Sherlock Bones Animal Hospital uses the most current techniques in caring for you pet.
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services: Our hospital is equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to care for your pets' complete health care needs.
Surgical Services: Our state-of-the-art surgical suite provides for the performance of a wide variety of surgical procedures.
Anesthesia: We utilize the safest available anesthetics to provide that extra margin of safety, especially for our older or high risk patients. Using the most modern equipment, the patient's vital signs are monitored during all anesthetic procedures.
Therapeutic Laser: Love is... relieving their pain with the latest breakthrough in technology. We are proud to introduce K Laser Class IV laser therapy for your pets. Its beneficial uses include alleviating chronic pain, accelerating healing & rehabilitation and much, much, more!
Radiology Services: Our on-site, modern X-ray equipment provides high quality radiographs to aid in the diagnosis of many disorders.
Electrocardiography Services: We provide ECG services on-site as well as consultations with cardiology specialists.
Ultrasound: When most people talk about ultrasounds, it usually brings to mind human pregnancies. Actually, ultrasound technology plays a major role in early diagnosis of many health problems. Early diagnosis saves lives and money. Unlike conventional x-rays, ultrasound can distinguish the difference in soft tissues and reveal differences between fluid-filled and solid tumors. Ultrasound imaging captures real time images that can be analyzed much easier and more accurately than some x-rays. It is particularly advantageous in imaging moving targets such as the heart and blood. No other technique can provide the same structural and functional information that can be obtained by ultrasound imaging.
Laboratory: Our in-house laboratory facilities provide for serum chemistry, hematology, serology, urinalysis and parasite testing. We also utilize commercial veterinary laboratories for specialized diagnostics and consultations.
Pharmacy: We maintain a complete inventory of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, shampoos, flea and heartworm preventatives to meet the needs of your pet.
FlavoRx medication flavoring: The next time your pet needs a prescription, ask us to flavor it with FlavoRx. For an additional fee you can choose from these FlavoRx flavors: Grilled Tuna, Chicken Pot Pie, Red Angus Beef, Fish Chowder, Crispy Bacon, Scrumptious Peanut Butter, Cheesie Cheddar, Roasted Lamb, Chopped Liver, Salmon Steak, Whitefish Salad, Shrimp Cocktail, Sardine Splendor, Mother's Milk, Gooey Molasses and Mom's Banana Bread. This can also help prevent boredom with pets on long-term medications. Change the flavor each month as you refill their prescriptions. Your pets will love taking their medicine!
Dentistry: Good dental health is very important to maintain in pets to avoid periodontal disease, the loss of teeth, and complications that can arise from excessive tartar buildup. This procedure involves cleaning the teeth using an ultrasonic scaler while under anesthesia. As pets age, they tend to accumulate tartar on their teeth, which consists primarily of bacteria. Tartar buildup leads to gum erosion and bleeding gums can result. The bacteria then have a direct pathway to the heart, kidneys, and other organs of the body through the bleeding gums. Heart valve disease and kidney disease are just two of the complications that can arise from poor dental health in dogs and cats. Our dental procedure consists of anesthetizing your pet and using an ultrasonic scaler to remove tartar buildup from the teeth. The teeth are then polished and a dental rinse is used. We also apply a fluoride treatment. Sometimes, extractions are necessary at the time of the dental, and a pain relief injection is given to these patients after the procedure. At times, antibiotics are needed before and/or after the dental. Our dental cleanings include a pre-surgical blood screening which includes checking liver and kidney functions prior to surgery to make sure your pet is healthy enough to under go anesthesia. If a pet is considered to be in the senior range (generally 7 years or older) or a high risk patient, we recommend doing more in-depth blood work, which is sent to a local laboratory, along with a urinalysis. This allows us to better assess the health of older and high risk patients before being put under anesthesia.
Microchipping: It is a good idea to microchip your pet, at a young age, when they are in for surgery, although microchipping can be done at anytime. The microchip identification system used at our hospital is by HomeAgain. The microchip itself is about the size of a grain of rice and is implanted beneath the skin between the shoulder blades. The procedure is very quick and the pet does not have to be under anesthesia for it. Each microchip has its own nationally registered number which can be found by using a specialized scanner. Humane societies, animal control facilities, and veterinary hospitals across the country are using these scanners whenever a person finds an animal. If the animal has been microchipped, the number will show up on the scanner, and the HomeAgain company is then contacted so that they may contact the owner.
Dietary Counseling: We will provide guidance regarding your pet's nutritional needs for each life stage, including dietary requirements for growth, weight maintenance and performance.
Behavioral Counseling: We can provide advice regarding the correction of problems such as excessive barking, chewing, spraying, scratching, digging, house soiling and aggression.
Boarding: We provide pet boarding as a service to our clients. All boarders receive personal attention from our caring staff. Pets may be dropped off and picked up during regular business hours Monday through Saturday.
Grooming: Professional grooming with us typically includes the following: *bath, brush and nail trim, *ears plucked and cleaned, *pattern clipping where appropriate, *shave down when requested. We also offer additional services upon request: *anal gland expression, *nail filing, *nail painting and *express grooms!
House Calls: Some patients are too sick to travel or do not do well in a new environment, therefore we offer to our clients the option of our doctors coming to their home to care for their animals. We also are available to pick up and deliver patients if needed. Please ask our staff for details.
