Enchanted Mountains Urgent Veterinary Care

04/14/2025

Beginning April 30, the schedule at EMUVC will be changing. We will be open from 10am-8pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well as holidays (excluding Christmas and Thanksgiving).

This is not a welcome development for any of us and we understand that it will cause increased stress and anxiety. We will do our best to monitor phones, emails and texts on Tues, Wednesday and Thursday to field questions. Please be patient with us as we all adjust to these changes.

Please note: we have a zero tolerance policy where it comes to abusive or threatening behavior to our staff. Anyone who tries to bully, curse or threaten their way into the practice will be sent elsewhere and not allowed to return.

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04/14/2025

We will be closing at 6pm on Tuesday 4/15 for a staff event. Sadly, this event is to say farewell to our beloved Dr. Sarah, who is moving to be closer to her family. Tuesday is her final day with us. She has been an incredible asset to the practice and we will miss her every day! Please join us in wishing her the best of luck!

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04/08/2025

Happy Anniversary to Us!

We opened our doors 3 years ago today. A lot has changed since then, but both then and now, we're so happy and grateful to be here and able to serve the Southern Tier. We look forward to many more years as your local urgent care vet.

One of the wonderful things about working here is that, occasionally, when a sick or injured pup or kitten comes in, they'll bring all their siblings, too! We were all in puppy heaven the other week then these adorable floofs came in with their sick brother, Brows. (Brows is all better and they're all growing by leaps and bounds.)

03/29/2025

Many thanks to Everything Sourdough of Rew, PA for the gift of delicious breads and baked goods today. I'd share some photos but we gobbled them up to quickly.

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03/23/2025

All of EMUVC seems to be traveling lately! Kaylee and Lily just returned from their continuing education at one of the largest annual conferences in Las Vegas and Dr. Sarah is finishing up a course specializing in critical care in Hilton Head today! EDIT: Forgot to mention that Cara also went to VMX, the other huge conference in Florida in January. We're a well traveled crew lately!

Continuing education is both a fun part of our job and vital to keeping us up to date on the newest information.

03/21/2025

Dr. Gies recently returned from the Galapagos Islands after a week working with World Vets as a volunteer to provide spay and neuter surgeries to the dogs and cats on the islands. Because we traveled this time with some very experienced surgeons, we were able to undertake some more serious surgeries, such as the one that has a few pictures included below. She was a little tiny kitty who had a chest wall deformity called "pectus excavatum". She was lucky enough to come into the clinic for her spay and leave with a brand new chest that will allow her to breathe much more easily once her ribs adjust!

03/06/2025

We decided to welcome Spring a bit early and leaf out our trees! The artist, Ash, is pictured, sizing a cone to one of our departing patients.

02/27/2025

Update: We have an artist! Thank you to all!

At EMUVC, we work hard to be sustainable and good neighbors in the community in big and small ways. Here are some things that you may not know that we do!

First off - we could use a little help. One place that we have not found a good local option is in the purchasing of our sympathy cards. We would love to partner with a local artist to provide a rotating design and who can handle printing them for us. If you know of someone who would be good for this, send them our way!

We are switching our purchasing of almost everything we use that is not veterinary-specific to local vendors such as Askey General Supply, Paper Factory and Olean Food Barn. We are switching our coffee to Rocket Cup.

Almost everything in the clinic that is wooden was handmade by Pumpkin Hollow Furniture.

We were not provided with a recycling option, so we pay to recycle through Casella rather than just throwing out our recyclables. We have A LOT of recyclables.

Instead of paper towels, we use hand towels in the bathrooms. We also use refillable soap dispensers.

We have switched to ceramic coffee cups rather than disposable coffee cups.

Our own Cara Kretschmer has identified biodegradable options for some of our commonly used supplies such as elizabethan collars and exam gloves. She also has increased our ability to recycle within the clinic by providing additional recycling bins in convenient locations.

We're always open to new sustainable initiatives and love to support local businesses!

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02/19/2025

Little Wednesday afternoon fun for you! Bodhi wants to show off his ears :)

02/17/2025

Many thanks to Dr. Sarah and our dedicated staff for successfully performing reconstructive surgery on the unfortunate boxer pictured here. EMUVC is less than 3 weeks away from our 3rd anniversary and the walls in the Reception area were showing some wear. So we have repainted!

In the process, we got new decals to replace the old ones (also pictured below). We have a tree to replace the polka dots (on which we'll place leaves to reflect the seasons), a lovely cat and the afore-mentioned boxer.

For some reason, the ear was about 3 feet lower than it was supposed to be. But, thanks to the dedication of Dr. Sarah and our crack team of LVTs and assistants, he actually looks like a cute canine again!

02/14/2025

Meet Levi, our newest Veterinary Assistant! Code IV is currently training him on his primary duties.

02/14/2025

Luna the lost dog was reunited with her family! Thank you to everyone for the help getting the word out!

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02/10/2025

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For those of you who have been to EMUVC, would you be willing to leave us a Google review about your visit? This helps us to improve our operations here so we can offer better care and service for you and your pets.

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02/07/2025

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

We have known that Avian Influenza has been showing up in cats. New, deeply concerning information is arising that it is being transmitted between cats and humans.

Do not feed your cats raw milk or meat. Keep your cats indoors as wild birds are carrying this disease. Consider cats with neurological and respiratory illness to potentially have this disease. It is possible to test for this condition in the veterinary scenario.

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).

02/05/2025

At EMUVC, we strive to keep your pets calm and comfortable while they're with us. To this end, all of our staff are trained and certified with Fear Free (https://fearfreepets.com/). This training covers many elements from recognizing when a patient is feeling stressed to safe restraint to if/when sedation is needed. But a lot of it is just keeping your kitties and pups happy and distracted with treats. If you'd like to see what it looks like, here's a sample:

01/31/2025

UPDATE: Oh, goodness, I totally forgot to update this! It was THREE FEET OF STRING! Theo's case is a great example of why it is sometimes very hard to tell if a pet has a foreign body. In his case, you can't see the foreign body at all, but you can see (if you know what you're looking for) the action of the foreign body on the intestines (called "plication"). The string was anchored in the stomach and you can see that there is some material in the stomach, but that could just as easily be food. It extended throughout his entire small intestine and all the way to his large intestine. These types of foreign bodies are really serious because the damage extends for a long way and they often get missed at first.

The final perp in our series FBI: Olean PD is Theodore. Theodore is not going to make this easy for y'all but you're experienced detectives by now. He doesn't have any helpful history, at least none that he's sharing and his x-ray is a heckuva lot tougher than the dogs. Have a look and share your thoughts! We'll post the answer tomorrow :)

Dr. Gies diagnosed Theo while she was in surgery with Piper and Huckleberry was recovering out in treatment. (The tech brought in a computer with the xrays on it - multitasking!) It was a VERY busy day!

01/28/2025

UPDATE: Drum rolll.....it was ANOTHER bouncy ball (pictured below)! Which brings us to a good point - pets really do not learn from their mistakes. If the porcupine got them once, they will go for it again; if they jumped out of the car window once, they will do it again; aaannnndddd if they eat a foreign body once - they will probably do it again! (and again and again)

In today's episode of FBI: Olean PD (Foreign Body Investigators: Olean Puppy Doctors), we are featuring a hardened criminal named Huckleberry. Like the last perp, Huckleberry is a repeat offender in his short 2 years of life. Last time, Huckleberry had to have surgery to remove a bouncy ball!

Help us solve the case by reviewing the evidence on the x-ray and submitting your guesses and then we'll confirm the correct answer. I have full confidence y'all can get this one :)