Cat Clinic of Asheville

01/12/2025

We hope everyone is enjoying the snow! We should be back open tomorrow for regular hours at 8:00am.

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01/10/2025

Our office has closed early this Friday due to the Winter Storm. We plan to open as usual at 8:00am Monday morning 1/13.

01/09/2025

If you need us, please give us a call or shoot over an email. Our texting service is currently not available. We apologize for the inconvenience.

12/27/2024

One of the reasons we do not recommend feeding a raw diet is the potential for pathogens in the food. They have identified the exposure of several cats that have lost their lives to bird flu as having been in the raw food they were fed. That food is now being recalled, but this is a good example of the risks of feeding a raw diet to our pets. Cooking food destroys most food-borne pathogens making it safer for ourselves and our pets when cooked. Please feel free to reach out to our medical staff if you are interested in discussing alternatives to raw diets for your cat(s) which does not have to include a commercially prepared food.

12/26/2024

Dewy and Louie’s Scary Holiday Story
(don’t worry - there’s a happy ending!)

Dewy and Louie’s humans had to travel away for the holidays, leaving them at home. Like good cat parents, they arranged to have someone from a well known online petsitting service come to take care of their precious cats. But it became obvious that, though they agreed to care for these little ones, this petsitter was NOT a cat person. Dewy and Louie were very scared (see the first two photos above). On top of being scared, the petsitter attempted to handle them when they were terrified, ending up with a bad scratch for their efforts. But the worst part? This petsitter decided since they got scratched, they wouldn’t return to take care of Dewy and Louie, leaving their owners out of town without anyone to check on their cats and feed them (pretty shameful in our opinion).

Obviously very concerned about what could be done for their cats, their owners reached out to the Cat Clinic for help and spoke with Valin. Valin knew right away that we needed to help! She immediately reached out to our entire staff explaining what happened and asking if anyone could help these little cats so they wouldn’t be neglected due to the actions of non-cat friendly petsitter. Several staff members stepped up, and despite a very busy holiday petsitting schedule, our own Karen Bencivenga was able to fit in caring for these sweet kiddos. Under Karen’s friendly attention, Dewy and Louie blossomed and were very happy indeed (see last 4 photos)!

Thank you Valin and Karen for getting these sweet cats taken care of - you are both living proof that not all hero’s wear capes!

12/25/2024

12/18/2024

**CLINIC HOLIDAY SCHEDULE**

Please be aware that the clinic will be closing early (1:00pm) on Tuesday December 24th and Tuesday December 31st and will be closed Wednesday December 25th and Wednesday January 1st in observance of the Christmas and New Years holidays.

11/25/2024

**HOLIDAY HOURS**
Please be aware the clinic will be closed Thursday November 28th through Sunday December 1st in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

10/27/2024

We love those house panthers!!!

10/17/2024

💜💜 National Vet Tech Week 💜💜

While we take the opportunity of National Vet Tech Week to celebrate our entire staff, we do not want to minimize the contribution that our registered technicians (RVTs) make to the clinic - we love our registered technicians and are so thankful to have three amazing RVTs as part of our team!

Registered Veterinary Technicians must complete two years of special schooling as well as pass a board exam to become registered. They must also maintain regular continuing education to keep their license. They are the equivalent of a registered nurse in human medicine, but do so much more! Our RVTs not only provide nursing care to our patients, they also act as anesthesia nurses, patient advocates, dental hygienists, pharmacy technicians, surgery technicians, x-ray technicians, and even janitors. And they do it all with patients that often do not appreciate their help, and may even lash out at them. RVTs are truly amazing individuals that work hard at a technically challenging and often emotionally challenging job.

Thank you to our awesome RVTs Crystal and Casey (pictured) and Amanda. We’re so glad you are part of our team!

10/15/2024

We have phones! (Mostly)

Our phones are back and running the majority of the time, so if you need us, feel free to give us a call. If you do not reach us, we can access our texts and voicemails now as well, so feel free to leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Just a reminder, our temporary hours are:
Monday through Friday 8:00-5:00
Closed 12:00-1:00 for lunch

Many thanks to Will King for finding a solution to our ongoing loss of phones/internet!

10/13/2024

🖤🖤National Veterinary Technician Week🖤🖤

National Veterinary Technician Week is a time to celebrate the outstanding work of our registered veterinary technicians and staff members. As a team, they are the heart of our veterinary clinic, providing exceptional care and support to our patients and clients. This year, we are especially grateful for their unwavering dedication in the face of Hurricane Helene's devastation. Despite the challenges they faced, our staff has worked tirelessly to ensure the well-being of our patients, including those in boarding, and have distributed donated supplies. Please take a moment to express your appreciation for their hard work and commitment to our veterinary clinic and the animals in our care.

10/09/2024

**Update 10/9**

The Clinic has been up and running for a few days now, despite the loss of internet/phones and running water. Our staff is working tirelessly to be present for our patients, despite some staff still not having power and water at their homes. We are filling medications and seeing walk-in appointments. And now that we have email access again, we are also scheduling appointments via email so we can get folks in that need to be seen.

On a lighter note, “Marshall”, the kitten dropped at our door following the storm, has also been hard at work - mostly keeping us all entertained. He is pictured here taking a (very) rare rest break. Marshall will be available for adoption once he is old enough to be vaccinated and neutered.

10/08/2024

We’re here and ready to help! Come see us!
The Clinic is open Monday-Friday 9:00-4:00.
We are currently seeing patients on a walk-in only basis but we are also starting to schedule some appointments. If you need us today, come on in! Or if your cat is due soon for anything, shoot us an email and we’ll make an appointment for you (please do not call or text as sadly our phone system is still down).
[email protected]

10/04/2024

We’ve missed you! We are excited to get back to the clinic and see our patients again. We will re-open for limited veterinary services on Monday, October 7th. For the foreseeable future, our hours will be 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00-4:00pm. We do not have phone or internet service at the clinic, so until those services are restored, we will be operating on a walk-in only, first come first serve basis (no appointments).

Please remember that our staff is experiencing the same trauma as everyone else in the region, so be kind. We will likely be short-staffed and short on resources and supplies, so we appreciate your patience.

We lost all of our vaccines and stock of Solensia in the power outage, so we cannot provide vaccinations or Solensia injections on Monday. We hope to have these products back in stock early to mid-week next week. Check in with us mid-week if you need these services.

If you plan to come see us, please bring a towel to help with the gentle restraint of your cat. Please also have your carrier covered with a blanket or towel for your cat’s comfort. We do not have running water, so minimizing our laundry load will be very helpful!

At this time, email is the best way to reach us. We have an experienced licensed veterinary technician reviewing and responding to any emails from offsite as well as trying to keep up with Chewy prescription approvals. Again, please be patient she is one person handling a large load of communications.

Please stay safe everyone and let us know if there is anything we can do to help our patients during this challenging time.

10/03/2024

Thursday Update:

We will be available today and tomorrow once again from 8:00-10:00am and 3:30-5:30pm for urgent medication refills. We are hoping to open Monday 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 for limited veterinary services. We will be short on staff and supplies and have no water, but we will do what we can. We may not have phone service by then, so it will likely be walk-in, first come first serve basis rather than by appointment until we get phone and internet restored. Please be kind and patient with our staff - we are all
Also affected by the devastation around us and are doing the best we can to help where we can.

We have cat food and litter free for anyone in the community that is in need. We were able to get small amounts of prescription foods (see list below) as well for those that need it to get by for a bit. Also, PetSmart in Arden on Airport Rd and PetCo on Brevard Rd are open and taking cash and cards.

Many veterinary clinics are opening for limited service starting tomorrow but do not have a way to communicate so it may be worth driving by your local clinic and checking for signs on their doors if you need veterinary care. Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) on Hendersonville Rd and Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital are open for emergency care as well.

As always, take care everyone.

Prescription foods (small amounts per person to make supplies stretch):
Royal Canin Multifinction Renal + HP
Royal Canin Hydrolyzed Protein (HP)
Royal Canin Urinary SO cans
Royal Canin Renal Support D cans
Hills GI Biome kibble
Hills GI Biome cans
Hills Y/d

10/02/2024

The clinic is still closed for veterinary care due to minimal staff available and no running water. We are hoping to be back up in some capacity on Monday. Our phones are still down as well as internet, so please be patient with us - it may be some time before we can get back to you if you’ve emailed or left us a message. We are only able to get these messages out by traveling to the fire station.

We are at the clinic daily from 8:00-10:00am and 3:30-5:30pm for urgent med refills and we do have litter and cat food for anyone in need. Please bring your prescription bottles with you so we can be sure to refill them correctly!

We have power if you need to charge devices. We do not have bathroom facilities or internet/WiFi but the Hop just up the road does have WiFi available.

I was able to confirm that VEG on Hendersonville Rd is open for 24 hour emergency care starting at 9:00am this morning. MedVet and SAVES remain closed. Western Carolina Regional in Flat Rock is open as are all of the ERs in Greenville (VEG, Fetch, and Upstate Vet).

If you need pet supplies, the following pet supply stores are confirmed to be open:
- PetCo on Brevard Rd
- Patton Avenue Pet Conpany (downtown location only)
- PetSmart on Airport Rd in Arden

As always, please be safe everyone! We’ll continue to post updates as we know more.

10/01/2024

Clinic update: We are still without running water, internet or cell service and therefore the clinic will remained closed for regular medical care appointments.

Our staff are safe and accounted for, but many have been forced to leave town or are trapped in their homes with no way to get to the clinic. We do have some dedicated staff members that will be at the clinic 8:00-10:00am and 3.30-5:30 Monday through Friday until further notice for urgent medication refills. We also have cat food and litter for anyone in the community in need as long as supplies last.

We do not have regular communication capabilities, so if you have a medical question, call Upstate Vet in Greenville at 864-233-7650 or VEG in Greenville at 864-252-9520. At this time most of the vet clinics in and around Asheville are closed and we have confirmed that MedVet, VEG, and SAVES are closed. We have received a report that Western Carolina Regional in Flat Rock is open for emergencies but they do not have phones working.

We will update you all once we have anything new to share. Take care and stay safe everyone 🐈‍⬛ 🩵💙💜 🐈