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From routine to advanced procedures, your pet is in skilled, compassionate hands every step of the way.

Pet Surgery: Skilled Hands, Compassionate Care
Whether it’s a routine procedure or an urgent situation, surgery can be an important part of keeping your pet healthy. At our hospital, we treat every surgical case with precision, compassion, and close attention to your pet’s comfort and safety—from initial consultation to recovery.

Our team performs a wide range of soft tissue and orthopedic procedures, all under carefully managed anesthesia and with modern monitoring equipment.

Common Surgical Procedures We Perform

  • Spay and neuter

  • Mass or tumor removal

  • Wound repair

  • Bladder stone removal

  • Foreign object removal (gastrointestinal)

  • Soft tissue surgery (e.g., hernias, lacerations)

We also coordinate with trusted specialists when advanced procedures like TPLO (knee surgery) or complex orthopedic care are needed.

What to Expect

Before Surgery

  • Comprehensive physical exam

  • Bloodwork and diagnostics to assess surgical readiness

  • Personalized anesthesia plan based on age, breed, and medical history

Day of Surgery

  • Your pet will be closely monitored from check-in through recovery

  • Our team uses sterile surgical techniques and maintains a calm, focused environment

  • Intraoperative monitoring includes heart rate, oxygen levels, blood pressure, and temperature

After Surgery

  • Pain medication is provided to ensure comfort

  • Recovery instructions are sent home with clear guidelines on rest, feeding, and incision care

  • Follow-up exams are scheduled as needed to check healing

Your Pet’s Safety Comes First

We know that surgery can feel stressful for pet parents. That’s why we take time to answer your questions and walk you through each step. Our team follows best practices for anesthesia and surgical protocols, including:

  • IV fluids when appropriate

  • Pre- and post-operative pain control

  • Continuous monitoring by trained veterinary staff

Whether your pet is here for a planned procedure or something unexpected, you can count on us to treat them with the same care we’d give our own.

Surgery is never taken lightly—your pet’s safety, comfort, and healing are our top priorities. We’re here to support you both before and after the procedure with clear communication and experienced care.

🐾 Looking to keep your pet healthy and happy? Visit us—we’re here to support every step of the way.

💙 Whether it’s a checkup, questions, or care needs, visit us—we’re here to be your partner in your pet’s health.

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FAQs

Below are some answers to our most common questions.

Here at Gainesville Veterinary Hospital, fees cover what is done for the animal including an examination, administration of tests, diagnosis, treatment, and medications. Some problems can be long term or involve multiple and/or changing causes. Treatment may be ongoing. To an effect a cure is not always possible. You are paying for an honest attempt to diagnose and treat a problem. There is no implied guarantee.

Third-party health insurance is available for pets. As with human health insurance, Gainesville Veterinary Hospital advises you that different companies offer various levels of coverage which have a wide range of deductibles and premiums. There are also certain restrictions on which conditions, injuries, and procedures are covered. Please contact your veterinary facility, which may have more information on this type of insurance.

Gainesville Veterinary Hospital advises that to get a rabies certificate, only a rabies vaccination is needed. This law is in place to protect humans and animals from the spread of rabies. However, the vaccine cannot be administered without the animal first having received a physical examination. It is in the best interest of your pet to get a routine check-up plus all the necessary vaccines as determined by your veterinarian to maintain your pet's good health. There are many infectious diseases of animals, many of them fatal to your pet. The additional cost of the vaccines which prevent these diseases is often quite minimal. Administering vaccines is a safe, easy, and cost-effective way to prevent disease. Many veterinarians have written material on the recommended vaccinations your pet needs and would be happy to provide this to you.

Most puppies and kittens need basic health examinations, checks for parasites and vaccinations. Gainesville Veterinary Hospital will provide general estimates by telephone. If you check with a few hospitals, you will see that fees for similar services do not vary that much. When requesting an estimate you need to be sure exactly what you are getting for the fees charged, and whether there are additional costs for anything else.

Fees are set by each individual veterinary practice and each has different expenses that are covered by the fees charged (i.e., salaries, rent, utilities). Often, the different fees do not reflect the same set of services, although there may be certain basic procedures in common. Each veterinarian within Gainesville Veterinary Hospital sets the fees for services based on varying criteria, such as different drugs, anesthetics, antibiotics, medical techniques, and products, which may have a bearing on the cost of the service.

Not only is it unethical and illegal to prescribe for an animal that a veterinarian hasn't physically examined, but it is also impossible to come up with an accurate diagnosis and rational plan of treatment. A veterinarian here at Gainesville Veterinary Hospital can't make a diagnosis based on symptoms only as observed by an owner. The outward signs may be an indication of any number of internal causes with a wide variety of clinical treatments. A complete physical examination and other diagnostic tests are required to determine the cause of the symptoms and the best course of treatment.