice, we benefit from the ability to share our combined knowledge and experiences in managing complicated disease conditions. We additionally utilize access to an online network of board certified specialists and community of general practitioners (like ourselves) in dealing with difficult medical and surgical cases. We are also fortunate to be located between two specialty practices (Pieper Memorial Veterinary Center in Middletown, Connecticut and Ocean State Veterinary Specialists in East Greenwich, Rhode Island) which allows us the ability to refer cases needing specialty services such as neurology, ophthalmology, oncology, critical care, specialty medicine and surgery services.

Surgical services available at Four Paws Veterinary Services, PC include surgical sterilization (“spay”/”neuter”), Caesarean section, soft tissue surgery such as mass/tumor removal, abdominal surgery (urinary bladder, spleen, intestines) and orthopedic surgery. We utilize time tested anesthetic protocols which allow us to safely anesthetize patients needing surgical treatment. The use of gas anesthetic agents combined with aggressive pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative pain control helps us to achieve a high level of safety and comfort for our surgical patients. Our clinic is also well equipped with monitoring devices, intravenous fluid delivery devices, as well as patient comfort/support equipment such as heating devices to increase the safety of patients undergoing general anesthesia. Our veterinarians have all proven themselves to be life-long learners attending continuing education seminars, reviewing the veterinary literature and staying current on new and safer anesthetic practices to continually improve the safety of our anesthetized patients.

DENTAL SERVICES

Our commitment to providing dental care to our patients is exemplified by our dental suite which was designed specifically for the delivery of dental services. Dental-specific equipment includes a surgical table designed to keep our patients clean and dry, supplemental heat delivery equipment to prevent our patients from losing excessive heat during dental surgery and a dental x-ray machine and phosphor plate digital dental imaging system which allows complete assessment of each individual tooth (both above and below the gum line).  Monitoring equipment and fluid delivery pumps are also utilized in addition to our gas anesthesia equipment to provide a safe anesthetic episode, which is needed to allow us to properly assess and treat dental disease in our cat and dog patients.

OUTPATIENT CARE

For those patients with known disease conditions needing supportive care treatment services such as fluid therapy or ongoing treatment for conditions such as cancer, our out-patient care services allow our clients to have their cat or dog treated without the need for overnight hospitalization. Many of our clients are able to schedule such treatment services in a way that best fits their schedule, either remaining in the clinic until the treatment is completed or leaving their cat or dog for a part of the day if the treatment requires more time to complete.