Grandview Animal Hospital

08/29/2025

08/29/2025

📣 Labour Day Weekend Hours 📣

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing long weekend. Good luck to all the students (and pet parents) heading back to school next week!

08/26/2025

Here's Millie with her emotional support bird—proving that friends come in all sizes. 💕

08/21/2025

Keeping your pet’s rabies vaccine up to date is not just important—it’s the law!!

- Protects your pet from a deadly disease
- Keeps your family and community safe
- Required for licensing and travel

If your pet is due (or overdue) for their rabies shot, give us a call today to schedule their appointment!

Let’s work together to keep our pets—and our community—safe and healthy!

Public Health: A bat found at daycare tested positive for Rabies, prompting concern from parents - Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
According to CBC, the daycare in Brantford, Ontario, caught one live bat this week, and found one dead bat in the centre. Grand Erie Public Health confirmed a bat discovered Monday at Creative Minds Daycare tested positive for Rabies. In a message to parents, 'the daycare said at least one child and one employee had come in contact with the bat Monday. It also said one other bat was seen alive in the facility on Tuesday, and workers captured and released it.' CBC article https://healthinspectorsnotebook.blogspot.com/2025/08/cbc-news-hamilton-brantford-ont.html

08/20/2025

Just in time for this weekend! 🍑❤️

08/15/2025

Many pet owners use standard food scoopers — but did you know they can be misleading?
When we filled ours to the “1/2 cup” line and poured it into an official Hill’s measuring cup, it actually held over 1 full cup of food!
This common mistake can lead to accidental overfeeding, which may affect your pet's health over time.

Tip: Always use a proper measuring cup to ensure you're feeding the right amount.
Need one? Ask us for a free Hill’s measuring cup today!

08/14/2025

Rabies-Positive Bat in Brantford-Brant Prompts Reminder to Stay Safe Around Wild Animals
Submitted Media Release

Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) has confirmed a bat found in Brantford-Brant tested positive for the rabies virus. The individual’s exposure to the bat was deemed low risk as there was no direct contact. Grand Erie Public Health reminds residents to report any animal bites or scratches to the health unit.

The risk of coming across an infected animal and contracting rabies in Ontario remains low. Rabies is transmitted only when the virus is introduced into a bite wound, open cuts in skin (such as a scratch), or onto mucous membranes such as the mouth or eyes. Wild animals such as foxes, raccoons, skunks, and bats can spread rabies. Below are some tips to avoid rabies exposure:
- Avoid touching, approaching or feeding wild or unknown animals, even if they look healthy.
- Ensure pets and livestock are up to date with their rabies vaccinations.
- If you find a bat in your home, call animal services at 311. Don’t attempt to remove the bat yourself.
- Stay away from animals that are acting strangely, are injured, or are sick.

Rabies illness in humans can be prevented by receiving post exposure rabies prophylaxis, which is highly effective, but only if it is administered before symptoms begin. Rabies is only considered contagious after the associated symptoms begin.

Rabies is a viral infection that causes brain and spinal cord inflammation. It is typically spread to humans through direct contact with saliva or mucous of an infected animal, such as through a bite or scratch. Bats, skunks, foxes, and raccoons are the most common animals to have rabies in Canada. Even tiny bites or scratches, which can be difficult to see, can transmit the virus. Symptoms of rabies in animals include excited or very lethargic behaviour, attacking objects or other animals, frothing at the mouth and biting.

Grand Erie Public Health investigates all animal bites or scratches on humans reported to the health unit. If you or a member of your family is bitten or scratched by a wild or domestic animal:
- Wash the bite or scratch site with soap and water
- Tell an adult (if under age 18)
- Seek medical attention immediately
- Report it to the health unit at 519-753-4937 ext. 470

For more information about rabies, please visit www.bchu.org/rabies or www.hnhu.org/rabies.

“While the risk of rabies remains low in our region, this incident is a reminder of the importance of caution around wild animals. Although there was no confirmed human contact in this case, the presence of a rabies-positive bat in our community serves as an important reminder to avoid contact with or handling wild animals. Rabies is fatal if untreated, but preventable with prompt medical attention. Anyone who may have had contact with a bat or other wild animal should seek medical care immediately and notify public health.” - Dr. Jason Malenfant, Acting Medical Officer of Health