The Paw Patch

12/05/2025

When we have 3 extra minutes to bougie up a bandage change. ✨️🐾🐈🫶

12/05/2025

Dr. Finnegan bonded with Miss Lucy today for her first check up! She is such a baby doll and truly such a funny little gal. 😘

12/04/2025

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⚠️ Plants That Poison the Holidays: What Pet Owners Need to Know

Holiday decorations often include lilies, poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly. While all of these plants can cause illness in pets if eaten, one stands out as the most dangerous by far.

💮 Lilies and Cats 🐈‍⬛

Lilies in the true lily and daylily families are extremely dangerous for cats. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration every part of the plant is toxic. Even small exposures, such as licking pollen from their fur or drinking water from a vase containing lilies, can lead to fatal kidney failure in less than three days. The toxin affects only cats. Dogs may experience mild stomach upset but do not develop kidney failure.

🎄Poinsettias, Mistletoe, and Holly

These plants can cause mouth and stomach irritation, leading to salivation, vomiting, diarrhea, and sometimes lethargy. Symptoms are usually mild.

☑️ Poinsettias can cause GI irritation but are far less dangerous than their reputation suggests.
☑️ American mistletoe can cause vomiting and, in sensitive animals, lethargy.
☑️ Holly can lead to vomiting and diarrhea in pets that eat it.

If vomiting, diarrhea, or lethargy persist, contact your veterinarian or an animal poison control center.

If Your Cat Encounters Lilies

If you think your cat has eaten part of a lily, brushed against the pollen, or drunk vase water containing lilies, seek veterinary care immediately. This may be a medical emergency. Bring the plant or a photo to help your veterinarian identify the species and determine the level of risk.

The Willie M. Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL), in collaboration with the Purdue University Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL), can assist with identifying many types of plants, both wild and domestic.

☎️ You can reach the ADDL at 765-494-7440 or by email at [email protected]
and the PPDL at 765-494-7071 or by email at [email protected].

Purdue Agriculture Purdue Extension Purdue University Indiana State Board of Animal Health IVMA: Indiana Veterinary Medical Association American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)

12/03/2025

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❄️EXTREME COLD ALERT❄️

Extreme cold is coming to Indianapolis this week. It is vital that dogs are brought inside during periods of extreme weather. The city of Indianapolis' ordinance requires owners to brings their dogs into a temperature-controlled building (kept between 40°F and 80°F), preferably inside their home, when outdoor temperatures drop below 20°F. It is also illegal to set traps when temperatures are that low. Failure to properly care for your pets in cold weather could lead to fines or even criminal charges.

Like people, cats and dogs are susceptible to frostbite and hypothermia and should be kept inside when temperatures dip. Longer-haired and thick-coated dog breeds, like huskies and other dogs bred for colder climates may be more tolerant of cold weather. However, no pet should be left outside for long periods in below-freezing weather.

Report strays and animals left outside to the Mayor's Action Center: https://request.indy.gov/citizen/home

If you need a winter shelter for a cat,Indy Neighborhood Cats will be have them for pickup the following times:

IACS (2600 S Harding St)
Saturdays through Dec 20th from 9am - 12pm

FIDO Indy (1505 N Sherman Dr)
Thursdays Thru Dec 18th from 4pm - 6pm
Sundays through Dec 21st from 9am - 12pm

11/30/2025

Babes, it is officially cold outside. Be careful and be aware! 🥶

The number of lost pets around is crazy in this weather. Please do not let your dog unattended to use the bathroom.

11/29/2025

The clinic is closed today, see you guys on Monday! 🐾

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving, Patch fam! We are closed today to spend time with our families. We will re-open for our normal business hours on 11/28 at 7:30am.
**We will be closed this Saturday 11/29.**

11/26/2025

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11/25/2025

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Reducing the stress associated with a cat carrier is key to less stressful veterinarian visits. It is possible for your cat to learn to like their carrier, making for easier trips, whether you’re going for a checkup or holiday-related travel. For more carrier and travel tips, visit https://bit.ly/3HILZAE.

11/24/2025

Thanksgiving holiday safety tips! ☣️🥧🦃

11/24/2025

🍁 We’re Thankful for You! 🍁
As we head into the holiday week, we want to share how grateful we are for our amazing clients and the wonderful pets you trust us with every day. 💛🐾

We still have appointment openings on 11/25, 11/26, and 11/28, and to show our appreciation, we’re offering $25 OFF an exam during these dates!

➡️ Be sure to mention coupon code: THANKSGIVING2025 at the time of scheduling, over the phone or online, to receive the discount.

Spots are limited — give us a call or book online today! 🐶🐱💛

11/23/2025