About Us
Hillside Small Animal Hospital opened its doors November 11, 1996, and is a full-service veterinary hospital, offering care exclusively to dogs and cats. The practice was started by Dr. Timothy A. Fouts (see “Meet the Staff” section) and his wife, Lynn. The hospital is located just outside Batavia, Ohio on State Route 132, in a renovated USDA office building.
In this bucolic setting, we offer a full range of veterinary services, including routine exam, vaccination and wellness care by appointment. We offer in-house diagnostics, such as fecal flotation, heartworm testing, Feline Leukemia virus testing, as well as other blood chemistries and cell counts. We also utilize a reference laboratory, providing us with a wide range of diagnostic capabilities.
Our spay and neuter services are performed in our full surgery suite with patient safety being the top priority. Utilizing modern standards of excellence in surgery preparation, anesthesia and monitoring, we recognize that these procedures are major surgeries and provide our patients with the care warranted as such.
We provide routine dental cleanings performed by a licensed veterinary technician using our compact scaling and polishing equipment. The veterinary staff can also provide basic dental radiology and oral surgery if needed.
If an animal requires hospitalization, our qualified staff can administer IV fluids using our automatic IV pumps, and provide top-notch care throughout hospital hours. We can also board your pet for you, if you need to be away from home for a few days.
X-ray imaging can provide rapid diagnosis in many cases, and our state-of-the-art automatic film processing gives us images in minutes.
Our flexible, fiber optic endoscope allows us to view the gastrointestinal tract for the purpose of diagnosing causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea, or retrieving foreign bodies an animal might swallow. This can all be done non-invasively (without surgery).
If surgery is required, our large surgical area is adapted to handle almost any veterinary-related surgery. From soft-tissue surgery such as abdominal exploratory, tumor removal and ophthalmic surgery to orthopedic surgery such as fracture repair and knee surgery, we perform several hundred surgeries a year, all with your pet’s comfort and safety in mind.
If you’d like to meet our staff, or tour the hospital, stop by anytime!