Antigua Veterinary Practice

08/18/2024

Help us wish Dr. Yselonia a very happy birthday! Dr. Yselonia is definitely a pet and client favorite for many years at Antigua Vet. We're so grateful to celebrate another birthday today! Cheers to another year of providing the best care for our furry friends! 🐾💙

07/22/2024

Help us wish Selina a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎉

Selina works with us at the front desk, so you may be used to seeing her when you come in with your fur babies! At home, she’s got her own pups including her newest addition, a rescue frenchie named Dakota! We love having Selina as a part of our team and are so happy to celebrate her birthday today! 💕

07/18/2024

Dr. Searcy came to visit! If you’ve been a client for a long time, then you’ll remember Dr. Searcy! If you’re a newer client, Dr. Searcy is loved by so many and we hope he’s having the best retirement, we love when he comes to visit! 🩺🐶

07/09/2024

Hurricane season is upon us, have you prepared for your pets? Swipe to read some tips and comment your best Hurricane preparedness tips for your pets below! 🌀

07/06/2024

Everyone meet Melvin & Justin! 🐶

Melvin is a 1 year old Great Dane that came in recently for his first annual checkup, can you guess how much Melvin weighs???

✨ And happy staff highlight to Justin, a familiar face you may all know! ✨

Justin has been a technician with Antigua Vet for many years, and is definitely a client AND patient favorite (as Melvin showed sitting on Justin’s lap for the entire appointment!) Justin’s charisma and friendly nature is just the icing on the cake to his veterinary knowledge! We love having Justin on our team!

06/25/2024

We had a great team bonding at trivia last night at Mellow Mushroom! 🍕

Thanks to for sponsoring such a fun night for our team!

06/14/2024

Everyone say hi to handsome little Cinnamon! He has been coming to us since he was a little teeny pup, and is so big now! He was so brave and did so great for his neuter this week, we love watching our patients grow up. Great job Cinnamon!!! ❤️

06/12/2024

Do Fireworks or thunderstorms make your dog anxious?! Keep reading! 👇🏼

If you answered yes, then NOW is the time to talk to your vet about some anxiety relief for your pets. With Hurricane season upon us, and 4th of July just around the corner, vet clinics start getting super busy with requests for help with their pets and fireworks.

It’s best to have lots of time in advance with any anxiety relief for your pet, as it allows you to conduct a trial and see if it helps, assess how they may behave, and reconvene with your vet if necessary.

Dont wait till the last minute, call today if you know your pet struggles with anxiety, fireworks, or thunderstorms! 🎆

06/06/2024

We’re so happy to have this specially abled cutie Alice coming to Antigua!

Even though Alice only uses her front two legs, she looks so sporty and gets around great in her cute pink wheelchair, and is always so happy when she comes in, and she puts a smile on all of our vets’ and techs’ faces!

What kind of special-abled dogs do you know? 🐾

05/23/2024

HAPPY WORLD TURTLE DAY, and happy Staff highlight to Taylor! 🐢

Taylor is a staff member you may not see very often, as she currently works remotely handling our social media! Before switching roles and working remotely, Taylor worked full time as a veterinary technician at Antigua for four years! Outside of Antigua, Taylor spent her time volunteering with the where she helped with the rescued and rehabbed sea turtles undergoing treatment!

*All activities conducted under FWC MTP 24-228*

05/20/2024

Help us wish staff pet Hazel a happy birthday!

This Sunday, Hazel turned two! We saw her from her first puppy visit and is one of technician Brandi’s labs! We love you Hazel, happy (belated) birthday! 🎉

05/18/2024

CUTE PUPPY ALERT!!! 🐶

Everyone meet Yoshi! Yoshi is an 11 week old Shiba Inu puppy that came in for some puppy shots, and we definitely fell in love with that cute face! We can’t wait to watch him grow up 😍

05/01/2024

Happy National Purebred Dog Day from some of our staff’s purebred pups including:
- Honey and Hazel - Labrador Retrievers
- Sanford - Labrador Retriever
- Mrs. Beef - English Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Riggs - Labrador Retriever
- Ollie - Havanese
- Banks and Brenner - German Wirehaired Pointers
- Darla - Blue Tick Coonhound
- Sara - English Shepherd
- Goose - Labrador Retriever
- Dakota - French Bulldog

What breed is your purebred dog?🐕🐩

04/24/2024

Happy Veterinary Receptionist Week! 📞

We are so thankful for our receptionists working as the front line of the clinic, answering calls, scheduling appointments, speaking with clients, and sometimes even working many other positions through the clinic! We couldn’t snag everyone that works up front for a picture today (our receptionists deserve days off too!) but we are so thankful for our amazing front desk staff!

04/22/2024

Thank you to Zorro and his humans for sharing a dozen delicious cupcakes from ! Our team loved them and appreciates the kind gesture! 🧁

04/17/2024

Did you know you should protect against heart worms all year? Especially in Florida, our mosquitos are present year round. Here are some facts about mosquitos and heart worms from the American Heartworm Society so you can keep your pets safe! 🦟

04/15/2024

🎉 Happy third birthday to staff pet, Brenner!! 🎉

Brenner is a 3 year old Wirehaired Pointer owned by our office manager, Cynthia! Brenner enjoys long walks on the beach, playing with her brother Banks, hikes, and snuggling, but her favorite thing in the world? Her ball! 🎾

Help us to wish Brenner a happy birthday for our staff pet highlight today!!! 💕

04/12/2024

Recognize our lobby? Did you know this used to be the living room of the over 100 year old house that is now our clinic? We love having such a homey atmosphere for our patients and clients! 🏡

04/08/2024

Did you know that heartworms are spread by mosquitos? 🦟

Especially here in Florida, it’s important to keep your pet on heart worm prevention year round! Even if your pet spends most of its time indoors, infected mosquitos can still find their way inside and possibly give your dog heartworms.

Prevention is easier and more cost effective than treatment, so be sure to stay up to date on your heartworm prevention and tests!

04/01/2024

Happy Heartworm Awareness Month! ❤️🪱

Here is your reminder to pick up or give your monthly heartworm prevention to your pets! And keep your eyes peeled for more information about heartworms throughout the month!

03/30/2024

First puppy visit for Lefty and Luna! 💛

Lefty and Luna are Chinese Crested Puppies, a breed we don’t see too often! These little pups were very brave for their first visit this week and got lots of snuggles!

03/28/2024

Help us to wish Jeanie a happy birthday! 🎂🎉 Jeanie works with us as a skilled veterinary technician and enjoys fishing, the beach, and spending time with her family! We hope you have the best birthday, and hope this year is filled with joy!

03/27/2024

⭐️ STAFF PET HIGHLIGHT! ⭐️ Meet Rocky!

Rocky is a 5 year old mixed pup that belongs to technician Jennifer. Rocky knows a bunch of tricks, loves boat days, and likes to help Jennifer out with raising baby chickens. Rocky even likes to go for jet ski rides in the summer!

03/26/2024

Easter is coming up, but your pets can’t celebrate the same way that we do! It’s important to know what can be toxic to your pets, as we often have uncommon items around the house while celebrating the holidays.

Here are some things that are popular around the holiday, but are toxic to your pets:
🥚 Plastic Easter Eggs - if ingested can cause an intestinal obstruction
🍫Chocolate - theobromine is the toxic ingredient in chocolate that pets can’t metabolize like humans can
🧺 Easter grass - if ingested can get wrapped around the base of the tongue or cause a linear foreign body obstruction in the intestines, especially in kitties
🌸 Lillies - these pretty flowers contain calcium oxalates that are toxic to pets, and can cause kidney failure
🍬 Gum - many gums contain xylitol, which can cause life-threatening symptoms very quickly

If you are celebrating with Easter Baskets, an easter egg hunt, flowers around the house, make sure that all of these items are not accessible to your pets at all, pick up any eggs that aren’t found, and consider pet-safe flowers over lillies, to keep them safe during this spring holiday!

03/25/2024

Did you see a flea on your pet? There may be more to the story than you’re seeing ⬇️

Once you see an adult flea on your pet, there may already be more that you haven’t seen. In fact, adult fleas represent just 5% of the total population, with eggs, larvae, and pupae stages comprising the other 95%.

Not only that, but one adult flea can lay 50-100 eggs PER DAY. Thats why prevention is so important, especially here in Florida where fleas live year round. Our favorites for kitties include Revolution plus and Bravecto Plus, and for pups Simparica Trio, Nexgard, or Bravecto!

What flea and tick prevention do you use for your pet?

03/21/2024

We’re back on Instagram! It’s been pretty quiet around here, but we are going to be sharing more for you and your pets as a better way to serve you!

You can expect some posts to get to know the staff, their pets, our doctors, educational information, and some more entertaining posts as well. Feel free to send a DM of your pet, and we may share it here!

Note that if you need to schedule an appointment or have medical concerns about your pet, give us a call at the office or book online at our website!

08/29/2023

Safety of our patients and staff is our #1 priority. With the hurricane forecasted to affect our local area, we have decided to close at 5pm today. We plan to re-open on Thursday for regular business hours, as long as we have power. If you have an emergency please call: SARVEC(open 6pm-2am) @ 904-797-5770 or 24 hour ER: Capital Vet(Jacksonville) @ 904-647-7481, 1st Coast Vet(Jacksonville) 904-853-6310, UF(Gainesville) @ 352-392-2235.

12/23/2022

09/29/2022

Due to Hurricane Ian, St. Johns County has ordered evacuations for Zone A, where we are located. As a result, we will be closed Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th. We will reopen Saturday, October 1st at 8 am.

For emergencies, call SARVEC on U.S. 1 (opens at 6 pm) at (904) 797-5770 or Capital Veterinary Specialists in Jacksonville (open 24 hours) at (904) 647-7481.

02/19/2022

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Garrett Mock. We are excited to add Dr. Mock to our growing team! Dr. Mock brings his knowledge of the latest treatments and techniques as well as his caring and compassionate heart to our practice. We can’t wait for y’all to meet him. We know you will love him as much as we do! His bio is posted below:

Dr. Garrett Mock was born here is St. Augustine, FL and was raised in the small town of Ridgeland, SC. He graduated from Clemson University in 2017 with a Bachelor degree in Animal and Veterinary Sciences. He attended veterinary school at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies. He completed his final year of clinical training at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Dr. Mock began dating his wife Ashley in high school, they attended college together at Clemson and were married in 2014. Their pets include 2 dogs, Cookie and Indie, and a bearded dragon named Sully. Dr. Mock enjoys hunting, fishing, the outdoors and spending time with his family.