Routine and non routine treatments

• Non-routine care is care that is not planned, often being an emergency or treatment for illness
• Non-routine treatments required to treat or prevent a health condition as a one-off treatment include:

  • Soft tissue trauma repair
  • Tumours and mass removals
  • Orthopaedic procedures such as cruciate ligament repair, bone fractures, and amputations
  • Eye surgery for conditions like 'cherry eye' and entropion (eyelid is turned inwards eyelash rubs against eyeball).
  • Perineal Urethrostomy for urinary obstruction in male cats
• Routine care is planned and provided regularly
• Routine care includes:

  • Vaccinations and boosters
  • Neutering
  • Microchipping
  • Dental care and pet dentistry
  • Flea and worm preventions and treatment
  • Parasite control
  • Pet nutrition and weight clinics
  • Health checks
• Topical treatment is applied directly to the skin and includes lotions, creams, gels, powders, and transdermal patches
• Topical treatment delivers medication more directly into the bloodstream by bypassing processing in the liver
• Oral medication is taken via the mouth and includes antibiotics, tablets, liquids, behaviour-modifying drugs and sedatives, steroids (a type of anti-inflammatory medicine), and antiparasitic and chemotherapeutics (drugs that kill fast-growing cancer cells)
• Parenteral medication is administered via a route other than injection
• Intramuscular administration is into a muscle
• Subcutaneous administration is under the skin
• Intravenous administration is into a vein or veins
• Oral administration is given via the mouth
• Topical administration is applied to the skin or body covering
• Enteral medication is absorbed through the intestinal wall
• Nebulised medication is a vapour through the respiratory system
• Sourcing treatment can be done through vets, pharmacies, feed merchants, and suitably qualified persons (SQP)