AI Chatbot for Veterinary Practices
Free your front desk from the same twenty questions. The assistant answers vaccine, price and species questions from your own pages, routes anything urgent to your emergency line, and captures appointment requests day and night.
Free plan. Pro $19/month, Business $59/month, 30-day trial on paid plans. Setup takes about 2 minutes from your website URL.
What does an AI chatbot do for a veterinary practice?
An AI chatbot for a veterinary practice answers the routine questions your front desk repeats all day (vaccine schedules, exam and spay prices, which species you see, pet insurance), captures appointment requests after hours, and sends anything that sounds urgent straight to your emergency number without trying to diagnose.
Veterinary practices get the same questions all day: "Do you take new patients? How much is a wellness exam? When can I bring in my dog? Do you do dental cleanings? Do you see rabbits?" Your front desk answers these dozens of times a day instead of helping the pet parents standing in the waiting room. Meanwhile, after hours, worried owners can't reach anyone and don't know whether what they are seeing is an emergency. Chatonbo gives your practice website an AI assistant that handles routine questions instantly from your own pages, captures appointment requests, and, for anything that sounds urgent, gives the owner your emergency line or the nearest 24-hour hospital rather than attempting to triage. It is trained on your services, vaccine schedules, accepted insurance and wellness plans, species you treat, and your published pricing. It replies in 50+ languages and hands the conversation to a person the moment someone asks. The result: a calmer front desk, more booked appointments, and pet parents who get a clear answer the moment they reach out.
Questions people ask on a veterinary practice website
The real questions, and how the assistant should answer each one once it has your pages.
1.My dog ate chocolate, is this an emergency?
Ideal answer: Do not diagnose. Say that this can be urgent, give your emergency phone number or the nearest 24-hour hospital immediately, and offer to pass the details to your team.
2.What are your emergency hours?
Ideal answer: State your after-hours policy exactly as published: whether you see emergencies, until what time, and where you refer overnight.
3.What vaccines does a puppy need and what do they cost?
Ideal answer: Give your puppy schedule (ages and vaccines) and the package or per-visit price from your page, then offer to book the first visit.
4.How much is a spay or neuter?
Ideal answer: Quote your published starting price by species and weight band, note what is included (bloodwork, pain meds), and ask for the pet's details.
5.Do you see rabbits, reptiles or birds?
Ideal answer: Answer from your species list; if you do not see exotics, say so and point to the referral you list.
6.Do you take pet insurance?
Ideal answer: Explain how you work with insurance (direct billing or reimbursement claims) and which providers you name on your site.
7.Can I get a prescription refill?
Ideal answer: Explain your refill process and the annual-exam requirement, then collect the pet's name and medication for the team.
8.Are you taking new patients?
Ideal answer: Answer directly, list what to bring to a first visit, and collect owner and pet details or send the booking link.
What a good answer looks like
Three example exchanges from a veterinary practice assistant. Prices and names are illustrative; yours come from your own pages.
My dog is throwing up, is it an emergency?
I'm sorry, that sounds worrying. I can't assess symptoms, so please call our clinic now at (555) 010-2200 if it's before 7pm, or the 24-hour emergency hospital on Main Street at (555) 010-9911 after hours. If you'd like, I can pass your name, number and your dog's details to our team so a vet tech calls you back as soon as the clinic opens.
How much is a wellness exam for a new puppy?
A new puppy wellness exam is $75 and includes a physical exam, weight check, deworming, fecal test and a run-through of the vaccine schedule. We recommend the first visit at 6 to 8 weeks. There's also a Puppy Wellness Package at $399 that bundles the first three visits, core vaccines and deworming. Want me to request an appointment? I'll need the puppy's name, breed and age, plus your phone number.
Do you do dental cleanings?
Yes. Routine dental cleanings under anesthesia start at $450 and include pre-anesthetic bloodwork, scaling and polishing, and an oral exam. If extractions are needed, the vet will quote them after the exam. Would you like me to book a dental consultation, or send you the booking link?
What to feed the assistant
It only answers from what you give it. For a veterinary practice, these are the pages and documents that matter.
- 1
Services and price page (exams, vaccines, spay and neuter, dental, microchip)
- 2
Vaccine schedules for puppies, kittens and adults
- 3
Hours, emergency policy and the after-hours or referral hospital number
- 4
Species you treat and what you refer out
- 5
New-patient form, insurance and payment policies
- 6
Booking link or appointment request form
Paste your website URL and the pages are crawled automatically. Anything not on the site (a price sheet, a policy document) can be uploaded as a PDF or typed in as a Q&A. If a price or policy is missing, the assistant says it does not know and offers to take the visitor's details instead of guessing.
What 5,470 real website chats show
From our study of website chat conversations across 246 live assistants, June to September 2026.
In 5,470 real website chats analyzed June to September 2026, 39% started outside 9 to 18 local time and only 1.0% asked for a human, so most after-hours vet questions are routine ones the assistant can answer from your pages.
Source: What shoppers ask an AI chat assistant: 5,470 conversations analyzed (2026)
Where a veterinary practice loses enquiries
Front Desk Buried in Calls
Receptionists spend the day answering routine price, vaccine and hours questions instead of greeting clients and keeping the waiting room moving.
After-Hours Pet Worries
Owners with a concern at night don't know where to turn. The assistant gives them your emergency line or referral hospital immediately, without guessing at a diagnosis.
Vaccine and Service Questions
Which shots, at what age, at what price, and what to bring to the first visit. The assistant answers from your own schedule in seconds.
What it will not do
The assistant does not give veterinary advice. It will not tell an owner whether a symptom is serious or what to do at home; for anything that sounds urgent it gives your emergency number or the nearest 24-hour hospital and offers to pass the details to your team. It only quotes prices and schedules you have published, and it cannot see or confirm appointment times unless you connect a Calendly or Cal.com link through the Booking Agent. It is not a place for medical records and hands off to a person whenever asked.
AI chatbot questions from veterinarians
Will the chatbot give medical advice to pet owners?+
No. It is set up never to diagnose, suggest home treatment or judge whether a symptom is serious. For anything urgent it gives your emergency number or referral hospital and captures the owner's details for a callback.
Can it answer vaccine and pricing questions accurately?+
Yes, from the pages and documents you give it: vaccine schedules, exam and surgery prices, species you treat and insurance policies. It only answers from that material, so if you have not published a price it says so.
Can pet owners book an appointment through it?+
Yes, if you connect a Calendly or Cal.com link via the Booking Agent, owners pick a slot inside the chat. Otherwise it captures the requested day, pet details and contact info as a lead for your front desk.
Does it work with our practice management software?+
Every captured lead or appointment request can be sent by webhook to systems that accept incoming data, and you can route them to email or Slack. It does not read or write patient records.
How much does it cost and how long does setup take?+
There is a free plan. Pro is $19 per month and Business is $59 per month with a 30-day trial. Setup takes about 2 minutes: paste your website URL and the assistant learns your services and hours.
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Put an AI assistant on your veterinary practice website
Paste your URL, check the answers, add the one-line embed. About 2 minutes. Free plan to start, 30-day trial on Pro and Business.
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