Bethany Animal Hospital

01/15/2025

Jodie added another certificate to her wall- she is now a Certified Canine Arthritis Management Practitioner (CAMP) through NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. We are so proud of her! 🥳Her ambition to continually learn more to help her patients is amazing. If you’d like to learn more about our rehabilitation services, check out this link: https://www.bethanyvet.com/canine-rehabilitation-therapy

01/14/2025

Enjoy a precious puppy pic on this cold and snowy day! ❄️ This little cutie, Chomper, visited us recently and quickly became a staff favorite.

01/11/2025

Charlee Ann had the best birthday visit with Jodie this Wednesday! Charlee Ann brought cookies to share, and loved opening some goodies from Jodie, too. 🥳

01/08/2025

Christopher the ball python came to visit us this week! 🐍

01/07/2025

Help us celebrate our January anniversaries! 🥳

01/03/2025

Happy first Friday of 2025! 🥳 Hoping it’s been great so far, and if you need a pick me up, enjoy these adorable pictures of Zinnia.

12/27/2024

We wish you a safe and happy holiday! 🥳 If you need care while we are away, please visit the following link for a list of local emergency hospitals: https://www.bethanyvet.com/patient-center

12/24/2024

Who wouldn’t smile seeing sweet Koda?! 😍 Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday! 🎄 We are here until 12pm today.

12/23/2024

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is monitoring a local outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). While the risk to the general population is considered low, there are important steps that can be taken to protect you and your pets.

The current local outbreak has been in Canada geese. We do not recommend attempting to handle or move ill Canada geese, and Oaken Acres Wildlife Center (our local wildlife rehabilitator) is not currently accepting Canada geese due to the risks to their staff and resident animals. Oaken Acres Wildlife Center can still be consulted at 815-895-9666 for concerns with any other species of wildlife.

If you need to remove a deceased bird from your property, please visit the following link for the Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines on how to do so safely: https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/respiratory-disease/diseases/influenza/h5n1/dead-bird-disposal-5-or-more.html

If you find five or more deceased birds in one area, notify your local district wildlife biologist, which can be found here: https://wildlifeillinois.org/idnr-district-wildlife-biologist/

While there have not been recent local reports, avian influenza has historically been reported in humans and a variety of domestic animals, including cats, dogs, and farm animals. While the infection risk to mammals is generally low, felines seem to be more susceptible to infection than other mammals. Most felines that have become infected with avian influenza did so after consuming raw meat or carcasses from presumed positive birds, or unpasteurized milk from presumed positive cattle. To reduce risk of exposure to pets, we recommend keeping pets away from areas where Canada geese congregate. We do not recommend allowing your pet to consume raw meat, carcasses or raw milk.

There is an increased risk to poultry birds, like chickens, turkeys and domestic geese. We recommend the following resource for information about how to protect domestic bird populations:https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/bro-protect-poultry-from-ai.pdf

If you experience flu-like symptoms after exposure to an ill or deceased bird, contact your local health department and health provider. If your pet experiences fever, lethargy, low appetite, reddened or inflamed eyes, nose discharge, changes in breathing, or neurological changes after exposure to an ill or deceased bird, seek veterinary care immediately.

12/23/2024

We wish you a safe and happy holiday! 🎄 If you need care while we are away, please visit the following link for a list of local emergency hospitals: https://www.bethanyvet.com/patient-center

12/19/2024

12/17/2024

Bane has perfected the art of dressing both stylishly and functionally ❄️

12/13/2024

At a year old, Seamus is 120+ pounds of adorable! We don’t see Irish Wolfhounds often, so he certainly caught our staff’s attention quickly at his recent visit.

12/03/2024

It’s Giving Tuesday!

We are collecting donations at our front desk for the Emergency Pet Fund through the end of December!

If you’d like to contribute, you can stop in, call, or make a donation online at the following link: https://bethanyanimal.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay
If you use the above online link, you can put any number for the invoice number and client ID and “Emergency Pet Fund” for the pet name.

If you donate through any means besides stopping in, feel free to email us at [email protected] to let us know what name (yours, your pet’s, etc.) you’d like added to our wall of giving! 😊

12/03/2024

Did you say treats?!

Maybeline certainly had plenty at her senior visit with us. 🥰

11/27/2024

Take a pause from the pre-holiday stress to admire this adorable pup- Gizmo Wigglebutt! ♥️ Remember we are closing at 5:30 pm today and closed tomorrow. For a list of local emergency hospitals please visit: https://www.bethanyvet.com/patient-center