At Shelley Veterinary Hospital in Shelley, ID, we believe that regular checkups and wellness exams are critical to your pet’s well-being. These wellness exams give us a chance to evaluate the overall health of your pet while also giving us a baseline for their unique bodies and tendencies.

Not only do these exams keep us up-to-date with your pet’s health, but they also allow us to detect potential problems before they become serious. This thorough checkup gives us vital information to help keep your pet healthy!

Regular wellness exams also make your pet more familiar with our veterinary hospital, which makes future visits easier on them and you.

Dental care is vital to the overall health of any pet. Dental disease can lead to health issues with the heart, liver, and kidneys, and can affect the entire body through the bloodstream. In fact, 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats over three years of age suffer from some form of dental disease, making it the most common pet health issue among our pet population.

In spite of these disturbing facts, many pet owners are unaware of the importance of dental care to their pet’s health. There are a lot of different ways to improve your pet’s dental hygiene, including home brushing, dental chews, and regular inspections.

Professional cleaning is the most effective way to protect your pet from dental disease. We perform thorough cleanings here at Shelley Veterinary Hospital, including the area beneath the gums you can’t see or access at home.

If your pet has brown/yellow teeth, bad breath, or is having difficulty eating, these could all be signs of dental disease. Please call us at (208) 357-5100 today to learn more and schedule your pet’s dental cleaning.

We are proud to provide Shelley, ID and surrounding communities with state-of-the-art veterinary surgical procedures. We believe in utilizing the highest level of medical technology, and our surgeons are experienced and highly trained.

We also realize that it can be stressful to have your pet undergo surgery. We want to assure you that your pet is in good hands, and that we will do everything to provide the best care possible.

We will communicate with you about the things you need to know before, during, and after your pet’s surgery. It is our goal to make the entire process go smoothly, and to eliminate the stress and worry of surgical procedures.

We provide a wide array of diagnostic tests that help us care for your pet. We are often able to provide same-day diagnostics so that you do not have to wait to know what is going on with your furry family member.  This ranges from simple laboratory tests to more complex diagnostic tools that help us in treating your pet. 

We also offer several wellness panels, which allow us to catch abnormalities in your pet before they become more serious.  We strongly recommend annual bloodwork from an early age to establish a baseline and keep us up to date with your pet’s condition.  We want to keep them as healthy and as happy as long as possible. 

Additional diagnostic options include genetic testing, allergy testing, radiography, EKG, Ultrasound, and much more. 

Call us today to find out more about our facilities and how we are dedicated to providing care for your pet. 

Platelet-Rich Plasma, or PRP, is blood plasma that contains concentrated amounts of platelets and growth factors. PRP is a non-surgical and advanced means of providing high doses of the body’s own healing factors directly to the area where they are needed.

How does it work?

Platelet Rich Plasma is a trending topic in human sports orthopedic medicine. Used for sports injuries as many wear and tear issues. MediVet’s Platelet Rich Plasma Kit, or PRP, is a breakthrough product for pets utilizing blood plasma with concentrated platelets that once activated accelerate the healing properties of the isolated growth factors at a fraction of the cost of traditional human treatments.

Platelets that are found in whole blood contain many healing growth factors and bioactive proteins. These bioactive proteins can initiate tissue healing, and assist with inflammation. The treatment offers an affordable all natural alternative to drugs and steroids.

How does it benefit your pet?

Medivet’s PRP Kit can be introduced topically in or around an injured joint, tendon, or used in its gel form to treat large burns or wounds. MediVet’s PRP is not limited to acute injuries, it can also be used for chronic conditions.

• Complimentary to your Pet’s next surgery
• Osteoarthritis
• Tenosynovitis
• Wound Care
• General Inflammation
• Post Surgical Healing

We have a complete set of digital imaging equipment for your pet.

Hospitalization is needed for sick or debilitated animals. Hospitalization of patients allows for constant monitoring, proper delivery of medication, fluid administration as needed, ICU type treatment and good basic TLC.

We offer cold laser therapy, proven to be successful in treating many medical conditions such as chronic non-healing wounds and joint pain, muscle strains and tears, tendon and ligament injuries, bone fractures, post-surgical pain, and degenerative conditions such as arthritis. 

Additionally, laser therapy does not cause any pain or discomfort to your pet, is very effective when used by a skilled professional, and may decrease the need for more invasive and expensive therapies and medications. 

It’s a terrible feeling to know that your pet is lost and on their own, but it’s an avoidable one. Microchipping pets is the best way to ensure their safe return in the unfortunate event that they become lost.

We know your pets are members of your family, and we want to make sure you stay together. We highly advise all pet owners to microchip their pets.