Just like our pets, local vet clinics come in many different types and sizes, and the care that they offer can be tailored to specific animals and their needs. Here a 5 different types of local vet clinics that might be in your area:

1. Small Animal Vet Clinics: These local vet clinics normally see dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, and other small animals. They provide basic care, such as general exams, vaccines, radiographs and routine surgeries like dental cleanings, spay, and neuters. They also provide routine care for sick or injured animals.
2. Large Animal Vet Clinics: These local vet clinics normally provide care to farm animals, such as horses, cows, sheep, and pigs. Services provided usually include vaccinations, caring for wounds, and routine health exams. Since the animals that large animal vet clinics see are not easily transported, many vets come to the owner’s home or farm to examine them.
3. Exotic Animal Vet Clinics: These local vet clinics specialize in care for exotic pets, such as reptiles, birds, and amphibians. These local vet clinics employ veterinarians that have studied exotic pet medicine and know how to treat and care for them properly.
4. Specialty Animal Vet Clinics: These local vet clinics normally provide care in specific area, such as orthopedic medicine, behavioral, holistic, or internal medicine. Regular veterinarians often refer pet owners to see them.
5. Emergency Animal Vet Clinics: These local vet clinics provide care for pets that have become very ill or have been seriously injured. Emergency animal clinics are normally open when small local vet clinics are not open, such in the late evening hours, on holidays, or weekends. The staff at these clinics are trained to deal with very sick or injured pets.