Avon Veterinary Clinic

06/18/2024

Is it an Emergency?

03/27/2024

03/27/2024

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03/27/2024

Sounds like a problem for tomorrow morning…

03/27/2024

🌼 Happy first day of spring! Today is the vernal equinox, when daylight and night are perfectly equal and astronomical spring officially begins. We’ve been enjoying the sunshine and mild weather, and the plants are coming to life too. Whether it’s puppies digging up bulbs or cats nibbling on leaves, our ER sees a variety of toxic plant cases every year - and knowing which ones may be dangerous can be key to keeping your pets safe.

There are many more toxic plants besides the ones pictured here – we recommend checking the ASPCA Poison Control website at https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants for information on specific plants, and what signs you should look out for. If you suspect your pet has ingested a harmful plant, contact poison control for recommendations on how to proceed.

02/14/2024

When you adopt a cat or kitten it’s crucial to remember the 3/3/3 guidelines for settling in. For some cats they may come home and be right in your lap, others you may wait for that for weeks or months. For shy cats sometimes it’s even longer!

You see your cat who you saw at the shelter was familiar with that environment, that routine, those resources and the people who visited them. They now are in a conpeletely new place, with new smells, new layout, new people in which they need to ensure is safe before they can even maneuver to finding resources. Once that is done, then they consider seeking familiar faces out.

This is where having your cat come home to a specific room for the first few days can be helpful. They learn a much smaller environment and gain confidence as they learn that space is safe and the people come and go with love. Don’t rush that introduction to the rest of the house, the dog and especially not the other cat. It can wait…trust us….its often better that way.
Please! Give your cat time to adjust and learn a new life before giving up.

02/14/2024

Happy Valentine’s Day to all our friends out there, two- and four-legged alike! Here are our top tips to help you have a pet-safe Valentine’s Day!

02/09/2024

Next week is Valentine’s Day and the U.S. alone is estimated to spend over $2 billion on flowers, many of which can be seriously toxic to our cats and dogs. Before you buy that beautiful bouquet for someone with pets, stop and check that you’re not accidentally gifting them something dangerous – their pets will thank you for it!

01/13/2024

12/14/2023

Science of dog aging

12/12/2023

😺🐾⛄️🎁🎅🎄SUNDAY FUNNIES! 🎄🎅🎁⛄️🐾😺

Cartoonist - Maria Scrivan

10/21/2023

Also as of right now, we are still closed on Saturdays. The doctors and we as a staff are enjoying it while we can! It is undetermined when we will be opening again on Saturdays but we are trying to compensate by taking as many of you as we can during the weekdays!

10/21/2023

As everyone who has come in, spoke with us, and all of the above recently knows we’ve been pretty short staffed and we are trying our hardest to make sure everyone is taken care of in an timely and according manner! We would like to thank everyone for their patience with us and the next few weeks look very promising!

10/13/2023

Miss Mia said that she wants to be our new clinic cat🥹 this sweet girl just came in for her monthly arthritis shot and decided to make herself comfy

10/10/2023

We loved getting to meet miss Millie for her first appointment with us! We can’t wait to see more of her in the future and see her grow into such a big girl

09/14/2023

08/26/2023

07/26/2023

We’re pleased to announce a brand new Pieper primary care hospital – Pieper Veterinary Stratford!

This location will provide a full spectrum of primary care services and urgent care services for our clients, including wellness care and vaccinations, treatment for non-emergency injuries and illnesses, and routine surgical procedures.

Our Stratford location will be open 10am-8pm Monday through Saturday, providing convenient evening hours for our patients.

And because Stratford is part of the greater Pieper Veterinary network, you can rest assured that our emergency and specialty hospital in Middletown can easily and quickly access all your pet’s medical records and doctors in the event that they require advanced care.

Stratford is set to open in Autumn 2023, and the building is currently undergoing a complete renovation as we work to build it into a robust, state-of-the-art location. We’ve got lots of updates to come, so follow our new page Pieper Veterinary Stratford CT for the latest news!