Ask about a dog, cat, bird, or small pet. A veterinarian still makes the diagnosis.
Not a clinical veterinary diagnosis
15/min · 1,500/day
Tell me the species, age, and what you are seeing. I can sort urgent signs from home-care questions. I cannot diagnose your pet or prescribe medication.
It can explain everyday diet questions, common behavior changes, and which signs usually need a same-day clinic visit. Answers stay general, use both metric and imperial measures, and point you toward a licensed veterinarian when the picture is unclear.
It cannot confirm a diagnosis, read an X-ray, or give a prescription drug dose. Those decisions need an examination, and sometimes bloodwork, by a veterinarian who is licensed where you live.
Call an emergency clinic or poison hotline first for bloat, trouble urinating, seizures, pale gums, toxin ingestion, or open-mouth breathing in a cat or bird. The chat can repeat that warning, but it cannot examine your pet or start treatment.
The free Gemini tier allows 15 questions a minute, 1,500 questions a day, and 1 million tokens a minute. Older turns are dropped when a chat would use more than one request's share of that token budget. Google may log free-tier chats to train future models, so leave out names and addresses.
No. PetAuthority offers the assistant for education. A licensed veterinarian remains responsible for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, including any medication.
