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Monday 8am - 6pm Tuesday 8am - 6pm Wednesday 8am - 6pm Thursday 8am - 6pm Friday 8am - 6pm Saturday 8am - 2pm

River Forest Animal Hospital

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River Forest Animal Hospital

River Forest Animal Hospital Providing high quality medicine and surgery to River Forest, Oak Park, Forest Park and neighbors.

02/19/2025

Important info! The company called Save This Life Microchips has shut down and thus any microchip registered with them will no longer be in a database. If you believe your pet has this microchip, we recommend re- registering below. If you cant find your pets microchip number, we can look in our system or we can scan for chips here.

Please note that we have not used this company at our hospital, so if your microchip was done here, this does not apply to you!

02/14/2025

This Valentine’s Day we just want to remind you to keep in mind what kind of flowers you’re giving and/or receiving to your loved ones. Some flowers may be toxic to pets at home. Also don’t forget to store the chocolate where your dogs can’t reach (or just eat it all in one sitting!)

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day with your loved ones! ♥️💐

02/03/2025

Pillar 2. Provide multiple and separated key environmental resources.
According to Dr. St-Denis: “Within their defined territory, cats need sources of food and water, places to hide and perch, places to sleep safely, objects/toys to hunt and a place to void and defecate. These resources need to be safely available throughout the territory. This is particularly important in multi-cat households.”
This should ideally be for each cat!

01/23/2025

According to cat behavior experts, there are 5 pillars that need to be met in order to have a healthy environment and reduce cat stress.

Pillar 1. Provide a safe place! This means cats need somewhere that is their own - especially in a multi-cat home - that is a place of calm without threat from other cats, dogs, or anything else that can be stressful. This needs to be a place they can truly let their guard down.
Most cats like an elevated location (such as a perch, cat tree, or hammock) that’s soothing/comfy and with easy escape routes - we don’t want a cat to feel trapped in this spot. But for some cats this may be a cardboard box or a similar hiding place.

Next we’ll talk about Pillar 2!

01/22/2025

From maintaining a healthy weight to supporting a balanced routine, we’ve got your pet parenting goals covered! Visit our online store to get their everyday wellness essentials delivered right to your door. 😻😺

01/19/2025

You’ve heard of Pandora’s box, but have you heard of Pandora syndrome?

Some cats have a decreased ability to handle stress - which means even if you give them the most pampered life ever, they still can get stressed! This stress can lead to them having behavior changes, vomiting and diarrhea, and even lead to the bladder becoming inflamed. All of these are part of Pandora syndrome.

When the bladder is inflamed, this part of Pandora syndrome is called feline idiopathic cystitis. It may look like a bladder infection to an owner because the bladder is very sensitive and irritated just like an infection. However, we’ve learned antibiotics don’t work in these cases! This is why running a urinalysis is so important.

Phew - next week we’ll learn how to decrease stress for cats!

01/15/2025

Did you know? 🧐
When your cat is not urinating in their litter box like they should, there are 4 main things that vets have to rule out:

1. Medical issues (pain/urgency)
2. Stress! (Yes stress is a very common cause of urinary issues - stay tuned for more on this!)
3. Litter box or litter aversion
4. Territorial/communication issues (especially in multi-cat households)

We’ll soon dive into stress and cystitis later this week!

01/09/2025

( If you answered marking on our story on Instagram. You are CORRECT!!! 🎉 fun fact below⤵️)

For our next post on cat urinary health- is your cat urinating outside the litter box or is it actually marking?🤔

With marking:
- Will often be on a vertical surface, a small amount of urine, will not dig before or try to cover the urine, standing posture, the tail will give a little shake, and it’s often in “socially relevant” locations (near windows/doors or other pets favored places)

With inappropriate/undesirable but toileting urination:
- Usually a horizontal location, they have a squatting posture, they will try to dig or cover before and after urinating . 🙀

01/06/2025

How can we know when cats do or don’t like their litter? The most popular type of litter with cats is clumping, sand-like, unscented litter. But not all cats are the same! The more your cat digs in the litter box, the more they like the litter! 😻 If they tend to sit on the edge of the litter box and don’t dig much, it probably doesn’t like the litter😾 - this is known as a “substrate aversion”.

01/03/2025

This month on our social media we will be focusing on our feline friends and how to keep everyone happy when it comes to litter boxes and general home care. 😻We’ll be sharing various facts, tips, and myths throughout this month. Today we’ll keep it simple. When it comes to a cat’s litter box, the ideal size is 1.5 x the length of their nose to the base of their tail. Ideally this should be width and depth!

Stay tuned for more!😽

12/31/2024

We hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year’s Eve/Day!

Friendly reminder we close today at 1pm and open Thursday Jan 2 , 2025 at 8am. See you all next year 🤭☺️♥️

12/26/2024

We love Christmas miracles! Mayan has been found and is home safe! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Thank you everyone who helped look! We appreciate every single one of you! Happy holidays!

12/20/2024

🌟 Wishing you and your four-legged family members a joyful season of celebration! Here’s to more adventures, wellness, and special moments together in the year ahead.

12/06/2024

Josie came in today for her annual and she did such a great job. Cheese was also super helpful as a distraction for Dr.Kuehn to finish her exam.

Isn’t Josie adorable. Can anyone guess what Breed she is?

12/03/2024

It’s a Pawtyyy , it’s Stanley’s birthday!!! He turns 8 today. Everyone help us wish him a Happy Birthday!! 🥰😍🥳🎉

11/28/2024

We hope everyone has a wonder-full Thanksgiving! 🦃🐾

11/26/2024

Posting for a client of ours. Mayan went missing yesterday. Please help us bring her home. Contact the phone number on the photo for any whereabouts. 🐾

Address

7515 Lake Street
River Forest, IL
60305

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	8am - 2pm

Telephone

+17083668370

Website

https://www.riverforestvet.com/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&y_source=1_MTE2NjkxMjMtNTU5LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU

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