There’s nothing more stressful than when your pet gets sick or injured after your vet’s office closes. It’s hard to know what issues can wait until the next day and the ones that need emergency service, especially if you’re a new pet owner. With recently rescued pets and young animals, they can get into food, plants, and common household items, and it’s tough to know what’s poisonous or harmful to their health.
Uncertainty sends many pet owners to consult emergency veterinary services, often requiring hours spent in the waiting room and hundreds of dollars for a consultation. Turning to the internet when your pet is sick often generates more questions than answers. Instead, subscribe to a virtual vet service to get the answers you need without the unnecessary stress and expense of the emergency vet.
A virtual vet is a specialist who asks the right questions to determine if a situation is an emergency or can be resolved with at-home care or a trip to your regular veterinarian.
While it’s always better to err on the side of caution, it’s stressful spending hours in an emergency vet waiting room and spending hundreds of dollars on a consultation. A virtual vet will determine if you need to get emergency treatment, with an unlimited number of calls included in the monthly subscription cost.
Whether they’re dealing with their own health or that of their pet, everyone’s first instinct is to ask the internet. Even if you’re using trustworthy sites such as the American Kennel Club or ASPCA, without specialized veterinary training, it’s impossible to know if you’re applying that knowledge accurately.
Save yourself a stressful internet search by connecting with a virtual vet 24/7 who can answer your specific questions as it applies to your pet.
Emergency vets are overburdened with sick and injured animals during nights and weekends. Even calling can often leave you on hold for extended, stressful amounts of time. There are no restrictions on when you can reach out to a virtual vet for a consultation.
You can reach out via text, video chat, or phone call as many times as you need to during the month, including during nights and weekends. There are no long wait times with telehealth veterinary services. Virtual vets provide pet owners with fast consultations to determine if a sudden sickness is an emergency or if it can wait until the vet office opens.
While pet owners will do anything for their best friend, the expense of unnecessary trips to the emergency vet can add up and either drain savings or create a burden of debt. A subscription to a virtual vet is a modest monthly expense for which you can budget.
The advantage of a virtual vet is avoiding unnecessary trips to the emergency vet, which can set you back hundreds of dollars for issues that didn’t need emergency care. Using telehealth veterinary services is one way to make pet ownership more affordable.
My TeleBenefits offers medical and veterinary services for how the world operates today: reliability, accuracy, and round-the-clock access to non-emergency care. Telemedicine reduces unnecessary trips to veterinary emergency services by providing individuals with insight and answers when their vet’s office is closed or while they’re traveling. When your best friend isn’t feeling their best, My TeleBenefits connects you with a veterinary professional. They’re able to offer support, answers, and guidance about the care they may need.
When you have frequent questions about your pet’s health, My TeleBenefits is a virtual vet who can help when you need it the most.
