Community Animal HospitalsGuided by AAHA standards · St. Petersburg, FL
Community Animal HospitalsGuided by AAHA standards · St. Petersburg, FL
If your dog or cat is struggling to give birth, come in now during our open hours and call on the way. Caesarean sections are done here, in our own surgical suite in St. Petersburg, with anesthesia monitored by our own team.
This cannot wait. During our open hours, come in now and call on the way.
We are closed right now. Go to a 24-hour emergency hospital now — do not wait for us to open.
If your pet is in labor now, call or come in — that is faster than this form.
If you are not sure, call. It is far better to come in and not need surgery than to wait too long.
During our open hours, walk-ins are seen — there may be a wait. Calling ahead lets us know you are coming.
On our own digital x-ray equipment, the same visit. The x-rays show what the exam cannot.
For all proposed diagnostics and treatment, before any work begins.
If surgery is the answer, it is done in our own surgical suite. Rechecks and suture removal are included.
A C-section delivers the puppies or kittens through an incision in the uterus. It is done here, by our own veterinarians, with anesthesia monitored by a technician assigned to the mother and doing nothing else.
Before surgery you can speak with the veterinarian doing the procedure — about what they expect to find, what recovery looks like, and anything that worries you. That is routine here, not a special request.
No referral needed. If your veterinarian has already examined your pet or taken x-rays, bring the records, email them to petcare@communityanimalhospitals.com, or tell us on the form who has them and we will request them for you.
The veterinarians across our two hospitals include two former owners of 24-hour primary care and emergency hospitals, and doctors with more than 25 years in practice ownership.
It depends on what we find — the size of the mother, how many are still to be born, and how she and they are doing. After the exam you receive a written, itemized estimate before any work begins.
You receive a written, itemized estimate for all proposed diagnostics and treatment before any work begins. You will never get a bill you have not approved. If we find something unexpected during surgery, we call you before doing anything about it.
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Most people are less worried about the procedure than about the anesthesia. That is a fair worry, and it deserves a straight answer.
Pre-anesthetic bloodwork tells us how your pet’s liver and kidneys will handle the anesthetic drugs. It is also how we catch the problem that changes the plan — before we start, not during.
The catheter means immediate access to a vein if we need it, rather than looking for one in an emergency. Fluids maintain blood pressure, which is what protects the kidneys under anesthesia.
A trained technician is assigned to your pet’s anesthesia and does nothing else for the duration — heart rate and rhythm, blood oxygen, blood pressure, temperature and breathing, continuously, with hands on your pet.
Anesthetised animals lose heat quickly, and a cold patient recovers badly — slower waking, more shivering, more pain. Active warming runs through the procedure and into recovery. It is unglamorous and it matters.
Almost never, and age by itself is not the reason to decline. In the largest study of US primary-care practice — 822 hospitals — the anesthetic death rate was 0.05% in dogs and 0.11% in cats. What moves that number is health status, not age: in sick patients it rises roughly twenty-five fold. Which is why what we do before the procedure matters more than the number on the birthday.
Bloodwork, a physical examination, and a plan built around what we find. If something turns up that changes the risk, we tell you before the day, not after.
AAHA’s 2023 senior care guidelines: “Advanced age alone is not a contraindication to general anesthesia.”
We do not provide overnight care. For most procedures your pet goes home the same day — home is quieter, and you are the person who notices first when something is not right. You will go home with written aftercare instructions and a number to call if anything worries you.
If your pet does need overnight monitoring, we will say so and refer you to a 24-hour facility that can give it. That is a judgment made on the day, about your pet — not a policy.
Most pets go home wearing a cone (an e-collar) so they cannot lick or chew at the incision while it heals.
Recheck visits and suture removal are included in the surgery price.
Questions after you get home go to us — six days a week, 7:30am–6:30pm.
5895 54th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33709
Clients travel as far as 15–20 miles for surgery with us, from St. Petersburg · Gulfport · Pinellas Park · Seminole · Bardmoor · Tyrone Square · South Pasadena · Kenneth City · Lealman and beyond · Open 7:30am–6:30pm, six days a week
It depends on the mother and the litter. After the exam you receive a written, itemized estimate before any work begins.
Trouble in labor is. Come in now during our open hours, or go to a 24-hour emergency hospital if we are closed.
Ask the veterinarian. It depends on how the mother is doing, and it is your decision.
Yes. C-sections are done for dogs and cats.