Personal Pet Assistant In-home pet visits
In-home visits · 20 years in the veterinary field

The hands-on care your veterinarian has already ordered, done at your kitchen table.

I come to your home and do the practical part of your pet’s treatment: subcutaneous fluids for cats, the medication and at-home care you are meant to carry out yourself, and the hands-on parts of a plan your own veterinarian has written. Your pet keeps their own veterinarian. I carry out what that veterinarian has written down — and I am the second pair of hands that makes it manageable.

Email me for a quote See what a visit covers

I am not a veterinarian and not a registered veterinary technician. I work as a veterinary assistant, carrying out your veterinarian’s written instructions. I hold no veterinary licence or certification, I do not diagnose, prescribe, dispense or decide treatment, and every task is carried out under your own veterinarian’s written order, for your own pet.

Illustration of a cat resting at home beside a hanging fluid bag and drip line
  • 20 years in the fieldTwo decades around animals and clinics.
  • Visits at your homeNo carrier, no waiting room.
  • Always on a written orderFrom your own veterinarian.
  • Cats are the specialtyFluids, in particular.
The short version

What I do, and what I don’t

This is the part worth reading twice. Everything on the left happens on your veterinarian’s written instructions. Everything on the right is somebody else’s job — and knowing which is which is the whole point.

What I do

  • Subcutaneous fluids for cats, on your veterinarian’s orders
  • Help giving medication and doing at-home treatment your clinic has already set up
  • Following a written care instruction list, point by point
  • Being the second pair of hands so nobody has to hold a wriggling cat alone
  • A short written summary after every visit, for you and for your clinic

What I don’t do

  • I don’t diagnose — that belongs to your veterinarian
  • I don’t prescribe or dispense medication
  • I don’t do surgery or dentistry
  • I don’t tell you what treatment your pet should be on
  • I can’t administer certain controlled substances
  • I don’t take on a task that has no written order behind it
  • I’m not a veterinarian and not a registered veterinary technician

Everything I do, a veterinarian has already decided. That is not modesty — it is what the work is, and it is why I will always ask for the paperwork before I begin.

Services

What a visit covers

Every item below is something your veterinarian has ordered. I do not decide what your pet needs — I do the part that needs a steady hand, and I do it to the letter of the instructions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, a prescription or a treatment recommendation.

The one I am asked for most

Subcutaneous fluids for cats

Fluids are the flagship. Your veterinarian orders the fluid, the volume and how often it is given; I come to you with everything needed, place the line, and run the session the way it was prescribed, at the pace your cat will allow.

Most sessions are 10 to 15 minutes of hands-on work. I will show you what I am doing as I go, so that if you ever want to take it over yourself, you can. Home is usually the whole trick: their own sofa, their own person within reach, no carrier and no waiting room.

Given only on your veterinarian’s written order. The fluid, the volume, the rate and the schedule are theirs to set — never mine.

Medication and at-home treatment help

Some owners simply need another pair of hands. Pills, liquids, ear and eye medication, checking a bandage stays put — I help you give what your veterinarian has already prescribed, and help you get comfortable doing the parts you are meant to do yourself.

This is the honest boundary of the job: the treatment belongs to your veterinarian, the hands-on part is what I am there for. Some medications I am not permitted to administer as a veterinary assistant — including certain controlled substances. I’ll tell you up front whether your pet’s medication is one of them.

The medication and the plan come from your veterinarian. I only help you carry out what you have already been told to do at home.

Carrying out a written care plan

Hand me the discharge sheet, the instruction list or the treatment plan your clinic sent home with you. I read it, I follow it point by point, and I check off what was done.

If an instruction is unclear, or the plan asks for something I am not able to do, I stop and it goes back to the clinic rather than getting improvised.

I work from your veterinarian’s written instructions — not from my own judgement about your pet’s treatment.

Written feedback to you, and to your vet if you ask

After every visit you get a short written summary: what was done, how your pet took it, and anything you should pass on to your clinic. If you would like, the same summary goes to your veterinarian as well.

It keeps everyone on the same page, and it means your veterinarian is working from what actually happened in the room rather than from memory.

That summary records what I did. It is not a diagnosis, not a clinical opinion, and not a change to your treatment plan.

Why a home visit

Most of the difficulty is the trip

  • Cats, in particularMost cats would rather not see the inside of a carrier. A fluid session that becomes a wrestling match in a clinic often just happens, on the sofa, at home.
  • No car ride for a pet that is already unwellTravel is stress stacked on top of whatever is already going on. Staying where they sleep removes it.
  • A second pair of handsSome treatments genuinely take two people — one to hold, one to do the task. If you have been managing alone, that is the part I fix.
  • Their own spaceFamiliar smells, familiar floor, familiar person. Animals are usually far easier to handle where they already feel safe.
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How it works

Three steps, and the first one is yours

The relationship with the veterinarian is the client’s to establish and keep. That is not a technicality — it is what makes a home visit safe and lawful.

1

Your veterinarian examines your pet, then writes the order

This is the part you arrange, and two things have to be true before I can do anything: your veterinarian must have examined your pet, and their instructions have to reach you in writing. That is a prescription, a written instruction list, or an order from the clinic you already use. Your pet keeps their own veterinarian — I work as their assistant, and I cannot be your pet’s vet and will not try to be.

2

I come to your home and do the hands-on part

You email me what has been ordered, who your veterinarian is and roughly where you are; we agree a time. I arrive with what the task needs, do exactly what was written, and keep you in the room the whole way through. No diagnosis, no improvisation, no changing the plan.

3

You get it in writing

A short summary the same day: what was done, how your pet handled it, and anything to pass to your veterinarian. Send it on, or have me send it — your choice. If an instruction asked for something I could not do, that is in the summary too.

By law your veterinarian must have examined your pet and given their instructions in writing before I can carry out any treatment. I am not able to accept a pet whose veterinarian has not seen them. I am not a substitute for your veterinarian and I do not act as one: anything that needs a diagnosis, a decision or a prescription goes back to your clinic — and if I see something on a visit that worries me, I will say so plainly and stop.

Service area

Where I work

I am based in 90016 (West Adams) and I work outward from there. There is no street address on this site — visits are arranged by email.

Core area

Up to 3 miles from 90016

One visit fee, quoted up front.

  • West Adams90016
  • West Adams / Baldwin Hills90008
  • Arlington Heights / Mid-City90019
  • Jefferson Park90018
  • Pico-Robertson90035
  • Culver City90232
  • Palms90034
  • Fairfax / Miracle Mile90036
  • Beverly Hills90211
Extended area

3 to 5 miles

The same visit, with a travel fee added — ask for a quote.

  • Hyde Park90043
  • Ladera Heights90056
  • Koreatown90010 · 90005 · 90020 · 90004
  • Vermont Square90062
  • Fairfax90048
  • Beverly Grove90038 · 90069
  • Culver City90230
  • Exposition Park90006 · 90007
  • Beverly Hills90212
  • Inglewood90302
  • Century City90067
  • Palms / Rancho Park90064
  • Vermont Knolls90037
  • Mar Vista90066
  • Westlake90057
  • Downtown90015

Past 5 miles: by request, quoted individually. Distances are measured from 90016 as the map line — the drive is longer than that, and it is folded into the quote rather than pretended away. Not sure which side of the line you are on? Send me your ZIP and I will tell you.

Quotes

What it costs

There is no price list — a visit is priced as a visit, not by the minute, and the trip, the setup and the written summary are part of the same quote. Core area: one visit fee, quoted up front. Extended area: the same visit with a travel fee added. Past 5 miles: quoted individually. Email what has been ordered and your ZIP, and you get a straight figure back before anything is booked.

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Questions

The things people ask first

Is this veterinary care?

I am not a veterinarian and not a registered veterinary technician. I am not a veterinary professional of any kind, and I do not practise veterinary medicine. I do not diagnose, prescribe, dispense or decide treatment.

What I do is the practical, hands-on part of a plan your own veterinarian has already written — giving the fluids they ordered, helping you carry out the instructions they sent you home with, and being the second pair of hands where the work needs two. I work as a veterinary assistant, carrying out your veterinarian’s written instructions.

Do I need a prescription or written order first?

Yes, and there is no version of this where that gets skipped. For every task — fluids, medication, a treatment you want help with — I need your veterinarian’s written order or prescription first.

It can be a prescription label, a discharge sheet, or written instructions from the clinic. If you do not have one, the first step is a message or a visit to your veterinarian, not a booking with me.

Does my vet need to have seen my pet?

Yes. By law your veterinarian must have examined your pet and given their instructions in writing before I can carry out any treatment. I am not able to accept a pet whose veterinarian has not seen them.

That is a legal condition on this kind of work, not a policy I have chosen, and it is why the first question I ask is who your veterinarian is and what they have written down.

What if my pet needs a diagnosis?

Then your pet needs your veterinarian, and I will say so plainly. Diagnosing is not something I do, and it is not something I will guess at.

If you describe a symptom and ask what it is, the answer is your clinic. If I see something on a visit that worries me, I stop, I tell you what I am seeing, and it goes back to your veterinarian. I do not do surgery or dentistry either — those are outside what a veterinary assistant may do at all.

Can you give my pet any medication my vet prescribes?

No, and it is better to say so here than to have the conversation at your kitchen table. Some medications I am not permitted to administer as a veterinary assistant — including certain controlled substances. I’ll tell you up front whether your pet’s medication is one of them.

Every medication I ever administer has been prescribed for that pet by their veterinarian. I never decide what to give, and I never work from a verbal guess.

What areas do you cover?

I work outward from 90016 (West Adams). Up to 3 miles is my core area, 3 to 5 miles is the extended area, and past 5 miles it is by request. The full ZIP list is in the "Where I work" section.

Not sure which side of the line you are on, or right on the edge of it? Send the ZIP and you will get a yes, no or a quote rather than a maybe.

What does it cost?

There is no price list here, because the honest number depends on what your veterinarian has ordered, where you are and how long the visit actually takes. Email me what has been ordered and your ZIP, and you get a straight figure back before anything is booked.

A visit is priced as a visit, not by the minute: my core area is one visit fee quoted up front, the extended area is the same visit with a travel fee added, and anything past 5 miles is quoted individually. Most hands-on tasks take 10 to 15 minutes; the trip, the setup and the written summary are part of the same quote.

What if something goes wrong during a visit?

I stop. I tell you what I am seeing, in plain words, and we agree on the next step — which is usually a call to your veterinarian or to an emergency clinic.

I come prepared, I work cleanly, and I do not push through a task that is not going well. I am not able to make clinical decisions, and I will not pretend otherwise in the moment.

How do I book a visit?

Email me. Tell me what your veterinarian has ordered, the name of your veterinarian and their clinic, what your pet is, your ZIP and two or three times that would suit you.

I reply with whether I can do it, what it costs and when I can come. Nothing is arranged until we have both confirmed a time in writing — email is the only channel I take, and it keeps a record of what your veterinarian asked for.

Booking starts with an email

Email is how this works. I read every message myself and reply with a straight answer: whether the visit is something I can do, what it costs, and when I can come. I work outward from 90016 (West Adams) — the "Where I work" section has the full ZIP list.

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No phone calls, please. I do not take calls — email is the one channel I always answer, and it keeps a written record of what your veterinarian asked for.