Monroe Street Animal Hospital

06/26/2024

Sibling relations are the same regardless of species: the baby of the family gets away with murder until they try it with the eldest sister.💪🏼

06/24/2024

🇺🇸 The Fourth of July is next week! 🇺🇸
Now is the time to prepare for noise anxiety!

06/21/2024

Our first official visit from Dr. Kobe was a big success!

We didn’t exactly ease her into things - she had two high stress patients, including our very own Cheese Marie - so it was amazing to see how quickly they settled once treatment started. No drama, no anxiety, just chill.

Dr. Kobe’s next day with us will be July 12, call now to reserve a spot with her! Acupuncture is a great option for chronic diseases and arthritic pain.

06/13/2024

It’s our sixth anniversary today! According to tradition, six years should be celebrated with iron or sugar. Guess which one we choose?

06/07/2024

We have exciting news! Starting on Friday, June 21, Monroe Street Animal Hospital will be able to provide integrative veterinary medicine to our patients. We will be working with Dr. Rachel Kobe to offer acupuncture, Chinese herbal therapy, medical massage, and food therapy. Dr. Kobe graduated from the school of Veterinary Medicine at LSU before becoming a certified veterinary acupuncturist through Chi University. She is currently finishing her certification in herbal therapy and food therapy.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kobe to the team, and give us a call if you would like to see what Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine can do for your pet!

06/05/2024

Heads up, everybody: It’s loud noise season. We’re already having big thunderstorms and fireworks are just around the corner. If your pet has noise anxiety, now is a good time to figure out the best way to help them. There are a variety of pharmaceutical and more holistic options available, so we can tailor individual solutions for everyone.

06/01/2024

05/27/2024

We will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

05/22/2024

Shout out to the Fed Ex guy who looked at our employee of the month photo and informed us, “That’s a cat.”

Thanks, my dude, we noticed. He’s won it 42 months in a row, we’re starting to think it’s rigged.

05/13/2024

Heads up, everybody: We will be changing to a new phone service provider tomorrow. (This is a good thing! We look forward to an improvement in call quality and more customer service options.) The actual changeover is supposed to be quick and painless, so you should not have any difficulty reaching us tomorrow. On the other hand, texting may be a bit bumpy as we make the changeover. Please bear with us as we go through the upgrade. ☎️

05/05/2024

Just a friendly reminder that once the sun is up, any cement or asphalt surface will be blazing hot.🔥 There is nothing magical about a dog’s paw pads - they will burn and recovery will be slow and painful.

04/24/2024

Please join us in wishing a happy Veterinary Receptionist Week to the official faces of Monroe Street, Samantha and Kailyn. Their kindness, compassion, and attention to detail make it possible for the medical team to do their jobs. We couldn't do it without them!
💚🐕‍🦺🐈🦔💚

04/22/2024

Old Mandeville neighbors: we are now a hub for for the coroner recall petition. The binder is at our front desk, you are welcome to drop in at any time during our business hours to sign. Let your voice be heard! https://recalltape.com

04/19/2024

Sitting here pondering the fact that National Cat Lady Day falls on the same day as National Dog Owner Appreciation Day.

04/19/2024

Happy National Dog Parent Appreciation Day - we salute everyone who knows the highs and lows of loving a dog.

04/13/2024

😳 Retailers are now encouraging pet owners to fool around and find out.

04/07/2024

Be careful with your pets tomorrow. After extensive in-house tests, we have determined they aren’t too keen to wear eclipse glasses. If they want to participate, they will need to use the pinhole in a box trick.

For everybody else, drop on by if you’re in the neighborhood. We have a few pairs of glasses and are happy to eclipse with you.🌞

03/29/2024

Is there anyone out there in need of a cat? This beautiful girl appeared out of nowhere six weeks ago and has been steadily warming up to her foster family ever since.

Kit Kat ear is tipped and she has no kittens with her, so she has to be spayed. She is young, maybe a year or two old, and had a clean triple test today. (No leukemia virus, no FIV virus, no heartworms!) She also had a full set of vaccines and a dose of dewormer. All she needs now is a forever home.

She is shy but friendly — she made biscuits even while we drew her blood. She is currently living outside in a coyote-heavy neighborhood, so the need is urgent. If you think you might be interested, give us a call at 985-629-4075 and ask about Kit Kat.

03/28/2024

Our clover has been growing like crazy. Unfortunately, so is our dollar w**d. Either way, everybody is loving the yard right now. ☘️

03/18/2024

Big news! The Prieto-Smith Cottage has been officially recognized by the Old Mandeville Historic Association and we received our plaque today. We had wanted to name it “Maison du Fromage” in honor of our boss lady but ended up going with something a little more dignified and historic. 🧀

03/01/2024

It’s Friday, we’re in love. 😻

02/22/2024

Hi-diddly-ho, neighborino!

02/14/2024

Great news this Valentine's Day about one of our favorite hearts: beloved rescue dog Holly no longer has heartworm disease! 🎉

A million thanks go to Mardi Paws for rescuing her and being so generous when sponsoring her care. Thanks to them, Holly is living her best life with her new family and getting all the love she deserves. 💗💗💗

02/13/2024

We will be closed for Mardi Gras, normal hours resume on Wednesday.

02/02/2024

We will close at 3 PM today, ahead of the parade.
💜💚💛
Hail Eve!

01/16/2024

It’s bitterly cold out and about to get colder but our hearts are toasty warm after being visited by a BASKET OF PUPPIES. 🥰

01/12/2024

Never a dull moment around here. Earlier, during routine abdominal surgery, this little critter popped out right as the incision was made.

If you’re wondering, it’s not a thread, it’s a hookworm. The patient had a very high worm burden when rescued and needed multiple rounds of treatment to clear them from her stool. Unfortunately, migration through the muscles is a normal part of the hookworm life cycle and some of them will decide to stay there. They are usually dormant outside of the gut, but this lil’ guy was pretty mobile.

For what it’s worth, hookworms aren’t particular, and they will be just as happy infesting a person as well as a pet.

If you sometimes think we are harping on the need to keep your pet on year-round preventatives, this is one of the many reasons why.

01/10/2024

New year, new name.

In 2018, we took on the project of rehabilitating a neglected old shotgun house that was in need of someone to love it. We found odd little quirks during renovation that started us speculating about the house’s past and its previous residents. Occasional visitors would share memories of the place when it was a private home, then later a health spa, then later still a daycare. We loved to hear these bits and pieces of recent history but were left guessing about the house’s origins.

The Old Mandeville Historic Association has been very generous with their help and we now know the earliest parts of the story; there are some very prominent Mandeville names in the mix. In 1875, Aaron Sharp paid $19 for the parcel of land that includes our lot. The land was held by the Sharp-Prieto family until 1905 and in 1911 the lot was sold “with improvements” (ie: the house) to Evelyn Band Smith for $250. We can then make an educated guess that the Prieto-Smith Cottage was built circa 1910.

With this background in place, we will be able to give the house its rightful place on the historic structure registry and put up a plaque so that passersby will be able to recognize it. This also allows us to give the house a formal name. Once everything is finalized, we hope to have some sort of open house to celebrate. More details to come.

01/06/2024

Nervous about spending the night away from home? We’ll cuddle you and give you a little after dinner snack to settle your nerves. ❤️