Northside Animal Hospital is a full service hospital offering comprehensive care for your pet.  We provide routine preventative care, modern diagnostic services and surgical medical care for companion animals.  Some of the services we provide include:

• Behavior Consultation

• Dermatology

• Dentistry
  Our dentistry procedures include tooth scaling, tooth polishing, dental charting, and oral examination, including periodontal evaluation.  Treatment also includes anesthetic monitoring, pain management, and post-operative antibiotics.  We also provide surgical tooth extractions and periodontal treatments as indicated.

• Exotic Pets and Pocket Pets
  Dr. Skarich has extensive training and experience providing veterinary care to exotic pets and pocket pets.  Northside Animal Hospital is happy to offer comprehensive healthcare for snakes, turtles and lizards, as well as rabbits, rats, hamsters and guinea pigs.

• Full-Service Pharmacy
  
  
• Geriatric Care
  
  
• In-House Laboratory Services
  • Blood tests
  • Urinalysis
  • Stool analysis
  • Cystology
    
    
• Nutrition and Weight Management Consultation
  

• Pet Care Products
  • Prescription Flea & Tick Preventative and Treatment for pets and home
  • Heartworm Preventative and Treatment
  • Intestinal Parasite Preventative and Treatment
  • Medicated Shampoos
  • Pet Dental Health Products
  • Nutritional Supplements
  • Hill’s Prescription Pet Food
  • Purina Pet Food
  • IVD Prescription Pet Food
    
    
• Preventative Care
  

• Reproductive Healthcare
  • Progesterone testing
  • Correct timing of breeding
  • C-sections
  • Brucellosis testing
  • OFA radiographs
    
    
• Surgical and Anesthetic Monitoring
  A Doctor and Technician are with your pet the entire time they are under anesthesia.  During surgery, we carefully monitor all pets by utilizing wireless technology.  This includes continuous ECG monitoring, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen levels, body temperature and respiration rate.  Additional support for your anesthetized pet may include IV fluids and medication for pain management.  Your pet is placed into a kennel where they are continuously monitored and once fully awake offered food, water and walked outside.  Your pet is treated to a full day of pampering.

• Surgical Information
  • Our surgical days are Tuesday and Thursday
  • Drop off is either the night before or beginning at 8:30am that morning
  • No food after 12midnight the night before surgery, water is OK
  • Pick-up between 3-5pm, for your convenience, owner calls first to see how quickly pet is waking up
  • Declaws are hospitalized overnight
    
    
• Surgical Procedures
  • Spay and Neuter
  • Tumor removal
  • Eye and eyelid surgeries
  • Urinary tract surgery for male cats
  • Anal gland removal
  • Bladder stone removal
  • Thyroid gland removal
  • Cat declaw
  • Puppy tail and dewclaw
  • A wide range of other soft tissue surgical procedures, as medically indicated
    
    
• X-ray Facilities
  • Radiographs (x-rays)
  • Diagnostic imaging

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Dog teeth before dental cleaning

Clean dog teeth after a dental cleaning.

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Laboratory

X-ray room

Jenny preparing dog for surgery

Dr. Skarich performing a surgery

Anesthesia machine