Quality Care
Mobile Veterinary Services
At South Mountain Mobile Veterinary Services, we provide many of the same diagnostic and treatment services that a veterinarian in a clinic setting can provide during a typical appointment. The main difference is that everything happens within the comfort of your home, which is less stressful for your pet. If your pet requires anesthesia, surgery, radiographs, or dentistry, we will refer you to a full-service veterinary clinic.
Our Fees
Housecall fee: $99 (charged once per visit)
Consultation fee: $66 per pet
Vaccines: $39 each
Additional fees are available on request. A complete estimate is created at the time of the visit, tailored to your pet’s needs. There may be an additional travel fee for locations outside our primary service area of Laveen, AZ.
Senior Pet Wellness
The best way to help protect your pet as they age is to understand the aging process in pets. We understand that process and can help you help your pet. Even if your senior pet is already being treated for a medical condition, treatment recommendations can change as a condition progresses. Sometimes medication dosages need to be adjusted, or medication may need to be changed. Routine wellness blood work and other routine diagnostic testing are important for senior pets because these tests allow us to evaluate how your pet’s health is either responding to current management strategies or changing with age.
Adult Pet Wellness
We believe annual wellness care is imperative to keeping your pet happy and healthy! Your pet’s health is important and preventive care is necessary. We recommend wellness exams, keeping your pets on a vaccination schedule, and working with us on all facets of wellness care.
During your annual physical exam, your veterinarian fully examines your pet and discusses vaccinations and ongoing wellness. Just like you do wellness visits with your doctor, it’s important that your pet does the same. During these visits, our team will spend time examining your pet from nose to tail.
Pet Pain Management
The practice of high-quality veterinary medicine focuses on the entire patient – from medical issues that affect physical functioning to emotional and psychological issues that affect well-being. Experiencing pain can affect the body’s physical functioning and can have a detrimental effect on a patient’s well-being and state of mind. That’s why pain management is among our primary considerations when we are treating a pet for any medical condition.
Our approach to pain management involves anticipating potentially painful procedures and taking steps to manage pain from the outset, as well as continuing to manage pain through your pet’s treatment and recovery process.
Pet Arthritis Management
Osteoarthritis (OA), also known as degenerative joint disease, is one of the most common causes of lameness in pets. It is caused by a deterioration of joint cartilage, followed by pain and loss of joint motion range. Cartilage is a smooth, resilient tissue that lines the joints, allowing nearly frictionless joint movement and providing shock absorption. Disruption of cartilage leads to increased friction and inflammation in the joints. This erodes the bone and can cause the formation of new bone, called osteophytes (bone spurs), which interfere with normal joint movements causing pain. Eventually, the joint cartilage can wear away to the point that the underlying bone, named subchondral bone, is actually grinding against the adjacent subchondral bone. Because subchondral bone is rich in nerve supply, having exposed subchondral bone is a main source of pain with OA. Osteoarthritis is more prevalent in overweight pets than their non-overweight siblings. OA is diagnosed by a thorough orthopedic examination and radiographs (x-rays).
Pet Allergies
Pet allergies are a common problem during the warm time of year, and pets who suffer from allergies can live in misery if special accommodations are not made. We can help pet owners care for their pets by reducing severe allergy symptoms.
Pet Internal Medicine
Your pet’s health includes having healthy functioning internal organs. These organs can become diseased or damaged due to injury or hereditary factors. Veterinary internal medicine is involved with the diagnosis and treatment of your pet’s internal organs.
Being inside the animal’s body, damage and other symptoms of diseased or injured internal organs are often not visible. Plus, our pets are unable to alert us when they are suffering pain or other symptoms of internal organ problems. This is why periodic head to tail preventive care exam and good nutrition, especially in the case of older pets, are an important part of ensuring a long and healthy life for your pet.
Pet End of Life Care
Saying goodbye to your beloved friend will be one of the hardest things you have to do – you do not have to do it alone. We are here for you. We are honored to be a part of the bond you share with your friend, and we will share your burden and celebrate your memories. We are here to provide your family and beloved pet with love and support during their palliative/hospice care days and then to offer a peaceful transition from this life when the time comes.
Euthanasia
It is an honor to provide a comfortable and peaceful passing for beloved family pets. We understand how difficult it can be to make the decision, and we are here to help. Call our office at 623-252-5394, and we will guide you.
We believe euthanasia is a kindness when illness or other circumstances have left us with few or no feasible options for easing a pet’s suffering. We know how hard it is to come to this decision, and we are here for you and your beloved pet every step of the way.
What to Expect
In most cases, the doctor will give an injectable sedative shortly after arrival to provide deep relaxation and relief from any anxiety or discomfort your pet might be feeling. After that has taken effect and the family is ready to proceed, the doctor will administer the euthanasia solution. This is a concentrated anesthesia solution that helps the pet fall asleep very quickly before passing away. If a few minutes of privacy is needed after the procedure is complete, we will step away to allow you and your family some final private moments with your pet.
Should we allow other pets or children to be present?
The decision to have other pets or children witness a pet’s euthanasia is very personal and unique to each pet family. In many cases, we find that allowing pets to be present helps them feel a sense of closure and understanding about what’s happening to their companion.
Children are welcome to be part of the process and, in some cases, can help comfort a beloved pet. Children often ask questions during the procedure, and we will always answer honestly while taking care to be sensitive about the subject matter.
Aftercare
Fees
In-home euthanasia: $375 (travel to outer services areas may incur travel fee)
Cremation: $285 (includes return of ashes in a tasteful cedar box)
Cremation: $155 (no ashes returned)
Paw Print: $40 (provided by crematorium)
Pet Tests & Treatments
We treat healthy and sick pets, young and old. We provide annual wellness bloodwork, sick pet bloodwork, and diagnostic testing, vaccines, heartworm testing and prevention, parasite testing and prevention, and pain management. Our annual wellness recommendations are tailored to your pet’s lifestyle, life stage, and medical history. We use an outside lab for blood tests and other diagnostics. Medications are either provided directly during the visit or by prescription.