Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Care Center

12/19/2024

Oscar auditioned for the role of Santa's reindeer yesterday...he narrowly missed the cut, but brought joy to our team as he took home the photo contest prize at our Staff Holiday Party.

11/26/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care Center 🐾

Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude, togetherness, and, of course, delicious food. At TBVS, we’re incredibly thankful for all our clients and their beloved furry family members. 🦃🐶🐱

Our hospital will be open 24/7, including Thanksgiving Day, for emergencies (specialty services will resume after the holiday). We’re here to ensure your pets stay safe and healthy during the holiday season.

To help keep your pets out of harm’s way, we’ve created a sweet, funny, and informative video featuring our talented technicians and doctors! 🎥💛 It’s stuffed with tips about which Thanksgiving foods to avoid sharing with your pets. Pun intended.

While many pet owners are aware of the big dangers like chocolate or onions, other ingredients hiding in common dishes—like nutmeg in desserts or garlic in stuffing—can also pose serious risks. So, before you slip that turkey bone under the table, take a peek at our video to learn more and keep your pets safe this holiday!

Wishing you and your furry companions a safe and joyous Thanksgiving! 🐾💛 Don’t forget to check out our video and share it with your fellow pet lovers. Together, we can ensure this holiday is one of gratitude and safety for the whole family.

10/31/2024

This is Halloween at TBVS! Trick or treat, smell my feet, but please don’t let your pets eat! 🐶🍬 As you enjoy the spooky festivities, remember that while chocolate might be a sweet treat for you, it can be a real fright for our furry friends!

Speaking of treats, our team and their pets are dressed to impress this Halloween! From the Queen of Sparkles, a cowgirl with her cow, a banana, and to Wednesday Addams, our costumes are pawsitively spook-tacular! 🎉🦸‍♀️

Let’s keep this Halloween a howling good time for all! We’ve got some feline fabulous outfits too—our cat-loving staff members are ready to make this a purr-fectly haunting holiday. Share your cutest pet costumes with us in the comments—we can't wait to see your furry friends in their spook-tacular outfits!

10/18/2024

After a rough month for everyone, here’s something we can celebrate! These pawsitively amazing pups have all completed a huge milestone by completing their chemotherapy regimens! Congratulations Lola, Frio, Willow, Bagheera, and Vader !!! 🎉❤️

10/13/2024

Our Emergency service will reopen at 10 am today (Sunday, 10/13) and remain open on our normal 24/7 schedule. Specialty services will resume their normal schedules on Monday, 10/14.

We are excited to be back open for the pet community! 🐾🐾🐾

10/10/2024

Due to ongoing power loss at the hospital, we will remain closed tomorrow (10/11). Reopening time and day will be announced here once we are able.

10/08/2024

The safety of our team is of utmost importance. To allow them to prepare and evacuate as necessary, we have updated our operational hours in advance of Hurricane Milton:

- All operations will cease and our hospital will close at 8 pm on Tuesday, 10/8 (Specialty and ER Departments will stop seeing new patients at 6 pm).
- The hospital will reopen on Friday, 10/11 at 8 am.

Phones will not be answered during the closure period. Any further changes to operational hours will be posted here, on our voicemail, and on our website.

💙🐾Take care and stay safe! 🐾💜

10/07/2024

We wish everyone safety in the coming days!

Whether you are evacuating or staying home, please do not forget to plan for your pets. One important step is to check your supply of your pet's medications. We are open today and tomorrow if you need refills or have last-minute Emergency and Urgent care needs.

Additional resources for preparing your pets are in the comments.

09/25/2024

Check out this resource with information about storm and hurricane preparedness for pets.

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09/25/2024

We are closely monitoring the forecast for Hurricane Helene. Our Emergency Service remains open with no planned change to operational hours or service.

Our Specialty services have adjusted schedules tomorrow (Thursday, 9/26). Please call the hospital if you have questions about availability or a scheduled appointment.

Any changes in Emergency service availability will be made here on Facebook and through our phone voicemail in the event of a closure.

08/29/2024

Exciting news! Check out these VIPs! Xuma, Zeus, and Nika completed their chemotherapy treatments. BJ, who is the chillest, sweetest kitty, completed his electrochemotherapy and Lola finished her melanoma vaccine treatment. We are ecstatic for their recent milestone!

08/13/2024

Put your paws together to help celebrate Sky, Lassie, and Dexter. Sky completed her electrochemotherapy regimen and Lassie recently finished her vaccines for melanoma. Dexter completed his 19 week chemotherapy protocol for lymphoma! We love them so much and are so happy to celebrate this milestone with them! ❤️🐾

07/15/2024

Huge congrats to our recent round of chemo graduates, Bella, Elsa, and Violet! Lily also completed all of her vaccine treatments for melanoma! Way to go sweet pups! 🐶🐾❤️

06/20/2024

It’s a GREAT day for CE!🐾 We at Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialists & Emergency Care Center are gearing up for a long awaited evening of learning as we partner with Hill’s Science Diet to present our very first QPR Su***de Prevention Training Workshop. We can’t wait to see you here. 🫶🏻 ***dePrevention

06/19/2024

Help us in congratulating Tigger on completing his chemotherapy for lymphoma! He got his name because he likes to bounce everywhere he goes! His tail never stopped wagging, he never stopped smiling, and bounced his way right into all of our hearts! Here's to Tigger's bright future ahead!❤️🐾

06/11/2024

⚠️Just one☝🏻day left to register for Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialist’s RACE approved event for Su***de Prevention!⚠️

Join us for an inspiring and informative dinner. Scan the QR code below or message for more details. All veterinary staff are invited to attend!