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Penobscot Veterinary Services, LLC

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Penobscot Veterinary Services, LLC

We attribute our success to our dedicated staff and services we offer. Please feel free to browse our site, particularly the informational articles.

From the inception of our practice, we have seen ourselves as a dedicated group of professionals working together to do the best job for our clients, patients, and the profession. Compassion, teamwork, and pursuit of excellence drive us to the standards of care and quality our clients deserve. We are happy to offer a number of resources that enable you to learn about how to take better care of you

r pets. The best veterinary care for animals is ongoing nutrition and problem prevention, so becoming knowledgeable about preventative pet care is essential to the ongoing success of your animal’s health. Our phone lines are open from 8am-5:30pm Monday-Friday.

11/15/2024

This week was Manager’s Week!!!

We would like to give a huge thank you to our two managers, Tiffany and Rachel! They are two of the most kind-hearted souls who keep our hospital running, alongside Justina, our owner 🐾 They are not only our managers, but they help make our staff one huge family! When short staffed, you can often find Rachel loading rooms for one of our doctors or Tiffany helping/monitoring our surgery patients who are under anesthesia! We are forever grateful for these two and could not function without them❤️🐾

Big HAPPY MANAGER’S WEEK to Rachel and Tiffany and all the other managers out there❤️

11/05/2024

Happy Tuesday!!

First and for most, Oscar and the Piggies were tied in the comment section! Therefore, based on the amount of likes the pictures received, Oscar the Grouch is the winner !!!

Second, we are happy to announce we will be collecting donations for the Furry Friends Food Bank 🐾

Furry Friends Food Bank supports low-income older adults who rely on this food to feed their pets! They are always in need of wet dog food, wet cat food, dry cat food, and litter. They also accept toys, treats and dry dog food. All pet food donated goes directly to program consumers to help keep their pets at home with them where they belong!

We will be accepting donations starting now until December 12, 2024! If you have items you would like to donate to this organization to help families and their pets in need of these supplies, please feel free to drop off any items!

10/31/2024

Hello friends!

To make sure our team gets out to hand out candy or trick-or-treat with their families, we will be closing at 5pm today.

Thank you and have a safe and happy Halloween!!!
~Team PVS 🎃

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween 🎃

Featuring our clinic cats: Milo and Eddie and some of our staff pets: Lakelyn, Rudder, and Whiskey 🐾

If your pet has a costume for spooky season, share in the comments below 👻

10/29/2024

Happy National Cat Day to our two favorite beans, Milo and Eddie🐈

Milo and Eddie are our crazy clinic cats, whose hobbies consist of: naps, stealing food, and escaping prison (back of the hospital) to the front of the hospital. We especially love when they set our motion alarms off at night time and take our food straight off our plates! We love them endlessly though and would not trade them for the world! So, happy national cat day to our boys and all the other cats out there 💙 Celebrate your cat, by sharing a photo of them in the comments below🐾

10/27/2024

Pumpkin Contest 2024 🎃

PVS Crew decorated pumpkins at our October staff meeting to be entered into a contest! Vote for your favorite pumpkin in the comments below! Vote by Monday, November 4th!

Stop by this week for Halloween pictures of your pets to be shared on Facebook with their costume on! Halloween pictures will be shared on Thursday!

10/16/2024

It’s Vet Tech Appreciation Week!!!

We are forever grateful for our wonderful Veterinary Technicians that make our hospital world go round! Celebrate with us by sharing your favorite story or experience with our technicians🐾

Thank you to our wonderful staff and all of the other Veterianry Technicians out there in the world❤️ enjoy these pictures of some of our staff pets 🐾❤️

10/03/2024

It’s Virus Appreciation Day!

We thought we'd share some information on a virus that has greatly impacted veterinary medicine, RINDERPEST! Now this virus does not greatly impact the species we see at our clinic, cats and dogs, it has changed veterinary medicine as a whole and is important to our history.

FACTS:
- Rinderpest is commonly referred to as the cattle plague, mainly affecting cattle and buffalo.
- Prevalent since the Roman era.
- First successful vaccine was made in the 20th century.
- Mortality rate of ~100% in susceptible herds
- In 2011, through sanitation, disinfection, and immunization, rinderpest was eradicated from the world.
- 2nd disease in the world to be eradicated, including human viruses

Rinderpest, World Organisation for Animal Health, 2016, www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Media_Center/docs/pdf/Disease_cards/RINDERPEST-EN.pdf.

Photo: https://pickingupthetabb.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/rinderpest-virus-the-scourge-of-africa/

09/05/2024

Good morning all!

Just a heads up, for anyone coming our way, there is a construcruon detour on Ohio street that you may wish to avoid. We would recommend coming by way of Union Street to avoid needing to backtrack.

Thank you!
Team PVS

08/29/2024

What do you want to know?

We are looking for feedback on what our clients/potential new clients would like to see more of on our social media pages! It can be anything from upcoming weekly information/newsletter, diseases, to photos of patients we see throughout the week with the approval from their owners! Please comment below what you would like to see more of!

Best,
PVS Team 🐾

08/27/2024

THANK YOU to everyone who helped us celebrate out 50th Anniversary of being AAHA accredited!

Thank you to Justina Miles, DVM/PVS Owner for always striving for us to provide the best and most excellent standard of care for our patients and clients! We couldn’t do this without you and your dedication to our Hospital!

Congratulations on our AAHA giveaway winners:
The Cahill Family & The Laplant Family
(Permission from owners to mention and post)
We hope you have enjoyed your pet wellness basket and are grateful to have you both as part of our PVS Community!

For those who don't know, accreditation by AAHA means that an animal hospital has voluntarily registered to be evaluated on approximately 900 standards of veterinary care. To maintain their accreditation, hospitals undergo a rigorous review by veterinary experts every three years. State and provincial regulations can vary widely – in fact, some states don’t routinely inspect hospitals, only going in for an inspection when a complaint is filed by a pet owner. AAHA accreditation is considered the standard for veterinary excellence, and does not vary between states or provinces (AAHA accredits hospitals in both the U.S. and Canada).

We are an AAHA-accredited veterinary hospital. That means we hold ourselves to a higher standard. Pets are our passion. And keeping them healthy is our #1 priority. Here, we strive to deliver excellent care for your pets. Because your pets deserve nothing less.

Please enjoy all of these photos of us celebrating our 50th AAHA Anniversary ♥

08/05/2024

Rumor has it, Charlie has a crush on Dr. Arena!

It’s not everyday we get to play with puppies, but when we do… we all sneak in for the puppy cuddles!

Mr. Charlie had a wonderful wellness exam with Dr. Arena filled with treats, belly rubs, and vaccines 🐾

I think it’s safe to say, he 10/10 recommends🤍

**Permission to Post from Owner**

08/01/2024

We are starting a new series, Toxic Thursday! Where we share one toxin you may or may not know that is unsafe for your pet(s) every Thursday!

Since it's summer, it's only fitting we start with a summer toxin to kick this series off: Cyanobacteria Poisoning

What is Cyanobacteria Poisoning?
Mostly known as, Blue-Green Algae, is cyanobacteria typically found in fresh water, brackish water, and salt water (ponds, lakes, oceans, etc...)

Who is at risk?
All animals: dogs, cats, horses, livestock, mammalian, fish, birds, and humans

Not all cyanobacteria causes toxicity and not all blue-green algae causes toxicity, but it is difficult to determine if the algae is toxic without further testing. So before you jump into the water, it is best to check for algae, and when in doubt, its best to try another water source!

What are the symptoms?
Symptoms can arise within 1-4 hours of contact and include but not limited to:
Vomiting, Diarrhea, Pale/Yellow Gums, Bleeding, Paralysis, Seizures/Tremors, Blisters, Itching, and Redness

Depending on the variation of toxicity, this can be fatal. It is important to seek immediate medical care for potential exposures.

For more information, you can visit our website! We will be adding this to our blog page online very soon!

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Photo: https://www.maine.gov/dep/water/lakes/cyanobacteria.html

07/31/2024

AAHA Picture Day

Come over with your pet for a picture to celebrate our 50 years of being AAHA accredited ❤️

We will share your pet’s picture with you and if you’re okay with it, Facebook as well! This will be up in the lobby until this Friday for our giveaway drawing🐾🐾

07/29/2024

AAHA GIVEAWAY🐾

One basket filled with pet parent wellness items!

How to Enter:
1. Must be an active client (Established and your pet has been seen within the past 3 years)
2. Write your name, phone #, and pet’s name

Limit: 1 entry per client per species!

Stop on by the clinic and enter our giveaway ending this Friday, August 2nd, 2024 at noon!

07/18/2024

Hey all! Our phones are not working properly currently. We have been getting reports of folks not being to get through or the phones saying we are closed. We are open! We apologize for for the inconvenience but please try again if it doesn't work the first time. They appear to be functioning right this moment but have been touch and go all week. If you are here to check in for an appointment, please feel free to come inside to check in.

Please use our email [email protected] for other communication. We will respond as quickly as we are able to do so. Thank you for your patience. Hopefully the issues will be resolved soon!

07/16/2024

Good Morning,

We will be closing this afternoon, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 1 pm for our monthly staff meeting. We will be reopening tomorrow, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 with our regular business hours!

If you have an emergency, please call 947-6783 and press our emergency line until 4pm, or please CALL ahead to one of the following emergency facilities.

PetMedic Urgent Care Veterinary Clinic
200 Lower Main St., Freeport, ME 04032
(207) 805-5398
(opens at 12pm)

Midcoast Animal Emergency Clinic
191 Camden Rd, Warren, ME 04864
(207) 273-1100
(opens at 5:30pm)

Portland Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Care
739 Warren Ave
Westbrook, ME
(207) 878-3121
(24 hr)

Maine Veterinary Medical Center
1500 Technology Way
Scarborough, ME
(207) 885-1290
(24 hr)

Address

411 Davis Road
Bangor, ME
04401

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 5:30pm
Thursday	7am - 5:30pm
Friday	7am - 5:30pm

Telephone

(207) 947-6783

Website

http://penobscotvet.com/

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PulseVet training day! Please see the separate post below for more information. This is Ruby! Ruby is one of our staff’s pets. She is a 10 year old Labradoodle who has osteoarthritis. She is currently on Librela and is doing well. However, she does have off days. In particular, her right shoulder and left leg and hip bother her. She suffered from a partial cruciate tear which still causes her some discomfort. Despite being nervous at the vet’s office, she did quite well for the PulseVet treatment. She was a bit nervous of the sound at first, but settled down rather quickly. Hopefully this treatment can ease any pain and discomfort she feels between Librela injections!

PulseVet training day! Please see the separate post below for more information. This is Miss Piper. She is owned by our Practice Manager, Tiffany. Piper is a 13 year old Border Collie who has been an agility rockstar all her life. Piper battles with osteoarthritis, tendinitis, and a soft tissue shoulder injury. She is currently on Adequan, but would benefit from a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; however she has kidney disease so she cannot have an NSAID. We are hoping the shock wave therapy will help relieve her pain long term! ❤️

PulseVet training day! Please see the separate post below for more information. Here's Nutmeg! She is owned by our Office Manager, Rachel. She is a 16 year old spayed female cat who exhibits chronic front leg lameness. Sweet Nutmeg is one of our fearful patients who prefers to visit PVS only when she has been pre-medicated. She has been medicated with gabapentin prior to coming to PVS for the day. If her eyes look wide, it’s due to her pre-meds. Nutmeg has been receiving Solensia injections for the last six months which has helped minimize her front leg limping. Today she had her first PulseVet treatment. Despite being a scaredy cat, Nutmeg handled her treatment like a champ! We are hoping adding PulseVet treatments will help slow the development of arthritis in her shoulders.

PulseVet training day! Please see the separate post below for more information. Here is Maddie. She is an 8.5 year old Dogue De Bordeaux owned by Dr. Miles. She has arthritis in her ankles and is on a daily non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The goal is to hopefully be able to wean her off of daily medication using shock wave therapy!