Garvers Animal Health Center Inc. offers a full range of veterinary services to care for your pet. Learn more about our complete line of services here, and why they are important to maintaining the health and happiness of your pet.

Dogs Cats Birds Rabbits Reptiles Rodents

Cattle Horses Goats Sheep Poultry

Boarding/Daycare

The veterinary staff at Garvers Animal Health Center Inc. is pleased to offer boarding services to all of our patients. We understand the emotions attached to leaving your pet while you are away. We try to relieve the anxiety associated with boarding by providing a large, state of the art facility with a warm and inviting atmosphere while also keeping your pet's health and well being a top priority. Our goal is to take the worry out of your travels.

The benefits of boarding at our facility include:

• Each pet is supervised and cared for by a member of our highly trained veterinary staff
• Should an emergency or illness arise, treatment is readily available
• Large outdoor exercise yard
  
• All pets are fed Science Diet or owners may bring special diets

Pet Styling

We offer dental cleaning and deep ear cleaning. Spacious heated and air-conditioned kennels for all sizes of cats and dogs.

Doug Glosser, Pet Stylist for Garver Animal Health Center, has over 25 years of pet styling experience, with all breeds of dogs and cats. Doug is a full-time pet stylist who joined our staff in March of 2002. We sell the products Doug uses to style your pets. We offer several different brands of shampoo, conditioner, pet cologne and charms. If we don’t have something you are looking for please let us know and we will order it for you.

 

Whitney Perdue lives in Oskaloosa, Iowa and has been grooming at Animal Health Center of Oskaloosa since Fall of 2008. We sell the products Whitney uses to style your pets. We offer several different brands of shampoo, conditioner and pet cologne. If we don’t have something you are looking for please let us know and we will order it for you.

 

General Medicine and Services

Examinations - At Garvers Animal Health Center Inc., we offer comprehensive examinations that help evaluate the overall health of your pet. Regular physical examinations can detect problems in their early stages, before they become serious illnesses requiring prolonged treatment. Preventative medicine is the easiest, least expensive and most important way to keep your pet healthy. Early detection ensures prompt action that may solve the problem before serious consequences occur.

Vaccines - Immunizations are a crucial part of your pet's health care. Some immunizations are recommended yearly while others are given every three years. Usually administered during an annual exam, we work with you to develop an individual vaccine protocol that best suits your pet's needs.

Microchip Identification - This unique form of identification is an easy, yet permanent way to bring your pet home quickly should he / she become lost. The microchip is a tiny electronic device, about the size and shape of a grain of rice. It is implanted beneath your pet's skin between the shoulder blades, and stays there for his / her entire life. This procedure is as easy and as painless as a vaccination.

Each microchip has a unique number. This number, along with information about the owner and pet, are added to a national pet registry. Most veterinary hospitals and animal shelters have electronic scanners for detecting and reading these implanted microchips. If a lost pet is found and a microchip is scanned it is easy for you to be contacted.

Nutritional Counseling - Proper diet is an important part of your pet's health. Should your pet need a new diet due to health concerns or you are just looking for a healthy alternative to your current brand, we offer individual consultations and nutritional plans to help keep your pet healthy.

Behavior Counseling - Pets often show illness or anxiety through improper or changed behavior. Let our staff help you determine what appropriate behavior is and what you can do to change inappropriate behavior.

Dermatology - Hair loss and constant scratching can indicate fleas, food allergies or other more serious skin conditions. We provide specialized dermatological services to all of our patients including allergy testing and desensitization treatments.

Dentistry - Clean teeth and healthy gums are essential to your pet's health. Infections are more common in the mouth because they can go undetected for long periods of time. Our veterinary staff regularly performs oral exams, cleanings and periodontal care as part of our comprehensive health care goals.

Some Signs of Dental Problems include:

• Bad breath – one of the first signs of dental disease
• A yellowish-brown crust of plaque on the teeth near the gum line
• Red and swollen gums
• Pain or bleeding when your pet eats or when the mouth or gums are touched
• Decreased appetite or difficulty eating
• Loose or missing teeth

Dental problems, if left untreated, can often lead to larger systemic problems in your pet due to oral bacteria entering the blood stream and damaging the kidneys, heart and liver.

Baths and Nail Trims - Hygiene is important. We gladly offer baths and nail trims to our patients.

Adoption Services - We regularly work with local area shelters and rescue organizations.