Chadwell Animal Hospital

09/01/2025

🧡🐾 Happy Ginger Cat Appreciation Day! 🐾🧡

Today we celebrate our orange, marmalade, and flame-furred friends—the cats with purr-sonality as bright as their coats! 😻

Whether you call them ginger, orange tabby, or marmalade kitties, these felines are known for their charm, sass, and the way they can steal your heart in a single headbutt. Fun fact: almost 80% of ginger cats are boys! 🐈‍⬛🧡

09/01/2025

🌟 Meet Me Monday! 🌟

This week we’re highlighting Will, one of our wonderful veterinary assistants who has been part of the Chadwell team this summer! 🐾

🐶 Current pets: Goose, a chocolate lab mix.

📚 A few fun facts:
• Will is currently a student at Virginia Tech
• He serves as the President of the Montgomery County Animal Shelter Club
• He’s also a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta at Virginia Tech

⚽ Hobbies outside of work: Will enjoys playing football, pickleball, and animal care!

💡 Fun animal fact from Will: Did you know a wagging tail doesn’t always mean a dog is friendly? Tail wagging can signal many emotions including stress, so always approach cautiously!

We’re wishing Will all the best as he heads back to Virginia Tech for his next semester! Thank you for being part of the Chadwell family, Will — we’ll miss you and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish. 💙🐾

08/29/2025

Last weekend, several of our staff attended Oxford Ferret Rescue’s Paint Your Pet fundraiser event. This was such a fun get together, all while supporting a great cause.

08/28/2025

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day 🌈

Today, we take a moment to remember and honor the beloved pets who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. 💜 Whether they were with us for years or only a short time, they left pawprints on our hearts that will never fade.

We know the grief of losing a furry, feathered, or scaled friend is unlike any other, but we also know the love, joy, and memories they gave us are forever. 🐾💞

“Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.” 🌈🐾

08/26/2025

Happy Turtle Tuesday! 🐢

This photogenic girl is Hematite. She came in with a minor shell fracture and an injured back leg that ultimately needed to be amputated. While she may not have all her toes, she can still use her foot very well and has been released!

08/18/2025

Meet Me Monday: Meghan 🐾

Say hello to Meghan, one of our veterinary technicians here at Chadwell Animal Hospital! 🩺🐶🐱

Meghan joined our team about 2 months ago and has been a wonderful addition. She graduated from Salisbury University in 2024 and is currently a veterinary student at UW–Madison, Class of 2028. Fun fact: before vet med, Meghan was a collegiate softball player! ⚾️💪

While she doesn’t currently have pets of her own, Meghan has fostered cats, cared for countless animals through school, and is an experienced dog sitter.

Outside of work, you can find Meghan at the gym, cooking up something tasty, reading, playing trivia, hanging out with friends, or attending sporting events.

Fun Animal Fact from Meghan: 🦀 Horseshoe crabs have blue blood, which is used by medical and pharmaceutical companies to test their products for endotoxins.

This past week was Meghan’s last here at Chadwell as she continues her exciting journey at veterinary school. 💙🎓

08/14/2025

08/12/2025

Good morning on this Turtle Tuesday! 🐢

Pietersite here is one of the many painted turtles we’ve treated this season. As you can see in the second photo, he had a minor wound on his underside that needed to be repaired along with a hind leg injury. After care from turtle tech Sierra, Pietersite has officially been released!

08/05/2025

Happy Turtle Tuesday! 🐢

Aquamarine is a yellow-bellied slider that came in with an injury to her plastron (underside). With thorough care from turtle tech Olivia, Aqua is all ready to be released! Check your local pond and you may see some of these guys swimming around or basking in the sun.

07/23/2025

Rugrat’s Story

One day, an ultrasound technician named Rachel was driving when she came across a deceased opossum. Knowing that this could be a mother with babies, she decided to check it out. While the pouch was empty, Rachel found a lone straggler under the mama’s armpit - a tiny, helpless rugrat.
Rachel knew exactly who to call and took the baby right up to Chadwell, where she handed him off to lead wildlife technician and licensed rehabber, Krystal. Having taken care of many babies before, Krystal knew that the vulnerable baby had a long road ahead of him if he was going to survive.
Throughout busy days and sleepless nights, Krystal saw this baby fight. And so she pushed on. After a while, the little guy began to open his eyes! Ever since then, he has not stopped being curious about the world around him.
Being that Rugrat was a single opossum being raised without siblings, we asked Irvine Nature Center if they were interested in a future ambassador animal. Due to him “imprinting” on humans, Irvine decided that he would be a great fit for them when he was old enough!
All of his aunts and uncles at Chadwell became the perfect things to climb on, lick, nibble, and play with every day. We learned he loves blueberries and hates face scratches.
While we already miss him terribly, we know he has an amazing home and an exciting adventure in store.

07/22/2025

Happy Turtle Tuesday 🐢

This big girl with a big appetite is Geode! You can see how her name fits her, as she came in with a large chunk of her carapace (upper shell) missing. With regular bandage changes and eventually a shell repair, Geode was given the all-clear and has been released!

07/16/2025

Check out this toad-ally awesome Wildlife Wednesday!

This American toad was found injured in the road by one of our assistants. One of his back feet had a minor abrasion that we treated with some topical ointment and antibiotics. After a short hospital stay, here he is being released back to the wild! We are always happy to care for creatures of any size 💚