Roanoke Island Animal Clinic

10/27/2025

Next time you visit, skip the bread! 🍞 It can harm ducks, causing malnutrition and deformities. Instead, bring halved grapes, oats, cracked corn, or pumpkin seeds—small swaps that save lives! 🦆💚 Healthy food keeps wildlife thriving and ecosystems clean.

10/27/2025

10/25/2025

I am going to celebrate World Pasta Day with spaghetti and meat sauce for me, but Feline Greenies for the kitties (the meat sauce has onions/a no for cats)! Enjoy pasta today with a proper treat for the cats!

TNR Works

10/25/2025

10/23/2025

We will be at Currituck County Animal services on Wednesday 10/29. Please leave a message here is you are coming. We would like to bring your record.

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10/22/2025

We got the chance to take care of the sweetest puppies in Avon today!!

10/22/2025

Lights Out for Sea Turtles!

Sea turtles rely on the darkness of the beach and the natural glow of the ocean to nest and safely find their way to the sea. With peak season from May through November, small actions can make a big difference:
🔒 Close window coverings after dark
🚫 Keep flashlights off the beach
💡 Turn off interior and exterior lights when not in use

Our “Lights Out for Sea Turtles” initiative provides clings and stickers to remind beach and oceanfront homes

A big thank you to Carolina Designs Realty for participating and even requesting more materials to share with their guests! 👏💚

For questions or if you would like to participate, please reach out to Chris Trembly at [email protected].

Let’s all work together to keep our beaches dark, safe, and welcoming, for sea turtles and for future generations.

10/22/2025

Please send positive thoughts and prayers for our Birdie. She had emergency surgery last night for bloat. Just came home from visiting her at RI Vet Clinic. Looking better, but still not out of the woods❤️🐾🐩

A big thank you to Dr Grossman and his vet tech for performing surgery at 1 in the morning. Our community is blessed to have you.

10/21/2025

DON’T FORCE ME TO BE SOCIAL!

It may be really disappointing or frustrating when our dogs are not the social beings we expected them to be.

Many people assume dogs should just naturally get along with other dogs, after all they’re the same species.

Some believe the “unsociable” dog has a behaviour problem that needs to be “fixed”.

Early, appropriately timed and proper socialisation is really important, but sometimes despite all of this, some dogs are just not that sociable or socially selective to varying degrees.

Sometimes this can be improved, especially if the cause is from a negative experience, but genetics, breed tendencies, individual personalities, health and age all contribute to tolerance and sociability, which also change throughout a dog’s lifetime.

If we, as a human species, don’t get along with everyone we meet, how can we expect our dogs to?

Do we label or try to fix every person that has an argument; doesn’t make friends with everyone they meet, dislikes some people, or just prefers not to be social as having a problem that needs to be fixed?

Why is it so easy to accept that every individual person is different than to accept that every individual dog is different?

When we have done what we can to improve our dogs’ social skills, we need to accept and acknowledge our dogs for the individuals they are, allow and respect their choice of whether to be sociable or not and never force interactions that dogs are not comfortable with.

10/21/2025

It's National Reptile Awareness Day 🐢🐍🦎🐊, a day to celebrate and raise awareness about animals that include some of the most ancient species on Earth. If you're considering a pet reptile, here are 9️⃣ questions to consider: http://bit.ly/46Y1rGX

10/21/2025

We will be at 40136 NC Hwy 12, Avon on Wednesday. That is an empty store between Cups and Cones and Muffin and Scones, Please leave a message here if you are coming so we can bring your record.

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