Dr. Steven V. Bleish

Serving Kansas City Since 1981

 APPOINTMENT INFORMATION

The goal of the Animal Care Team is to provide the best quality health care possible for your family pets.

We believe that by providing the highest level of compassion and education to our owners and the latest surgery, radiology and laboratory equipment and a well trained staff, that we will be able to reach that goal. 

We will treat your pets like they are our own, and will provide them with lots of tender loving care!

We ask that you call before you come so that we can provide you with the amount of time that is needed for you and your pets.  Our patients are seen in the following order: emergencies, appointments and then walk-ins. We appreciate your understanding that emergency patients sometimes may disrupt our appointment schedule even though we do "plan" for them throughout the day. Appointments can be made by calling us at 816-741-8338 or by emailing us at AnimalCareTeam@aol.com.

Another option that we provide is that we allow owners to arrange dropping off their pets and letting us take care of them and then the owner may return later in the day to pick them up.  We allow this for most procedures, but we do appreciate you arranging this in advance so we can schedule it in the doctor's schedule.

Before you come for your first appointment we ask if you can do a few things for us:

1) Bring along any medical history or breeding history that you have regarding your pet

2) Bring along the phone number and address of any previous veterinarians or breeder in case we need prior medical history

3) Make a list of any questions or concerns that you have

4) Bring the bottles of any medicines, vitamins, supplements, etc. that you give your pet

5) Bring the bag of food that you are currently feeding your pet

6) Bring a fresh stool sample. 

With a dog, take them for a walk or watch for their next defecation and bring the most current sample.  If you see any worms, bring those also.  With a cat, clean out the litter box, then take out the next bowel movement that is in there.  That will be the freshest one.  We don't need huge amounts.  A two or three inch piece is sufficient.  It is okay if it has cat litter on it.

7) Bring a urine sample if there has been concern about inappropriate urination or concerns of frequency, smell, darkness, signs of blood, visiting the litter box a lot, etc.

The best way to do this is to take the dog for a walk on the leash and when he squats down, have him/her urinate in a disposal pie pan.  Then pour the urine in a clean container with a lid.  If you are only able to get a small amount, just bring what you can get. 

For a cat, you can take the litter out of their litter box and put a few pieces of torn up paper towel in their litter box and confine them and their food, water and litter box in a bathroom until you get a sample.  Just put enough paper towel scraps that the cat has something to scratch on.  Not enough to soak up the urine.  The goal is to get enough to pour the urine into a clean container with a lid.  Also, you can stop by the clinic and we can give you some "special" pellets that you can put in your litter box instead of paper towels, and the pellets don't absorb the urine, so it makes collection even easier.  With urine collection, the more you collect is better, but we can work with what you bring us. Keep it refrigerated before coming to the office or drop it off when you collect it and we can discuss the findings at your appointment.  Again, the fresher the better.

8) If you want, you may fill out the new patient form before coming into the office.  Please print out out this form, fill it out and bring it with you to your appointment.   New Patient Form

9) If your first appointment with us is for boarding, you may also fill out the boarding form Boarding Instructions.

10) If you have pet insurance, be sure to get two copies of your receipts when you leave our office so that you have a copy to file with your insurance paperwork and a copy for your records.  For more insurance about pet insurance click here

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