The Carol Stream Animal Hospital is your local veterinary service.
Convenient hours. Local. Responsive. Advanced and gentle veterinary care.
We are located 1 mile north of the intersection of Gary Avenue and North Avenue;
1/2 mile south of Army Trail Rd and Gary Avenue intersection; just
one block west of Gary Avenue on Elk Trail. (Click here for a map)
Carol Stream Animal Hospital
140 W. Elk Trail
Carol Stream, Illinois 60188
Call us at 630-462-7888
Convenient Hours:
Mon - Thu: 8am - 7pm
Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 8am - 1pm
Our Doctors:
John Ciribassi, DVM, DACVB
Elise Ciribassi, DVM
Mondrian Contreras, DVM
Priya Bhatt, DVM
Come meet us! Our friendly staff will be glad to show you around,
and introduce you to everyone. The cookie jar is open!
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Celebrate Seniors
Your pet is an integral part of the family. Unfortunately, they age just like we do, but at an accelerated rate because they are dogs and cats. Even our pet birds age. As a comparison, our cars deteriorate with time and wear.
Certain parts wear faster than others--we need many sets of tires over the life of a vehicle but may never have to replace the steering wheel. And while a Ford may need a water pump, a Toyota may rust faster. Every auto is different and every individual car is different. As we all know from our own health care, organs can fail to do their job at any time of life as well, and then our bodies can start to deteriorate more rapidly. Some people live longer and with different ailments than others. So it is with our pets as well.
When we perform a physical exam, we are looking at general physique ("body score"), listening to the rhythm and integrity of the heart and lungs, palpating or feeling the general organ placement, size and texture within the abdomen, the skin and fur coat for signs of infection, disease, or trauma, deep ear canals for masses/infection/ear drum integrity, eyes for signs of disease inside the globe, and teeth/mouth for signs of oral disease that can affect the body as well. Most of this important exam procedure takes about 5-8 minutes of "touch time" for your pet by our trained, skilled veterinary staff. Abnormalities in these areas could be missed by the untrained owner's day to day contact with the pet.
While the physical exam is the most important window to our pet's health, we also need help with the unforeseen organ function as well. As an all point computer system check is important for your car, we gain useful information to help the future health of your pet by doing regular blood and urine testing. Wellness blood tests can help us examine the function of key, vital organs such as liver, kidney, pancreas (source of insulin and sugar control), and the blood and bone marrow. We can detect early disease through these blood tests and monitor effects of drugs and other environmental effects on our pets' systems. Fecal and heartworm parasite tests can detect underlying infection that potentially can affect the owner and the family.
We hope to help you and your family enjoy a long and healthy relationship with your pets. To Life!!
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2012 Senior Pet Wellness Program
In an effort to help you care for your beloved family pet, we will be offering a senior pet wellness program this spring for $175. It includes an exam, fecal parasite test, blood panel and urine testing (including Heartworm testing) for all those cats and dogs over 7 years of age. This is a $225 value. It does not include heartworm or parasite medication. We can also help with your pet birds as well. Please call the clinic for details and to schedule your appointment soon.
This offer is valid 4/1/2012 --6/30/2012.
Bark Park Opening
October 15 at 10:00am as we officially opened the new off-leash dog park – Bark Park Carol Stream, with a ribbon-cutting event. After the ribbon cutting the dog park will need passes for use.
The $98,000 park at Kuhn Rd and North Ave features fenced areas for small and large dogs. Bark Park users must purchase an annual pass for the dog park at Simkus Recreation Center for $29 Res/$49 Non-Res per household.
All passes sold in 2011 will be good through Dec 31 2012. For more details visit Carol Stream Bark Park.
New Tags Available
A reminder: Village of Carol Stream residents must have their dogs licensed by the Village and DuPage County once they reach 6 months of age. Written evidence of Rabies inoculation must be presented as proof before obtaining a dog license.
As of December, 2011, the Carol Stream Animal Hospital is now able to provide you with your pet's Village of Carol Stream Dog Licenses through our office (an annual $3 license fee is charged for male and spayed female dogs while a $5 license fee is charged for unspayed female dogs). When you come in to update your annual pet's health care visit (physical exam, heartworm testing, blood testing, and vaccines) Rabies tags/certificates that are required by State of Illinois law are issued--provided by your County of residence. We are now able to offer Carol Stream Village tags as well. These tags are issued January 1st annually. Tags will be issued and the application submitted for you to the Village.
The Application for the Village also allows you to obtain a permit for the new Carol Stream Park District Bark Park. This is an off leash dog park that opened last October for your pet to enjoy lots of fun with other dogs in the area. An annual permit ($29 res/$49 nonres) is required to use the park which is conveniently located on Kuhn Rd. just north of North Avenue. You may pick up your Bark Park pass at Simkus Rec center. For more information, visit Carol Stream Bark Park.
Puppy Class is Back!
Help your puppy become a GREAT dog. Join Ms. Candy Schultze, member of the American Pet Dog Trainers Association for her fun Puppy Socialization Class. Call Candy at 630-372-1150, or just peek at her brochure here.
For Emergency Service: We cooperate with and refer to several emergency specialty clinics and 24 hour care facilities in the area.
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