are most animals boarded/sick left unattended overnight at vets.?

Answer 1

Most times, a vet is either checking on them, so staying there if there is a critical pet.
Animals that are boarding are usually NOT supervised overnight....either at a vet hospital or a boarding kennel. That would cost a heck of a lot more!!

When in doubt as to the care of your pet with a specific problem, ask. You do not have to leave them!! Many times, if you are comfortable with the IV cath and or fluids and other things, they will let them go home to be watched by the owner.

Answer 2

At our clinic the last technicians leave at 10pm and arrive at 5am, so yes... animals are left unattended between 10pm-5am. All animals are hooked up to monitors overnight and our system is set up so our vet (who lives literally 5 minutes form the clinic) will be alerted if an animal goes into trouble. However, if we feel as though the animal needs to be monitored all night we will transport them to our emergency vet for the night for treatment(s) and pick them up again the next day (if we believe that is best).

If you are concerned about your pet being left unattended you can always locate a 24 hour facility, like our emergency services.

Answer 3

Absolutely.
The only case in which there may be at least a vet tech overnight is in an animal emergency hospital, but for the most part they are indeed left alone at night.

Answer 4

You need to ask if your pet will be supervised or not. This happened to a good friend, and the pet died unattended. Make sure to ask if your pet is really sick. They have to tell you if they staff during the night.

Answer 5

Most of the time, yes. They do have people go in and clean up poo, give them water and food, and walk them. Then they leave them all locked up and un-attended