Admission
If your pet has to be admitted for treatment that requires overnight care, your veterinary surgeon will discuss the options with you. This will either be a bespoke plan for treatment at home and readmission the next morning, where appropriate, or transfer to Vets Now Peterborough when more intensive care is needed. This service has specially trained vets and nurses who are on-site all night. They will then discharge your pet back into our care the following morning, if ongoing treatment is needed.
You may be requested to transfer your own pet or it may be possible for us to transfer your pet for you (this may be in our pet ambulance or a staff vehicle).
Dedicated Hospital Vet
Hospitalised pets have a dedicated vet assigned to them. This vet will be in charge of your pet’s care while they are in the hospital and will examine your pet at least twice daily themselves as well as receiving regular updates from the hospital nurse.
This vet may be different to the one you saw at admission and due to vets working different shifts, if your pet is in hospital for more than one day, it may be that several different vets take care of your pet. At shift handovers your pet’s case will be fully discussed between the vets and nurses involved, including when transfers to or from Vets Now are needed.
Case discussions between vets are also actively encouraged at Animates. This means your pet will likely have been assessed by more than one vet during their stay ensuring all options and possibilities have been covered.
Nursing care & monitoring
In the hospital, patients are cared for throughout the day and night; medicated, fed, exercised and groomed as needed by our excellent nursing team.
Each day, this team is led by a dedicated Registered veterinary nurse (RVN) in charge of the hospitalised patients. There is a different nurse in charge of the exotic wards. The hospital nurse will assess your pet on a regular basis and alert the veterinary surgeon in charge of your pet’s care to any changes as soon as they happen.
Each in-patient will have their vital signs checked regularly, pain levels monitored and addressed if necessary and a nutritional plan tailored to them to ensure their individual dietary needs are met.
Overnight Care
If your pet has to be admitted for treatment that required overnight care, your veterinary surgeon with discuss the options with you. For your peace of mind, this will either be a bespoke plan for treatment at home and readmission the next morning where appropriate, or transfer to Vets Now Peterborough when more intensive care is needed. This service has specially trained vets and nurses who are on-site all night. They will then discharge your pet back into our care the following morning if ongoing treatment is needed.
You may be requested to transfer your own pet or it may be possible for us to transfer your pet for you (this may be in our pet ambulance or a staff vehicle).