Belchertown Veterinary Hospital

03/26/2025

Aziz was super curious during a recent visit 😺

03/26/2025

It’s better to be safe than sorry, so check which type of lily you are purchasing before you bring any flowers or plants into your home. Lilies are beautiful plants which may brighten your home, but they are highly toxic to your cat. All

03/22/2025

03/22/2025

We’ll just leave this here 🙃

03/22/2025

Oh Pippin 🐰

03/22/2025

Wilson stopped in for a quick visit this week. Isn’t he adorable ❤️?

03/22/2025

Mia came in for her spay procedure. We enjoyed her snuggles thoroughly ❤️

03/16/2025

If you have outdoor cats or backyard poultry, you may want to remove your bird feeder.

Help prevent contact between wild birds, poultry, and pets by removing sources of food, water, and shelter that attract wild birds.

03/16/2025

There's a lot of talk of avian flu (H5N1) and cats. However, dogs and other mammals can also be susceptible to the disease. Working dogs (police K9s, livestock guardian dogs, and hunting dogs) that have a higher risk of being in contact with contaminated wild birds should be given the bivalent canine influenza vaccine to potentially help give some cross protection.

We know dogs can get H5N1, the circulating strain of HPAI. But the bivalent canine influenza vaccine is for H3 strains, so we are assuming some cross-protection based on human seasonal influenza studies. We know that direct contact with sick or dead birds is a high risk factor for transmission, so we are assuming that livestock guardian and birding dogs are more likely to have this exposure. Police K9s may be less likely, especially in urban areas, but it is dependent on how many dead birds are being reported. So there are assumptions to the advice to vaccinate working dogs with a related strain of influenza vaccine.

03/15/2025

Our girl Bree enjoying some lunchtime sunshine with her very protective brother Pippin. ☀️

03/15/2025

Misti came in for her puppy vaccines. What an adorable girl ❤️

03/15/2025

Bandit , a former Better Together Dog Rescue puppy, came in for his first visit with his new family. What a cutie pie ❤️

03/15/2025

Joey receiving laser treatment… he’s definitely enjoying the safety doggles 😎

03/15/2025

Hunter came in for his vaccines- he also tattled on his mom and told us he had pancakes with buttter for breakfast 🙃

03/09/2025

Molly has been receiving laser treatments for a knee injury. Her recovery has been fantastic. She also thinks her doggles are the coolest 😎

03/07/2025

Birthday happenings ❤️ Even though today was not one of Bree’s better days, we all took time to celebrate her on her special day. Bree was recently diagnosed with cancer. Her mom, Susanne, who is also our practice manager, and her dad Ian had hoped that she would make it to her special day. And she did. All of our BVH family came together, goodies in hand, to celebrate Bree. She definitely enjoyed her special birthday cake and all of the other goodies. We love you, sweet girl.❤️

03/07/2025

Happy Birthday to our special girl Bree❤️
Stop by today to say happy birthday and take a picture in our photo both 📸

03/01/2025

Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁We have a leg! Pippin is finally back on all four legs. We are so happy for him ❤️