COVID-19 Protocols

To Our Valued Clients,

Our top priority is to provide exceptional care to our patients while safeguarding our staff, our clients, and our community.  We continue to maintain our regular business hours and we are available to see you and your pets for veterinary health care services.

We have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and want to notify you of changes we are making for the welfare of our staff, clients and patients. We have taken great care to implement safeguards to help reduce the spread of this virus.

Amended Procedures:

  • We will not be performing nail trim, fit-n-fury and birthday exams until further advised.
  • We will not provide change for cash payments. We will apply these amounts as a credit on your account to be used as payment for future transactions.
  • We encourage the use of contactless payments:
    • We will continue to accept Visa and Mastercard by phone.
    • Interac e-Transfer can be sent to payments@hollybankanimalhospital.ca and payments@avonleaanimalhospital.ca
    • We have added Interac e-Transfer plus Amex, debit, PayPal, Visa and Mastercard via our online PayPal forms:
    • https://hollybankanimalhospital.ca/online-payments
    • https://avonleaanimalhospital.ca/online-payments

Admittance:

  • We ask that a maximum of two clients per patient attend the appointment  including euthanasia appointments.
  • All clients and staff must “properly” wear a mask (cover the nose and mouth) while in the exam rooms.
  • We also provide contactless curb-side appointments and telemedicine appointments for those that prefer this approach with all communication and payments being performed over the phone.

Food, inventory and medication pickup:

  • We encourage the use of curbside service for all items.
  • Items can be ordered over the phone or purchased using our online shop https://shop.avonleaanimalhospital.ca for pickup at the clinic.

Product availability:

We have been in constant contact with the suppliers and manufacturers responsible for ensuring our hospitals have a sufficient supply of veterinary diets and over-the-counter products, and we do not anticipate any disruption to this supply. However, instances of buying large quantities of these products have strained the supply chain. We respectfully request that our clients limit their purchases of these products to immediate need plus one month’s supply to ensure all clients and patients have access to these products.

Our goal is to keep our essential services available to the communities we serve and to be there for you and your pets. Thank you for your cooperation and for doing your part in helping to keep pets and people safe. Please do not hesitate to call with questions. We anticipate our phone lines will be busier than usual and we thank you in advance for your patience!

Our new hours of operation are as follows:

  • Monday: 9a-7p
  • Tuesday: 9a-7p
  • Wednesday: 9a-7p
  • Thursday: 9a-7p
  • Friday: 9a-7p
  • Saturday: closed
  • Sunday: closed

Please call us if you have questions or to schedule an appointment.