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Online vet consultation in India is a relatively new field. It just came up during the pandemic. Using MyFurries, you can be assured that your pet queries are answered by a panel of India’s best veterinarians. They have hands-on experience treating and looking after pet animals (dogs and cats 🐈 🐱).
MyFurries proprietary messaging platform lets you, a concerned pet parent, start a question and answer session with multiple follow-ups with a vet. You can attach images and videos to your question. The entire messaging session is preserved in the system. One can refer to the vet prescription anytime by logging into MyFurries dashboard and clicking on the question status. Since this service is free now, we haven’t been able to introduce real-time chat sessions with vets. Understandably, they are busy in their existing practice taking care of furry friends, so they cannot come online. Messaging is deliberately asynchronous. This allows our panel of vets to handle questions as soon as they have time available.
Why is MyFurries free now? Will I be charged in the future?
MyFurries is run by a motivated panel of veterinarians. The main aim is to increase pet health awareness among first-time pet owners. Pets are not little adults and require specialized care from vets. Unfortunately, not many realize this and are not willing to spend money or time. Often they do that only when it’s too late.
MyFurries aim is to build this awareness. During this phase, we are encouraging pet owners to use this FREE service to allay their fears.
In the future, there will be a real-time chat option and video calls. You can book a slot with the vet within the app itself. That will be understandably paid.
Are you focused on online vet consultation only for India markets?
Our panel vets are licensed to operate only in India. However, we do give general advice with disclaimers to pet parents around the world.
Why should I post on MyFurries vs. asking a question on reddit or another forum?
Sure that is possible, but it takes time. You are not sure of the response if it’s indeed from a licensed medical professional. Additionally, there is no commitment from the question responder side.
Why should I trust advice from MyFurries?
Very good question! MyFurries is founded by the ex-Naukri.com and 99acres.com leadership team. They have 20 years of experience running India’s premier internet services in the most ethical and transparent manner. We take pet parents very seriously. As pet parents ourselves, we onboarded only those vets whose credentials are impeccable and vetted by us. Our proprietary messaging system guarantees that as soon as your query is posted, it is sent to a central dashboard. There it is routed to an available vet automatically. The assigned vet gets an alert via email and text message.
Do you have Android or iOS app ?
Unfortunately that takes time and effort to develop . We are currently working on both versions and by end of Q2 should see native apps for both platforms !. Meanwhile petparents can continue to use web app to do online vet consultations.
