On the Sixth Day Veterinary Services

11/08/2024

In case you need a dose of CUTENESS today, here is Callie the Pit Bull snuggling her kitties, Meatball and Little Bit ❤️

11/01/2024

Fletcher is dressed in his costume and ready to welcome Trick-or-Treaters 🙂

10/08/2024

Folks, I have a serious and not fun topic that's really important to spend some time on. Here goes:

If something happens to you, who will take care of your animals?

When my 79-yr-old parents adopted a dog, I told them I would pick out the dog because he/she would be mine one day. Nice kid, huh? But they didn't have to worry about that issue.

As you know, I lost two brothers in the past two years, both of whom had animals who had to be rehomed. My brothers hadn't made arrangements and both of them died suddenly. It was a bit of a scramble, but fortunately, our family is crazy enough (and big enough) that all 4 of those animals were able to stay in our family unit.

Please take 10 minutes and talk with your families and friends, and have a plan. Then tell someone else what the plan is, or better yet, include the information with your wills and other important papers. Speaking of wills, consider whether or not you need to designate some funds to pay for the care of the animal(s). You may also share this information with us, and we'll file it safely away in their charts.

I'm bringing this up because this very problem happened to us this past week. One of our dear clients died suddenly from cancer. We knew there was a person in Maine who had promised to adopt her dog if she died but NO ONE knew the man's name!!! Fortunately, that man was able to contact her family. He flew here last weekend to take Samson to his new home.

Here's Samson starting his new chapter in Maine with a new friend.

09/21/2024

Juno is checking out her new neighborhood. She moved to Rice University in Texas while Zachary studies for his Master's degree.

09/18/2024

Rooney is showing off his beautiful professionally-cleaned teeth!

Thanks to Turtle Creek Animal Hospital for taking great care of him before, during, and after his anesthesia. He did great IN SPITE OF having heart disease!

Nothing can stop this boy!!

09/17/2024

LOVE
SPOKEN
HERE.

07/30/2024

This just in--
Ohio Sales tax holiday through August 8 now includes pet food and supplements.
Call now to place your orders 🙂

06/23/2024

Warning-- graphic video below.

Let's talk about tapeworms!
Our furry friends can get tapeworms from two sources: fleas and rabbits. More specifically, from eating fleas or rabbits.

If a dog or cat has a flea infestation, they can swallow a flea in the process of chewing where it itches or daily grooming. Fleas can carry tapeworm eggs, which then mature inside the animals' intestines. Likewise, a rabbit can be infested with tapeworms in his/her liver. If a pet catches and then eats said rabbit liver, the pet now also has tapeworms.

Tapeworms are not often found in our routine stool samples because their eggs are safely packaged inside a worm segment. The actual tapeworm is made up of many segments, just as a train is made up of many individual cars attached to one another. Occasionally, a segment or two will detach from the worm, and be visible around the animal's re**um OR on the stool...OR on bedding. The segments are white and flat and wiggle. When they dry out, they can look like a piece of rice or a sesame seed. Dr. Burket can demonstrate "The Tapeworm Dance" for you anytime.

Tapeworms usually don't cause any medical problems, so you may not know your pet has them until you see them. Like this--

06/15/2024

Last weekend, Gordon celebrated his 14th birthday with "all his friends and family". That is his Aunt Lily on the right.

I wasn't invited... 😕

04/24/2024

The Companion Animal Parasite Council lists Southwestern Ohio as medium high risk for Lyme Disease this year. Interestingly enough, our prevalence of Heartworm Disease is MUCH lower, thanks to all you super pet parents who give your dogs monthly prevention. If you have deer in your yard, you could also have the black-legged deer tick that spreads Lyme Disease year 'round.

FYI--we test our dog patients every year for both heartworm and Lyme disease as part of the annual visit.

Please check out capcvet.org for more information, and contact us if you have any questions about tick & flea prevention. We're already seeing them in Hamilton County...and in our kitchen...

This easy and fun to use app includes images and information on approximately 100 veterinary internal parasites found in dogs, cats, small mammals, reptiles, and birds. Learn how to download and use this app in your practice!

03/18/2024

'Tis the season-- Spread the word!