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We recommend Hospital Visits for our patients
(Unless contra indicated by the veterinarian).
Our visiting hours are:
Monday – Friday: 16:00 – 18:00
Saturdays: 09:00 – 11:00 & 17:00 – 18:00
Sundays and Public holidays: 09:00 – 11:00
For your convenience, our veterinarians are available weekdays from 8:00 in the mornings until 18:30 at night. On Saturdays from 8:00 to 12:00 and 17:00 to 18:30. On Sundays and public holidays, we have consultation from 9h00 to 12h00. You are welcome to phone for an appointment. However, if you prefer, you may visit without an appointment. No appointments are made over weekends and public holidays, where we work on a first-come, first-served basis, with emergencies as a priority.
Pregnancy Ultrasounds and Export Documentation: These consultations are more complicated and generally scheduled between 8 am and 5 pm weekdays only. Please schedule beforehand to receive the best service.
Seen at any time during our open hours. Outside our normal hours, please dial Fourways Veterinary Hospital: (011) 705 3411 or Bryanston Veterinary Hospital: (011) 706 6023.
Please book any surgical, medical or dental procedure in advance.
If you are a new client with us, download our new client form to save time at the practice.
All treatments are payable at the time of the service. We accept cash, cards and can provide a secure link for EFT payments. All fees charged are based on the recommendations of the South African Veterinary Association.
We request that dogs are presented on leads and cats in baskets when visiting the practice.
If your pet needs to be booked in at the hospital for any of the following procedures, please print the correct form and complete it in advance to speed up the admission process in the morning when your pet is brought in for admission.
(Spay, Castration, Lumps & Bumps and other soft tissue or orthopaedic surgeries)
Radiology (x-rays) or Ultrasound (scan) under sedation
Our on-site pharmacy carries a variety of scheduled and non-scheduled medicine.
We comply with all legal requirements at Florida Veterinary Hospital. In accordance with the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC), a prescription is required for all schedule 3+ medications.
If your pet is put on chronic medication by one of our veterinarians and you have a repeat script the following important facts must be considered. At Florida veterinary hospital a script will be given for a maximum of 6 consecutive months before a follow-up health check and consultation is required. This is purely for the safety of the patient on the medicine. The Veterinarian attending to the patient will use their professional discretion and advise blood tests if necessary before the next six-month prescription will be made-out. Only 30 days medicine will be dispensed at a specific time and if you are at the end of the month’s supply please phone us and request the next month’s supply at least 48 hours before your pet’s last dose. The medicine will be ordered, dispensed and prepared for collection.
All stray animals are scanned for a microchip, and we contact the owners if the animals are chipped. If not, we will always try and assist. However, our hospital is custom built for our patients to improve their health. It is therefore extremely difficult to take in healthy animals. They are sometimes disruptive. We therefore kindly request, if it is possible at all, to take the stray animal directly to the SPCA. If you do not have the means to drop them off at the SPCA, you can leave the stray with us. We will arrange with the SPCA to collect the stray directly from us.
We are not allowed to rehome animals from our hospital. We are by Municipal Bylaw required to report any stray animal to the SPCA within 16 hours.
All injured and sick strays will receive emergency treatment until they are stabilised enough to be moved to the SPCA, or the owner traced. The attending veterinarian lawfully has the right to euthanize severely injured stray animals at his/her discretion.
Upon the location of the rightful owner of a non-chipped stray animal, the owner will be financially responsible for the boarding fees, as well as any emergency treatment given.
Please make sure that your own pets are secure and taken care of when you are away from home. Anyone who is caring for your pet should know who to contact if they go missing. Please have your pets microchipped. Many pets go missing from home each year.
Get 1 digital stamp if you spend more than R750 at a time in our practice. Collect 9 stamps to get R450 off a sterilization or a dental.
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