St. Petersburg Animal Hospital and Urgent Care

09/17/2025

Happy National Pet Bird Day! To all our feathered friends and their humans out there, hope you're having a squawk-tastic day filled with treats, toys, and endless chirps of joy!

09/01/2025

Ginger Cat Appreciation Day is celebrated every year on September 1st! 🧡🐾

It’s a special day to show love and admiration for all the orange tabbies out there—known for their fiery fur, bold personalities, and sweet charm. Whether they’re called ginger, marmalade, orange, or red tabbies, these cats are adored by cat lovers everywhere. Feel free to share your gingers! 🐱

08/27/2025

What an amazing day with an amazing team! 🎉 Nothing beats great laughs, good snacks, and quality time outside the office. Everyone had fun making pottery. Grateful for a workplace that values both hard work and connection. Already looking forward to the next one! 🙌

08/22/2025

08/17/2025

Are you lucky enough to be owned by a Void Cat?

08/15/2025

Patient Dubs was recently seen for tummy troubles (now better) and was also diagnosed with a boopable nose. 10/10 Would boop.

08/06/2025

This week we had 2 patients come in within a couple days of each other that had eaten grapes or raisins, Addy and Archie. Grapes, raisins, and currants can cause acute kidney injury in dogs & cats. It is rather common in dogs but uncommon in cats because they rarely eat grapes. All types of grapes are implicated in toxicosis; commercially grown, organic, homegrown, seeded, seedless and red & white varieties. The mechanism of injury is not certain; it could be tartaric acid which varies by grape, an individual's inability to metabolize certain components of the fruit, or chemicals or mycotoxins on the fruit.

Acute kidney injury can occur within 24 hours after ingestion. Treatment is decontamination, intravenous fluids if indicated, baseline bloodwork and follow-up bloodwork to monitor for kidney issues. Signs of kidney injury would be inappetence, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, abdominal pain, uremic breath. Initially there may be excessive drinking and urination but would eventually lead to no urination as the kidneys shut down. The prognosis for recovery varies depending on decontamination and treatment and the pet’s response to treatment. Since the mechanism of injury is unsure, a toxic dose can not be determined and all cases of ingestion should be treated as as potentially toxic.
Both Addy and Archie are doing well now. 🐶

07/21/2025

Does your dog like to watch TV?
https://studyfinds.org/dogs-watching-tv-habits/

07/10/2025

Happy National KItten Day! Feel free to post your own kittens (even if they're not kittens anymore).

06/20/2025

It's the first day of summer! Reposting some tips to help keep your pets safe.

06/18/2025

The Internet was made for cats.
- just to name a few.
Who is your favorite Internet Cat?