Peninsula Avenue Veterinary Clinic

05/09/2025

FOXTAIL SEASON IS HERE!
Please keep your pets away from foxtails. They often get between toes, especially in fluffy dogs, in ear canals, under eyelids and up the nose. Please keep paws trimmed, avoid them as much as possible, check fur and in between toes after walks. Should your pet experience violent sneezing fits after a walk you may need to have your veterinarian sedate to ensure none are traveling up the nasal passage before it gets too far. Enjoy the sunny weather :)

04/05/2025

Peaches is apptox 2 year old female looking for a good forever home

02/23/2025

https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health/avian-influenza/avian-influenza-h5n1-cats

02/23/2025

ALERT- Commercial raw pet food has caused death in cats due to Avian Influenza. Freeze dried treats can carry Avian Influenza- freeze drying does NOT inactivate the virus.

Since the U.S. outbreak of avian influenza A (H5N1) in dairy cattle began in March 2024, dozens of cats are known to have contracted the virus, including barn and feral cats, indoor cats, and big cats in zoos and in the wild (e.g., mountain lions, tigers, leopards, and bobcats).

01/26/2025

It is advisable to only feed cooked animal products. Excellent article:

A few cats have died from bird flu after eating raw food. And some raw pet food products have been recalled. Here's what to know about the risks to your fur babies, and how to keep them safe.

01/24/2025

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pet/d/campbell-sphynx-year-old-male-needs-re/7820804875.html

Rehoming Fee: $800. Six year old male neutered sphinx. Very loving and healthy. Needs lots of love and attention. Rehoming due to family situation. Tom needs more human interaction than he was...

12/28/2024

Avian flu in raw pet food. One of the risks of raw food!

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) yesterday reported that a house cat has died from H5N1 avian flu after eating raw frozen pet food, which has prompted the voluntary recall of raw pet food that was sold nationwide through distributors in 12 states as well as in British Columbia.

12/25/2024

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays! Good advice from Peninsula Humane Society.

12/22/2024

BEWARE- Medications and the news.
Every so often there will be online chatter about some medication or other killing patients. This time it is Librela. What is going on? Companies perform double blinded clinical trials with a large number of patients. Once it hits the market, there is a system for individuals to report other possible side effects. This system of self reporting is created to possibly catch very rare side effects. I say possible because relation does not mean causation. For example, if Fluffy starts coughing on a Tuesday after watching a movie, you would not blame the Tuesday or the movie. If Fluffy had a pill that morning, it possibly could be the pill but it could be that Fluffy has something else or Fluffy is 18 years old and stuff happens when we all get older. We often have confirmation bias. So please if you hear about some horrible medication that is killing patients please question it a bit. There has always been misinformation. Now it spread a lot faster. I have done a search in Veterinary Information Network and none of the thousands of veterinarians in the group nor ourselves have noted any horrible side effects. It has helped quite a large number of dogs to continue pain free from arthritis and able to walk. For information on reported issues please look at

Librela offers long-lasting pain relief with a once-monthly injection administered by your vet.

12/22/2024

https://www.facebook.com/1210967816/posts/10236590515002098/?mibextid=cr9u03

12/09/2024

Leptospirosis vaccine. Does my dog need this? Yes! This an extremely dangerous condition that is contagious to people. Dogs normally get this from standing water that rodents or raccoons can contact or urinate in. Here is CDC fact sheet:

A fact sheet from the CDC answers questions about the risk of people getting leptospirosis from their pets.