GENERAL SERVICE
CONSULTATION
During the basic consultation, our vet will be checking on your pet’s vitals such as auscultation of the heart and lungs, checking of the body score card (BCS), skin and fur, eyes and ears. If any procedures are required, i.e. ear cleaning or irrigation, anal gland expression, eye examination, etc., additional costs are applicable.
Like the basic consultation, our vet will be checking on your pet’s vitals and physical examination will be performed. She would also ask you about the progress your pet has gone through with the course of medication given. If there is any need for other procedures, such as ear cleaning, anal gland expression, diagnostic tests, etc., additional costs are applicable.
This health check is performed prior exportation, where our vet will perform an overall check on your pets’ physical condition as well as checking their vitals via auscultation of the hearts and lungs before the certification that your pet is fit for travel is given. As there are always changes in international regulations with regards on importation of pet on a regular basis, please do check with the importing country on the necessary tests and regulation for import at that point to prevent any discrepancy with countries and stress to your pets.
Before any vaccinations are performed, our vet will check on your pets’ physical conditions as well as their main vital organs such as the heart and lungs. If your pet is fit for vaccination, our vet will proceed with the necessary routine injections. If there is any need for other procedures, such as ear cleaning, anal gland expression, diagnostic tests, etc., additional costs are applicable.
When it is your puppy’s/kitten’s first visit to the clinic, a first puppy/kitten health check will be performed, where our vet will perform a physical examination on your pet and assess their main vital organs, such as the heart and lungs. She would also provide advise for owners on care for your puppy to ensure that both you and your new puppy/kitten can adapt to each other and them with their new environment more smoothly. If there is any need for other procedures, such as ear cleaning, anal gland expression, diagnostic tests, etc., additional costs are applicable. We would always recommend owners to bring your new pet to the clinic to get an overall assessment of them before bringing them home to ensure that they are all healthy and well.
VACCINATION
This is a routine vaccination performed on adult cats on a yearly basis. For kittens, it would be advised to start them on their routine vaccinations from 2 months old onwards, having another booster vaccination one month later before it becomes an annual routine. This vaccination covers Feline Rhinotracheitis (Cat herpes), Feline Calicivirus, Feline Panleukopenia (Feline Infectious Enteritis/Feline Distemper) and Chlamydia Psittaci (Feline Chlamydiosis)
Protect against
· Feline Rhinotracheitis · Calici · Panleukopenia · Chlamydia Psittaci
This vaccination for rabbits targets specifically on Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus,
a Calicivirus that is highly contagious and fatal to rabbit and is exotic to Singapore. However, in October 2020, the first case of rabbits with this contagious virus was reported in Singapore. It is highly advised for rabbit owners to vaccinate your rabbit against this fatal disease to prevent the spread of this exotic virus.
Protect against
· Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus
This is a routine vaccination performed on adult dogs on a yearly basis. For puppies, it would be advised to start them on this routine vaccination from the age of 2 months old, where they would require 3 booster vaccination one month apart from each other before it becomes an annual routine.
Protect against
· Canine Distemper · Adenovirus Type 2 · Coronavirus · Parainfluenza
· Parvovirus · Leptospira Canicola · Icterohaemorrhagiae
Rabies is a deadly virus that is spread through the saliva of an infected host. It is a zoonotic disease that can be spread to humans, the most common host being dogs. In Singapore, we are rabies free, and rabies vaccinations are usually performed for exportation purposes. If owners that had routine rabies vaccinations performed prior, this vaccination is performed on an annual basis.
Bordetella, also known as Kennel Cough, is a highly contagious virus that can be easily spread between dogs via aerosols. It is usually seen in puppies from kennels, where they are housed closely with one another, thus the spread is easier. Symptoms include sneezing, runny nose, coughing, lethargy and inappetence. Owners are advised to vaccinate their dogs for Bordetella on an annual basis if they are planning on bringing their dogs to pet hotels or areas where they would be spending a lot of time with other dogs in close proximity.
Protect against
· Kennel Cough
The proheart injection is an annual injection for dogs given concurrently with their vaccination to protect them from heartworm. Heartworm is a parasitic worm that lives in the heart and is spread through mosquitoes. If left untreated, it could cause a blockage in the veins, which could be fatal. Symptoms of heartworm infestation include difficulty breathing, tiredness after mild activity, coughing, etc. Especially here in Singapore where mosquitoes are prevalent, we would highly advise owners to keep their dogs protected from heartworm disease.
Protect against
· Heartworm Disease
The price is stated as such:
HOSPITALISATION
Hospitalisation would be required if your pet’s condition is critical or requires treatment that can only be done clinically. Therefore, we provide hospitalisation for such cases, though it is to note that we are not a 24-hour clinic. For patients that require intensive round the clock care, we would advise clinics or hospitals that offer these services. Hospitalised patients would be given the needed therapies and treatments, such as intravenous fluid therapy, procedural support feeding, seizure watch and glucose curve among others. We provide hospitalisation services for most animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and birds.
Normal Hospitalisation
Isolation Ward
Small Animal Hospitalisation
Please note:
Visiting hours for hospitalised pets will be between 12 noon to 8pm in the evening on all weekdays except Tuesdays (the clinic’s closing day), and 12 noon to 4pm on weekends, unless in cases of emergency.
All updates on discharge will be given after 12 noon as the pet’s discharge status can only be determined after the morning rounds are done.
Please leave behind TWO contact numbers in case of an emergency, so that we may contact you as soon as possible.
HOUSE CALL SERVICE
At My Family Vet, we do offer house call service, however it will be dependent on the availability of the vet, the condition of the pet, as well as the location. Please take note that the fee stated below is not inclusive of any medication and the consultation.
RADIOGRAPHY
We provide a comprehensive radiography service that is performed by the DynaVue radiograph machine, a veterinary radiography machine that has both digital radiography and fluoroscopy for a better diagnosis of your pet’s condition. With digital radiography, you will be able to obtain an X-ray image of your pet and the doctor would be able to diagnose any abnormalities that she happens to note in the image. Mainly, digital radiography is used for diagnosing conditions such as foreign body obstruction, bone structure, heart size, etc.
As for fluoroscopy, it is a non-invasive test that would use an X-ray beam to pass through the body continues to create moving pictures, allowing the doctor to see the movement of the internal organs in real-time. Fluoroscopy is usually done to perform procedures such as treating urethral and colonic obstructive disease, contrast studies of the gastrointestinal tract, and performing minimally invasive fracture repair.
ULTRASOUND
We provide ultrasound services for pets in need of it. As it is a non-invasive imaging technique that allows internal bodily structures to be seen via reflection ultrasonic waves, it can be alternative option for conditions that can be harder to diagnose from radiography alone. Ultrasound examinations are usually performed to diagnose conditions such as tumours and pregnancy.
There are different types of ultrasounds that we perform, including echocardiogram, which is the ultrasound of the heart that helps to diagnose certain heart diseases, full abdominal ultrasound, where we scan the whole abdominal cavity, and more specific ultrasound on different regions, such as the pelvic region.