Melissa Edwards
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Dr. Melissa Edwards

DVM

Professional information

Designation
  • Veterinarian, DVM
About Vet

Hello! I live in Northwest Georgia and my passion is veterinary medicine. I am a licensed small animal veterinarian in practice since 1994. I have extensive experience in dog and cat general and emergency medicine. I also have decades of basic experience in exotic medicine (birds, reptiles, pocket pets, amphibians), but am not an exotic specialist.

This telemedicine platform is an excellent tool for answering your basic animal care issues (no need to ask Dr. Google!) Veterinary medicine is currently in crisis. We are experiencing a dire shortage of veterinarians and veterinary support staff, and many clinics are overwhelmed. You may have experienced long wait times at your local emergency room clinic or found that your primary care veterinarian cannot see your pet for several weeks. This platform allows me to help you address your concerns instead of or until you can schedule an appointment with your primary care veterinarian. Additionally, I can help you determine if you need to go ahead to the emergency clinic right now.

I can also work with you to help you manage long-term, chronic conditions like allergies, skin issues, medication questions, chronic pain, hospice care, behavior issues, nutrition issues, and many more.

When you schedule an appointment with me, please take a moment to explain the problem your pet is experiencing and upload any useful photos or videos that you feel will help us during the appointment.

I look forward to meeting you and helping you with your pet!

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are in Georgia I cannot see you if you are within a 50-mile radius of Rome, Georgia. AND

By Law I cannot write a prescription for your pet unless I have examined your pet In Person within 365 days of the telemedicine consult.

Location
  • Rome, GA, US
Spoken languages
  • English
Species treated
  • Cats (Feline)
  • Dogs (Canine)
  • Birds (Avian)
  • Small Mammals
  • Reptiles & Amphibians
  • Other Exotics
Areas of interest
  • End of life/Hospice care
  • Behavior
  • Dentistry
  • Emergency
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Radiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Orthopedics
  • Animal Welfare
  • Immunology
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Neurology
  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Nutrition
  • Pathology
  • Preventive
  • Soft Tissue
  • Cardiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Anesthesia
  • Toxicology
Licenses
  • Georgia, US
  • Tennessee, US
  • Florida, US
Capabilities
  • Consult on diet, nutrition & exercise
  • Consult on general health & wellness
  • Consult on behavioral issues
  • Navigating nutrition from the new baby to the senior pet
  • Optimizing your new puppy or kitten experience
  • Tips and tricks on pet grooming techniques
  • Pet training, house training and litter box training

5.0 (65 Reviews)

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James

November 2024

Wonderful meeting with Dr Edwards. Very professional with excellent advice and direction for our dogs welfare. Highly recommended.
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Brian

November 2024

Melissa was informative, thorough, and very helpful in determining how to best help my dog. As a solo dog-dad, the advice she gave was in invaluable.
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Lorraine

September 2024

very caring, very professional, very resourceful and informative. I would definitely call on her again. 
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Mark

August 2024

Very informative and professional.
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Jessica

August 2024

Dr. Edwards was super friendly and answered my questions about our crazy, mean rescue bird and our old man, Ollie. So, I had two visits with her and will be booking with her when needed. Her knowledge of Peep was very welcoming because he is a very trying little guy.
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Patrick

January 2024

Dr Edwards Gave me great information while we spoke and is sending me even more after. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this. She was easy to speak to and obviously knows what she's doing.
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Danella

January 2024

Dr. Edwards is the kind of person you’d want in charge of your furkid’s health. She’s experienced, knowledgeable, passionate, compassionate and kind. You can tell she’s not only good at what she does, she loves it.
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Marie

January 2024

Dr Edwards was very helpful and suggested some things we had not tried yet and Kracken is back to his little sassy purring self.
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Charles

December 2023

Great
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Paul

November 2023

Hit the jackpot with Dr. Edwards. Extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Thank you so much!