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How to Spot Anomalies in Animal Hospital

For every patient you get two actions: Admit (real patient, send them to treatment) or Reject (anomaly, slam the red shutter). A stable judgment routine matters more than speed.

The Screening Routine

  1. Check the window first. Look for facial tells, mismatched features, twitching, staring or a distorted voice.
  2. Check the photo. Let it develop, then compare eyes, ears, horns and fur color line by line against the patient.
  3. Check the CCTV. Refresh the feed two or three times — some distortions re-randomize on every reopen.
  4. Check the documents. Cross-check paperwork for inconsistencies.
  5. Decide. One confirmed red flag on any layer = reject. No confirmed tell = admit (when genuinely unsure, keep checking instead of guessing).

Active Verification Tricks

  • Stand-behind trick: walk behind a patient that seems to stare at you — a real patient will not eerily track you; Staring-type anomalies keep following you with their head.
  • CCTV refresh: reopen the security camera several times to make Unnatural Body distortions obvious.
  • Photo line-by-line: align eyes, ears, horns, fur color and physical traits between the photo and the patient.

The Golden Rules

  • One confirmed red flag is enough. You don't need multiple pieces of evidence — decisively close the shutter.
  • When unsure, do not admit. Hesitation is often more fatal than a misjudgment, but admitting a suspicious patient is the classic beginner killer.
  • Decoys are not tells. Slime, fires and other environmental scares do not mean the patient is an anomaly.
  • Watch your Sanity while judging. The atmosphere drains you while you hesitate — confirm and reject, or check another layer rather than waiting.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the four detection layers in Animal Hospital?
Visual (naked eye at the window), Photo (photo comparison), CCTV (security cameras) and Documents (medical records/paperwork). The same anomaly may only appear on one layer, so every patient should be checked across all four.
What should I do when I am not sure about a patient?
Do not admit them yet. Take a few more looks, check another layer — being a little slow is better than letting a suspicious patient into the hospital. One confirmed red flag means reject.
Is slime on the floor or a fire in a room a sign the patient is an anomaly?
No. Environmental scares (floor slime, room fires) are decoys/events, not patient flaws. Judge anomalies only by confirmed tells on the patient itself.
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