Coble Animal Hospital & Howliday Inn and Suites

11/17/2025

Don’t forget, we are still collecting food this month!
Stop by, say hi, and donate to pets in need! 🐾🩷

🐾 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week 🐾
This week, we celebrate the incredible work that animal shelters and rescues do every single day to help pets in need find loving homes. 💛

To show our support, our clinic is collecting pet food donations for local shelters like APL (Animal Protective League). Your donations help keep pets in their homes by supporting families who may be struggling to provide for their furry friends.

🦴 Drop off your food donations at the clinic during business hours — every little bit makes a big difference!

Let’s come together to help pets stay healthy, happy, and loved in the homes where they belong. ❤️

11/15/2025

🐾 Understanding Fracture Repair in Pets

Fractures can occur for many reasons—falls, accidents, trauma—and they always require proper veterinary evaluation. Through radiographs, we determine the location and severity of the fracture and recommend the best repair method.

Options may include internal fixation (plates, pins, screws) or external stabilization. These techniques restore alignment, provide stability during healing, and help pets return to comfortable mobility as quickly and safely as possible.

Post-operative care and activity restriction are essential for a successful outcome, and our team is here to support families every step of the way.

https://www.cobleanimalhospital.com/services/fractures-dislocations

11/13/2025

Studies show that kittens increase focus, boost happiness, and make every workday better! Dr. Rathgeb and Dr. Gilmore were lucky to have some extra brain power 🐱✨
(We’re choosing to ignore the part where they nap on our notes and chase the mouse cursor. 😆)
Who else has the purrfect little coworker at home?

11/11/2025

🩺✨Altering your pets comes with meaningful health benefits, including lower risks of reproductive cancers and life-threatening infections. It also reduces roaming, marking, and other hormone-driven behaviors that can make home life stressful.

🐱🐶Most pets settle into a more relaxed, easygoing rhythm after their procedure, and it often improves harmony in multi-pet households. It also helps reduce overcrowding in shelters and supports responsible pet ownership in our community.

When your dog stays with us for their procedure, they’re treated like part of our family. From monitoring to recovery, they receive careful, heartfelt care every step of the way. 🐾❤️

https://www.cobleanimalhospital.com/services/spay-neuter

11/09/2025

📅 November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month

Cancer in pets can be hard to spot early, which is why routine screening is so important. One of the best tools we have for early detection is regular bloodwork.

Why bloodwork matters:
• Helps evaluate organ function
• Detects changes in blood cells that may indicate disease
• Catches abnormalities before symptoms appear
• Creates a baseline to track subtle changes over time

Early detection can make a real difference in treatment options and quality of life. Roscoe is currently undergoing treatments here at Coble with his buddy Tyler and the help of our amazing team of technicians and doctors ! 🩺🐾

💛 For more information, you can visit our website

https://www.cobleanimalhospital.com/blog/pet-wellness-screenings-why-early-detection-matters

11/06/2025

🐾 APL Is Looking for Foster Parents! 🐾

Have a little extra space and a lot of love to give? APL is currently seeking foster parents to help care for animals in need. Fostering gives pets a safe, comfortable place to grow, heal, and get ready for their forever homes — and it makes an incredible difference for our local shelter.

If you’ve ever thought about fostering, now is a great time to get involved!

📞 For more information, call APL at (217) 503-7444.
Your home could be the second chance an animal is waiting for. 💛

11/03/2025

🐾 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week 🐾
This week, we celebrate the incredible work that animal shelters and rescues do every single day to help pets in need find loving homes. 💛

To show our support, our clinic is collecting pet food donations for local shelters like APL (Animal Protective League). Your donations help keep pets in their homes by supporting families who may be struggling to provide for their furry friends.

🦴 Drop off your food donations at the clinic during business hours — every little bit makes a big difference!

Let’s come together to help pets stay healthy, happy, and loved in the homes where they belong. ❤️

10/31/2025

🎃👻 Our costume contest may be over, but we’re not done enjoying all those adorable, spooky, and creative looks! Share a photo of your pet’s Halloween costume in the comments — we want to see them all! 🐾🦇🧡

10/31/2025

🎉🐾 And the winner of our Pet Halloween Costume Contest is… MEADOW! 🐾🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this contest so fun. We appreciate your votes, your creativity, and all the adorable costumes shared.

Congratulations once again to Meadow — you’ve earned that gift basket and our admiration! 🏆🎁

10/30/2025

🎉🐾 Our Pet Halloween Costume Contest Finalists Are Here! 🐾🎉

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered — we loved seeing all your creative, spooky, and adorable costumes! 👻🎃

Now it’s time to vote! 🗳️
Here are our three finalists (listed below 👇). Show your support by liking your favorite photo — every like (or commented vote!) counts as a vote! ❤️

1) Sabrina the Pumpkin Cat 🎃
2) Meadow as Pebbles 🦴
3) Grizzly the Crocodile Cat 🐊

Voting is open until Halloween, and we’ll announce the winner before the end of the business day on the 31st! 🏆✨

Let’s give a big round of applause to our finalists and share these amazing costumes with friends to get those votes up! 🐶🐱

10/28/2025

Don’t forget to submit your pet or vote for your favorite costume! 👻🐾

🎃👻 It’s time for our Pet Halloween Costume Contest! 👻🎃

Starting today through Halloween, we want to see your pets dressed in their spookiest, cutest, or funniest costumes! 🐾✨

📸 How to enter:
1️⃣ Comment a photo of your pet in costume below.
2️⃣ Share this post with friends and family so they can help vote by liking your photo!

We’ll pick three finalists on October 29th, and the winner will be announced on Halloween! 🎉

🏆 The winning pet will receive a special gift basket full of goodies!

Let’s see those adorable (and spooky!) costumes — we can’t wait! 🧡🐶🐱