A dog that ate something, a cat that stopped eating, a vaccination due, a question about after-hours fees. The first practice to answer gets the client, often for the animal's whole life.
R499/month · 14-day trial, no card · Rand prices exclude VAT
It is rarely the quote. It is the hour between the enquiry and the reply. These are the three places it happens most.
The owner is panicking. Your exact emergency instructions, said immediately, are worth more than any hold music.
Owners often assume a vet visit is unaffordable. A clear consultation fee removes that block.
The client who is reminded books. The one who is not, forgets until the animal is ill.
These are the messages that decide whether a vet gets the job. An assistant that answers them properly is worth more than another advert.
You write it once, in your own words. The assistant never invents a price, a policy or a promise.
What it will not do: it does not give professional advice, does not diagnose, and does not pretend to be a human when asked directly.
A consultation is often R600 to R1,200; a procedure or hospital stay is many times that. A vaccinated, well-cared-for pet is a client for a decade.
You do not need a marketing budget to fix this. You need the enquiry answered while the customer is still holding the phone.
Website chat, WhatsApp and after-hours enquiries get a real answer immediately, not an auto-reply that says “we'll be in touch”.
Every enquiry is checked and scored. Hot, contactable leads come to your phone with one tap to call or WhatsApp. The rest wait in a daily summary.
Name, number, what they need and permission to reply. One place, not five apps and a notebook.
Most vets are live within a day. The 14-day trial needs no card, and there is no setup fee on Essentials or Growth.
One price list, no per-lead charges, no annual lock-in.
Website chat and WhatsApp answered 24/7, leads on your phone, a daily summary. The plan most small businesses start on.
Everything in Essentials plus calendar bookings, quotes, follow-ups, voice notes and a lead inbox with a pipeline.
Everything in Growth plus a real AI phone line on your own number, with a R999 once-off setup.
Rand prices exclude VAT. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, no card. If AskZuri does not bring you work in 60 days, we keep working free until it does.
It gives the exact wording you approve and escalates immediately. It never improvises treatment advice. For poison cases it can point the owner to the poisons information line you nominate.
It takes the request and the animal's details, then routes it to your team for approval. It does not dispense anything on its own.
Yes, to clients who opted in, with a booking link. Reminders are capped so nobody is nagged.
It sits in front of it. It books, answers and captures; your practice system stays the record. AskZuri can also post leads into a webhook or CRM that system supports.
Leave your details and we will build the receptionist from your own website, then send you the link. One working day, no obligation.
Prefer to see the numbers first? Run the free missed-enquiry audit — it shows what slow replies cost at your enquiry volume, and you do not need to sign up to see the result.