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Mobile food animal veterinary services based on Northeast Georgia. Practical Care. Trusted Service.

10/27/2026

🐮 A Little Update from Cross G! 🐷

First and foremost, I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Cross G Veterinary Services! The amount of support, trust, and encouragement I’ve received since opening has been incredible, and I truly cannot express how much I appreciate it!

With that being said, we are in the middle of an extremely busy season! Between herd work, breeding soundness exams, health papers, testing, sick animals, and everything else that comes along with this time of year, our schedule is filling up faster than I can keep up!

📅 We are currently booking approximately 2–3 weeks out for routine appointments, and response times to calls, texts, and messages may be a little longer than usual.

Please know that if you haven’t heard back from me immediately, it isn’t because your animals or your business aren’t important to me. I’m often on a farm working animals, driving, or trying to get caught up on paperwork and messages between appointments.

📱 If you’ve reached out and haven’t received a response within 24 hours, please don’t hesitate to reach out again! Between working animals, driving, and juggling calls, texts, and messages throughout the day, something occasionally gets overlooked. I promise it’s never intentional, and I won’t be offended by a friendly reminder!

Please remember that the 24-hour follow-up suggestion is for routine questions and scheduling. Urgent medical concerns should never wait 24 hours for a response.

I’m doing my very best to get to everyone as quickly as possible while still giving each farm and each animal the time and attention they deserve. Emergencies for established clients will continue to be prioritized as availability allows, but please understand that I cannot always be immediately available.

I genuinely love what I do, and I’m incredibly thankful to be this busy. I just ask for a little patience, understanding, and as much advance notice as possible when scheduling routine work.

❤️ Thank you for keeping Cross G busy, for trusting me with your animals, and for continuing to support this little business of mine!

— Dr. Amy
Cross G Veterinary Services

10/21/2026

📢 A Couple of Reminders from Cross G! 🐮🐷

First, a quick scheduling update!

I will be out of town Friday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 25th. During this time, I will be unavailable for routine appointments and will have limited availability by phone. Please plan accordingly, as emergency services will not be available while I am away.

Next up — NAILE is right around the corner! 🏆

If you’re planning to attend the North American International Livestock Exposition, please make sure you’re getting everything taken care of ahead of time!

🐷 Pigs: Pigs entering the open show will need to be bled for the required testing. Please don’t wait until the last minute to schedule this!

🐮 Cattle: A negative BVD test is required before I can complete and sign health papers. Please allow enough time for samples to be collected, submitted, and results returned.

Please remember that testing takes time! I cannot guarantee lab turnaround times, and health papers cannot be completed until all required results are received.

I know everyone has a lot going on getting ready for show season, but a little planning ahead makes things much easier on everyone!

Thank you all for your understanding and continued support of Cross G Veterinary Services! ❤️

Good luck to all of our exhibitors headed to Louisville! 🐮🐷🐄🐖🐐🐂

10/11/2026

🐮 Now, I’m not saying your cows need to look like THIS going into winter… 😂 BUT we need to have a serious conversation about body condition!

⚠️ Cattle, goat, and sheep producers — PLEASE pay attention to your animals NOW, before cold weather gets here!

I’m becoming increasingly concerned about the condition of livestock I’m seeing across our area, and I want to get ahead of some potentially serious problems this winter.

We have very little grass, parasite problems are already showing up, and good-quality hay is not necessarily going to be easy to find. That’s a combination that can get ugly quickly when temperatures start dropping.

Here’s what worries me:

🐛 PARASITES: With pastures grazed extremely short, animals may be forced to graze closer to the ground, increasing their exposure to certain parasite larvae. Heavy parasite burdens can cause blood loss, anemia, protein loss, bottle jaw, poor growth, and decreased body condition. Some animals can be severely affected before they ever look obviously sick.

🌾 NUTRITION: Cattle cannot maintain body condition on poor-quality forage alone if it isn’t meeting their nutritional needs. And simply putting out hay doesn’t mean they’re getting enough protein or energy. Goats and sheep face similar challenges.

❄️ COLD WEATHER: Even if this winter isn’t as bad as predicted, normal cold temperatures can be devastating to animals already struggling with anemia, inadequate nutrition, or poor body condition. Cold weather increases energy requirements, and animals without adequate reserves have very little room for error.

So what should you be doing RIGHT NOW?

✅ Evaluate body condition NOW. Don’t wait until ribs, hips, and backbones are sticking out. For mature beef cows, I would like to see most entering winter around a body condition score of 5–6 out of 9, with first-calf heifers ideally closer to 6. Thin animals need attention well before temperatures drop.

✅ Start feeding hay consistently if pasture is inadequate. If there’s little to no grass, feeding hay once or twice a week is not enough. Animals need access to adequate forage every day, and the amount and quality need to match their nutritional requirements.

✅ Test your hay! Don’t assume hay is providing enough protein and energy just because animals are eating it. A forage analysis can help determine whether additional supplementation is needed.

✅ Be proactive with protein AND energy supplementation. Mineral and protein tubs can be useful tools, but they cannot make up for a major shortage of total feed or energy. Some animals will need additional feed, and thin animals may need to be separated so they can actually get their share.

✅ Evaluate parasite control with your veterinarian. Don’t assume that because you’ve dewormed multiple times, parasites are no longer a problem. F***l testing, treatment history, clinical signs, and potential dewormer resistance all matter. Repeatedly deworming without a plan isn’t the answer.

✅ Feed hay and grain off the ground whenever possible. Use feeders, bunks, or hay rings to help reduce contamination and unnecessary exposure to f***s and parasites. Keep feeding areas as clean and dry as practical.

✅ Pay extra attention to vulnerable animals. Young stock, pregnant or lactating females, older animals, and anything already thin or showing signs of illness may need additional support.

✅ Don’t wait on bottle jaw, severe weight loss, weakness, or down animals. These are signs that an animal may already be in serious trouble. Earlier intervention gives us a much better chance of helping.

And here’s the part I really want everyone to understand:

I can treat anemia, address parasite problems, and help develop nutritional plans, but I cannot replace weeks or months of inadequate nutrition overnight. By the time an animal is down, severely anemic, or critically weak, sometimes there simply isn’t enough we can do to save it.

As much as I want to be there for every animal that needs me, there is only one of me, and I cannot physically be everywhere at once. Prevention and early intervention are going to be incredibly important this winter.

Please don’t wait until your animals are in trouble to start making changes.

A little extra attention, feed, and planning now could make all the difference in what your herd or flock looks like come January and February.

— Cross G Veterinary Services 🐮

10/05/2026

A couple of new faces around Cross G! 🐮🩺

We’re excited to have two UGA veterinary students joining us for the next three weeks!

They’ll be riding along, getting plenty of hands-on experience, asking questions, helping wherever they can, and getting a pretty realistic look at the organized chaos that is mobile large animal medicine. 😂

I’m always thankful for students who are willing to jump in and learn — especially when that means long days, lots of windshield time, and never quite knowing what the next phone call will bring.

Of course, Lee has already made sure they know that hanging out with him is also part of the rotation. 🤣

If you see these two out and about with us over the next few weeks, be sure to say hey!

10/01/2026

📣 Fair Week PSA!

With fair week coming up soon, please take a minute now to make sure your health papers and other paperwork are good to go!

This is always a busy time of year, and my schedule is pretty packed these days. I’ll always do my best to help when I can, but last-minute health papers can be difficult to squeeze in — especially when everyone needs them at the same time.

If you know you’re going to need papers, please reach out sooner rather than later so we can get you taken care of before fair week chaos begins!

And most importantly — GOOD LUCK to all of the show kids next week! 🍀🐮🐷🐐

I’ve had the privilege of working with quite a few of you and your animals leading up to fair, and I’m excited to see all of that hard work pay off. Have fun, show hard, and be proud of what you’ve accomplished! ❤️

09/29/2026

POV: You leave the new guy in charge of the office while you go work cows.

Post-its destroyed. Bottle on the floor. Paperwork questionable.

He says he had a productive day. 😂

09/23/2026

Cross G has officially grown by one! ❤️

If you’ve seen another face riding around with me lately, meet Sharon!

Please excuse my poor photography skills — Lee was much more interested in the “bull” behind us than taking a picture. 😂🚜

Sharon recently joined Cross G and has already jumped right into the chaos of mobile large animal medicine. Tonight that looked like grabbing supplies and keeping Lee entertained while I handled an after-hours dystocia.

She’s been learning quickly, working hard, and helping with everything from keeping the truck stocked and organized to paperwork, client communication, and assisting me in the field.

Having an extra set of hands has already been a huge help, and I’m excited to have her along as Cross G continues to grow.

Welcome to Cross G, Sharon! ❤️🐄

09/04/2026

📞 Friday Availability Notice

I’ll be working out of the area tomorrow and will be available by phone only for the day.

If you have an urgent concern, please feel free to call or text and I’ll help however I can by phone.

Thank you for understanding! 🐄

08/25/2026

🚨 WE’RE BACK! 🚨

Good news — the brakes no longer sound like a three-car pileup, the tail light is functioning again, and apparently my stethoscope and thermometer were not the appropriate diagnostic tools. 😂

The truck has received the TLC it desperately needed, and we are officially back to our regularly scheduled programming!

🐄 Routine appointments
🐖 Herd work
🐐 Farm calls
🚨 And emergency coverage for established clients

Thank you to everyone for being patient and understanding while the truck got some much-needed attention. Turns out even the vet truck needs to see a professional every once in a while. 😅

Back on the road and ready to roll! 🛻💨

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PO Box 9
Lexington, GA
30648

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http://crossgvet.com/

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