West Park Animal Hospital

02/19/2025

Meet Bonnie!
She is the sweetest little ball of love, and a world renowned cuddler. She and Jess hit it off immediately during Bonnie's first visit!

02/14/2025

Though chocolate is a great gift for people on Valentine’s Day, it’s not so great for our pets. Chocolate may be a mood booster for us, but for our dogs and cats it can lead to serious illness like vomiting, diarrhea and even neurologic and cardiac signs. If you are concerned about chocolate ingestion or toxicity in your pet, please contact West Park Animal Hospital and Animal Poison Control immediately.

If you are like us here at West Park Animal hospital and still want to give your four-legged loved ones a special treat this year look for healthy sweet potato treat options!

02/12/2025

In honor of pet dental health month, we have a few opportunities for you to test your dental x-ray skills. Answers below and more posts to come!

The green arrows point towards two broken incisor teeth. The pulp chamber (central darker line) is widened on both of these teeth indicating it is inflamed. Both of these fractured portions of teeth were below the gum line and would not have been seen without dental x-rays and one of them had an abscess or infection under it which was likely a source of pain.

The pink arrow is pointing towards an incisor that has a lost a lot of its surrounding bone and was actually loose when we examined it from the mouth. All of these teeth/teeth portions were extracted.

How did you do?

02/10/2025

Welcome one of the newest (and cutest) members of the West Park Animal Hospital Family, Oreo! Dr. Reitz was in love by the end of the appointment. 😍

02/04/2025

12/31/2024

Hours Update:
Tues. 12/31 - 7:30am to 2:00pm
Weds. 1/1 - Closed
Thurs. 1/2 - 7:30am to 6:00pm

Please call us if you have any needs prior to closing! Have a safe and happy new year!

12/23/2024

We hope you don't need it, but in case you do:

Blue Pearl (Tampa or Clearwater)
Tampa Bay Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (Largo)
VEG (Tampa and Pinellas area)
FETCH (Brandon and Clearwater)

11/19/2024

There's still some time to drop off donations for shelter pets this Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁😻

11/01/2024

We loveee our senior patients! 😍🐕🐈‍⬛ Did you know most pets are considered 'senior' around 7 years old? 😮 While it might not be time for them to sign up for their AARP card just yet, it is recommended to have senior pets examined bi-annually!

At this life stage, we like to monitor their joint health, weight management as well as checking for early signs of age-related issues (like arthritis or kidney disease).
They've been there for us all these years -- let's be there for them 🌞

Photo cred: Jade's stinky old man, Buddha 🖤

10/29/2024

Our veterinary technician Karli, and her sweet girl Wilma, are suited up for a laser therapy treatment! ✨
Wilma has arthritis in her knees, so she receives laser therapy to help relieve the inflammation and discomfort associated with this. 🎉

🐾This method of therapy is a painless, non-invasive treatment that uses focused light to help reduce pain and inflammation, as well as enhance blood flow and tissue repair.
🐾We use laser therapy to help our patients with many ailments- from ear infections to wounds, arthritis to cystitis and even on our post-op spay, neuter and dental incisions! 👍

10/22/2024

You may have seen a new face around the hospital if you've been in recently 😉 Dr. Rhoads joined us in the last few weeks as our newest team member!

With a heart for animals and a wealth of knowledge, Dr. Rhoads is ready to care for your pets with all the love and expertise you've come to expect at West Park ❤🐾

10/08/2024

For the safety of our staff, we have made the decision to extend our closure to include Thursday, 10/10. We have kept any appointments for Friday, 10/11 as we plan to be open. Once the hurricane passes and we have more information regarding the status of our community and operations of our hospital, we can provide more information on Friday's schedule. Please continue to check back for any updates. ❤

10/07/2024

HURRICANE MILTON HOURS UPDATE:

Unfortunately, due to the development and current projections for Hurricane Milton we have made adjustments to our business hours. We hope and anticipate to be in office for limited business hours tomorrow morning, the afternoon hours may vary to allow our staff members more time to prepare or evacuate for the impending storm.

The hospital will be closed on Wednesday, 10/09/24.

We are hopeful to reopen on Thursday, 10/10/24 for normal business hours pending weather, road, and power conditions.

We hope you all and your furry family members stay safe and dry during this stressful time, please take any and all necessary precautions.

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09/25/2024

To all of our patients and clients,
We have been closely monitoring Hurricane Helene these last few days as it approaches our beautiful coast. For the safety of our staff, patients, and clients we have made the difficult decision to close on Thursday, September 26th. We hope to resume our normal business hours on Friday, September 27th pending that roads and weather conditions allow us.
We appreciate your understanding as we try to navigate through this storm and we hope everyone stays safe and dry!

08/27/2024

You see how we trim kitty nails with little to no restraint? We don't scruff cats here. We don't force elective procedures. We're very demure, very low-stress. Very mindful of their mental health. Cutesy. ✨️

04/23/2024

It's Veterinary Receptionist Week! 🥳

If there's anything that we can agree on as a team, it's that our outstanding Client Service Reps have one of the hardest jobs in the veterinary profession. Yet, these three gals still show up with a smile on their face, ready to tackle the day and help our patients and clients! 🥹

Isa, Summer & Lauren - thank you for all you do everyday! We appreciate you and are so glad you're here with us! ❤

02/12/2024

It's our 6th birthday! 🥳💚
Beginning in 2018 with a dream to provide compassionate and modern veterinary medicine, we're now 6 years in! Our team works tirelessly daily to be there for our clients & patients and we can honestly say we love what we do 🐾

Celebrate with us and tell us a memorable moment you've shared with our team 🥰

02/01/2024

Bella has overcome a lot in her 4 years of life, but she's still the sweetest girl there is! 🥰 Her owner took this sweet photo of Hannah, Bella and Dr. Churchill during the exam today ❤