Dino and I say go vote! #vote
Meet Charlie, a baby Cavachon, a cute little bundle of joy which made my day! Happy Sunday! ❤️#cavachon
Wear a mask
If you needed surgery would you want your surgeon to wear a mask? 😷❤️#wearamask #weareinthistogether
Dog Pain Signs
Stella is painful! How do I know....she is not walking on her leg. No she isn’t screaming, no she isn’t whining, no she is not complaining, she is simply holding up her leg because it hurts to walk on it. Our pets do not typically vocalize pain unless it is very severe. Stella is panting, often times panting is a sign of pain in our pets. If your dog is holding up his/her leg for an extended period of time, IT HURTS! Please seek medical attention, something is wrong. For Stella, she tore her cruciate ligament in her knee (in humans its often called an ACL), this was confirmed on exam and in an X-ray. She will need surgical repair. In the meantime, she will get pain medicine to reduce her pain and reduce the inflammation. #dogpain #cruciaterepair #petsandpeople #seeyourvet
Luigi the Italian Greyhound
Luigi, my Italian Greyhound, is 14. He’s a bit blind, a bit deaf and a little confused at times. He loves it when I sit on the couch with him but if I sneak away, he know I left and does this. #italiangreyhound #oldageisnotadisease
Echo, a male Eclectus, always chats when he comes in and I am never successful capturing his conversations. It was my lucky day that he was talkative at the hospital! He asked me “what you doing?” And also told me “your okay now!” #eclectus #animality #parrot
Cosmo the Hedgehog
My patients sometimes are not as cooperative as I would like them to be. Cosmo is very uncertain of his surroundings. Taking time to be curious and being patient often times pays off with animals and people! #petsandpeople #animality #hedgehog
Check this out! My client asked what he was doing, “Preparing to take off?” Oliver, her 11 year old cat, is allowed to go outside supervised, and she noticed this new behavior. It is spraying or marking behavior that cats do to protect his environment from intruders. My client was relieved it was nothing medical but why does she need protection? Animals are loyal to the pack and want to mark their territory so intruders who are not part of the pack stay away. We put up fences, gates and, doors; animals use their urine “their signature scent” to outline their boundaries. Need a good gardening tip? Spread male urine around the perimeter of your garden to help keep intruders out. Often times the testosterone in the urine will avert any garden intruders that want to eat your harvest.
#animalbehavior #catmarking
Meeko the Sugar Glider
Meet Meeko, a sugar glider, just waking up from an anesthetic procedure. These nocturnal flying marsupials are difficult to care for given their diverse diet. Fun fact-check out their paws...they are so similar to human hands. #sugarglider #animality
Sometimes our pets are like angels from heaven. Sometimes they look like it too! #animality #petsareangels
