Providing small animal
hospitals with relief services.

URGENT CARE | GENERAL PRACTICE | SURGERY

Ann Strieby, veterinarian and founder of minivet, smiling with stethoscope wearing striped shirt

ABOUT ANN

Ann Strieby has been a veterinarian since 2002. She is a graduate of California State University Northridge, with a BA and MS in Biology. She received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia, and later completed an internship at the West Los Angeles VCA Animal Hospital. She primarily works in California but is also licensed in Hawaii and Washington.

Ann currently resides in Oxnard, CA.

Services

A dog wearing a plastic cone, lying on a white and purple blanket.

Urgent Care

Ann provides urgent care and emergency care coverage for clinics and hospitals. She works daytime or evening hours. The duties on these shifts include treating emergencies, hospitalizing patients, and overseeing those that are already hospitalized. 

Ann Strieby, veterinarian and founder of minivet, sitting in an office chair holding a brown dog on her lap, wearing a white sweater and a stethoscope around her neck. Desk with papers and computer mouse visible.

General Practice

Ann provides coverage for clinics needing help with their daily appointments. She has worked for many years as a general practitioner in regular and low cost clinics, and therefore accustomed to a variable work load where clinics can book appointments as often as 15 minutes.

Ann Strieby, veterinarian and founder of minivet, wearing gloves examining a cat's abdomen.

Surgery

Ann provides high volume spay and neuter surgery skill to low cost clinics. She also performs surgeries for both emergency (laceration repairs and abdominal explorations) and non-urgent surgical situations (mass removals, biopsies, dentals).  

FAQs

  • Relief work is filling in as a doctor at different hospitals and when the staff doctor needs some time off or extra help. I have several hospitals that I regularly work for and enjoy very much.  My interests include urgent and emergency care, high volume spay and neuter, and general practice.  I usually stick to dogs and cats, but occasionally treat pocket pets, birds, reptiles and amphibians. 

  • I used to run a house call business, which may be why you are visiting my website.  I drove around in my Mini Cooper to owners’ homes and treated their dogs and cats in the Southern California area.  Although the business model has changed and I no longer do house calls, I still drive in a Mini and use the business name. 

Person holding a gray tabby cat on their lap, cat reaching out with a paw.

Case of the Month

Ann dives deep into her latest veterinarian case, and gives a breakdown of the process, from intake to diagnosis to recovery.