Shadowridge Veterinary Hospital

09/28/2025

Anyone looking for two cute kitties ?

Another week of adoptions and another week where C.C. and Maggie were overlooked. I cannot for the life of me understand why these beautiful, sweet girls continue to sit at the adoption center waiting.

They love to play, they love to be held, and they are so ready to leave their foster days behind and become part of a family. I know if someone just came in and met them it would be game over and they’d be adopted. Unfortunately, they’ve just had zero interest and our volunteers’ hearts break for them.

If you’re thinking about bringing a kitten or two home, please consider C.C. and Maggie. They have so much love to give and I know whoever eventually takes them will have 15-20 years of added love, joy, and happiness because of them.

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DM me for more info or apply below to meet them!

Adoption questionnaire:
https://kittenrescuelife.org/adopt

08/26/2025

08/12/2025

Too cute for words!

08/02/2025

👀 You may have come across the ads for these at-home ultrasonic tooth scaler/cleaning devices for pets. Although it may sound like a great idea to pet owners, using this kind of device at home is essentially performing anesthesia-free dental cleaning. It not only fails to clean pets’ teeth thoroughly, but it also poses many risks:
⚠ Without cooling with water, it can overheat teeth and cause damage.
⚠ It creates micro-scratches on enamel. Without polishing, the tooth surface becomes rough, and plaque will be more likely to adhere.
⚠ Teeth may look cleaner on the surface, but plaque and calculus are still present underneath the gumline, on the inside of teeth, and in other places where owners cannot reach while pets are awake.
⚠ The device aerosolizes bacteria during use, which will be inhaled by both pets and pet owners (dangerous!).
⚠ When it’s done for patients with painful dental conditions, it causes a significant amount of pain and discomfort. It can damage the relationship between pets and their owners, and in some cases, owners may be bitten by their pets.
⚠ Without proper diagnosis and treatment by professionals, disease can be hidden and will continue to cause pain and discomfort for pets.

07/31/2025

Oh no. 400 guinea pigs in need of homes. Share if you know people looking to add a pet GP to their home

07/31/2025

Do you have one of these breeds? The husky may be the most accurate…

07/20/2025

Our Saturday crew celebrating Emily and Alyssa’s next adventures- Emily is leaving to finish her degree at University of Hawaii in Manoa and Alyssa is going to start Vet School at Western University soon! Good luck ladies and best wishes! You are both amazing people and will go on to do great things and we are so fortunate to have worked with you and had you be part of the team at Shadowridge Vet!

04/29/2025

Shout out to MGM Plastics for our new anesthetic chamber. (For feral cats)

04/19/2025

ACCEPTED! Congratulations to our vet tech Alyssa - she just found out she was accepted to Western University for Vet School in the fall!

04/15/2025

The elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctually formed an Alert Circle to protect their young during the earthquake this morning.

03/29/2025

⚠️ What to know about the major harmful algal bloom impacting Southern California waters, according to Scripps Oceanography biological oceanographer Clarissa Anderson, director of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS).

🌊 The bloom of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia began in February—likely related to moderate upwelling conditions—and is still currently active in late March. Researchers have detected domoic acid in shellfish in Santa Barbara and south LA, while also detecting dangerous levels of saxitoxin, which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, in shellfish in Santa Barbara. While the bloom is mostly impacting Southern California, it appears to extend as far north as Monterey Bay.

🧪 Pseudo-nitzschia is a type of plankton that can produce a neurotoxin known as domoic acid. When these plankton are consumed, domoic acid can accumulate in the tissues of shellfish and fish. When consumed by larger mammals, like sea lions or even humans, domoic acid can cause memory loss, seizures, and even death.

🦭 More than 330 sea lions and over 100 dolphins have been reported stranded as a result of the bloom. This event has caused more dolphin and seabird strandings than in the past three years, with the potential to surpass prior events in total strandings.

🐬 If you encounter a sick sea animal in San Diego, keep your distance and notify SeaWorld San Diego at 1-800-541-7325. To report a dead, injured, or stranded marine mammal along the West Coast, call National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s West Coast Region Stranding Hotline at 1-866-767-6114.

🔬 The weekly samples and technology used to track these blooms are operated and maintained by NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System. The monitoring and modeling that Scripps scientists do to mitigate harmful algal blooms would not be possible without critical support from NOAA.

You can learn more here: https://bit.ly/4iKQ8q7

03/19/2025

RECALL ALERT - Savage Pet of El Cajon, CA is recalling 66 Large Chicken Boxes 84 oz. and 74 Small Chicken Boxes 21 oz. with the lot code/best by date of 11152026 because it has the potential to contain H5N1, also known as bird flu.

Savage Cat Food Large Chicken Boxes and Small Chicken Boxes were distributed to retailers in California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hjMMsF