Guided tour of the Oswestry surgery
 

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Welcome to Border Veterinary Centre!

Leave your vehicle in our spacious car park and join us on a guided tour of the surgery....

The first room you encounter is the reception area. We have notice boards displaying information for clients on various topics (these change regularly) and a place for people to display animals lost, for sale or rehoming, rescue centers in the area and other animal related information such as dog training classes and pet sitters. We also have a selection of pet food, and scales to weigh the animals. You can buy items such as flea and worm treatments and pet accessories from our receptionists.

From the waiting room you may be called into one of the two consult rooms where your pet will be examined by the vet. These rooms are well equipped with instruments for checking animals eyes (ophthalmoscope) and ears (auroscope), a viewing box to look at radiographs and of course a stethoscope and thermometer! We also have a range of very life-like models of animals bones, joints and eyes to help us explain problems such as arthritis and cataracts. The rooms have skylights to provide the maximum amount of natural light so that we can see your pet clearly and special fans which blow hot or cold depending on the weather to keep us all comfortable.

Some animals require blood tests or examination of urine, faeces, or coat samples. More complex tests require the samples to be sent away to a specialist laboratory, but we can test some samples "in house" in our own small laboratory.

If your animal is staying in the surgery for treatment, he or she will be admitted into the kennels. We have several kennels of different sizes to accommodate the different animals we see, from gerbils to Great Danes. We also have a shower facility here so that animals needing a bath can be washed with the least amount of stress possible and an outdoor exercise area for dogs.

From the kennel room, your animal will progress to the "Prep" room. This room houses our special dental table and an operating table used for minor procedures. Animals are anaesthetised here, clipped and cleaned before going into the more sterile operating room for their final "scrub" and major operation (for example orthopaedics).

Both the Prep room and Operating theatre have built in systems to deliver Oxygen and remove waste gases from the anaesthetic machines. The operating tables rise and lower to accomodate patients and surgeons of different sizes.

Some animals require radiographs (commonly called x-rays) as part of their stay at the surgery. We have a dedicated radiography room with a special table.The table tilts and slides automatically to position the animals properly to radiograph different parts of their bodies.

This room also houses an automatic developing machine and a large viewing box where we can look at the radiographs as soon as they're ready.

Once your animal has undergone surgery or radiography and woken up from the anaesthetic, he or she will return to the kennels where they continue to recover under the supervision of the nurses.

Owners sometimes come to collect their animals directly from the kennel room, but most of the time the patient will be discharged to you in either the consult rooms or back in the reception area.

This completes your pet's tour of the surgery. Your pets don't usually encounter our additional rooms for drug storage, laundry, food preparation and office areas, but they may turn up in "Tracey's Room" - the facility used by Top Dog Groomers which shares our building.

We hope you have enjoyed your virtual tour and come and see us in real-life soon!

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