The name
Named for an animal
Otomys is Africa’s indigenous big-eared mouse. The name joins the Greek oto, ear, and mys, mouse. We chose it because the ears are the point. Good practice software starts with hearing what the practice actually needs.
Our story
Big ears. We listen.
The maker
Built by a vet, for vets
Dr Hendrik de Swardt wrote the first version in 1990 for his own veterinary practice in Pretoria, and he still uses it himself. Over more than 35 years it has grown from small-animal practices to wildlife and large-animal vets, equine practices, animal welfare organisations, kennels, grooming parlours and breeders.
The link
The mouse connects veterinarian and machine
A mouse is how a person talks to a computer. That is our job too: to be the link between a busy veterinary team and the systems it relies on, so the technology fits the practice and not the other way round.
Treat the animal. Leave the admin to us.
