Merry Christmas Eve! 🎅
While you enjoy your time with friends and family, we wanted to take a moment and show you what our family did for Christmas! 🎄 A BIG thank you to The Outpost for giving us a beautiful space and amazing food to celebrate our Christmas party! 🎁
Happy National Dog Day from all of us at Creekside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center! 🐾
Today is International Cat Day!
Let's see those feline friends! 🐈
This summer, Creekside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center staff got together for our annual Vet Med Olympics!!! Our day was full of fun, laughter, friendly competition and water balloon fights - and one we will talk about for a while! Until next year! 🐾
Guess the patient’s name!
Did our staff guess your pet’s name according to their breed? Let us know below!
CT scans are some of the fastest and most effective ways to create images of the inside of the body.
We are proud to have CT scan capability here at Creekside Animal Hospital & Wellness Center- allowing us to bring state-of-the-art veterinary medicine to YOU.
Good morning from the Creekside crew!
We hope you all have an amazing week 🫶🏼
We hope everyone has a safe & happy Halloween!🎃👻
Curbie decided he would help himself to an empty bottle of catnip scented medication from the trash... He likes to help himself to just about anything!🤣
This is a good reminder for us all to remember to put medications (for us and our pets) out of reach of our furry friends!💊
Check out these creepy crawlies!
A 12 week old kitten presented to us with itchy ears and head shaking, as well as dark, crusty discharge in the ears. We did a swab of the ear and created a slide. This is what we saw!
Ear mites are highly contagious and are spread through direct contact with another infested animal. To treat ear mites, we use a once-a-week drop for 4-6 weeks.
We will be closed tomorrow in honor of Memorial Day.
We will be back in the offices Tuesday with normal business hours. If you have a pet medical emergency, please call Purdue University Small Animal Hospital at 765-496-7911.
It's Lyme Disease Prevention Month!
Check out this video to learn about Lyme Disease and our recommendations to prevent it.
Did you know that our website has a "Home Remedies" section?😍
This page gives you some remedies that you can try at home while you wait for your pet to be seen by their doctor when it doesn't require immediate attention.
Some of the remedies include a bland diet recipe for when your pet has an upset stomach or diarrhea, a dry skin remedy, as well as information on seasonal allergies.
As always, if you are unsure if your pet needs immediate attention from the doctor, give us a call and we can give you our best recommendations!
Check out the page below whenever you're in need of something to try!⬇️
https://www.creeksideah.com/home-remedies/
Did you know that we have an educational blog?
This portion of our website provides a few educational topics that we feel are important for you to know as a pet owner.
Head over to our website to check these out, as well as more topics in the future!
Let us know what topics you would be interested in seeing on our blog in the comments below🌟
https://www.creeksideah.com/category/blog/
Sarcoptic mange (scabies) is caused by a parasitic mite that burrows just beneath the surface of the skin Sarcoptic mange is contracted through contact with an infected animal, as the mites quickly move from animal to animal. Sarcoptic mange is highly contagious to other pets and humans. In people, the mite cannot complete its life cycle so it will die in a few days. However, it may cause intense itching during that time and one should reach out to their primary care doctor should they contract scabies.
The defining symptom of sarcoptic mange is intense itchiness, usually accompanied by scabbing at the same site. This is usually found along the underside of the belly and on the elbows, ankles, and edges of the ears.
Diagnosis is made by a skin scraping examined under the microscope. We look for mites, mite eggs, and mite fecal material on the skin scraping, which all confirms sarcoptic mange. However, evidence of mites is found only a fraction of the time. This is because the mites burrow deep into the skin and it takes only a few mites to cause significant itching. Just because no mites are seen, does not mean your dog does not have sarcoptic mange.
There are both topical and oral medications effective against sarcoptic mange. Treatment will often need to be repeated several times, as most medicines only treat the mite and not the egg. Complete response to the therapy may take between four to six weeks.
In this short clip you'll see a sarcoptic mite that was found by Dr Clark a short while back. In the comments, you'll find a photo of the mite egg.
Did any of your pets SAFELY and COMFORTABLY, ENJOY wearing a costume recently? We'd love to see it!
More Safety Tips
4) Keep your pets away from all the Hocus Pocus. Hustle and bustle associated with the holiday activities often causes stress for our pets. Keeping them inside and in a room away from the trick or treaters or other guests will help minimize that. While taking your pet trick or treating may sound like fun, there are way too many scary situations that can arise during this time. It is best to just leave them at home.
5) Along with leaving them at home, be sure you are keeping them inside. Many sad situations happen when pet's are left outside around this holiday. Bad humans will often steal (or worse) pet's left outside. Be especially cautious of your black cats!
6) Not only, do we need to keep our pets home and inside, we need to help keep them calm. Door Bells going off, knocks at the door, dinner guests milling around the kitchen and family room, people hollering outside - these are all a few things that can add to your pet's stress. Help them out by using - Sound machines, fans, puzzle toys, thundershirts, or even anxiety medications from your veterinarian.
7) Last, but certainly not least, make sure your pet has been microchipped. Pet's run when they are frightened and if they happen to get out, you need a way to find them and get them home. If your pet is chipped, but you haven't checked it in a while, be sure to do so. Every now and then, a chip will migrate, be expelled from the body, or just quit working. It is better to know this before you need to rely on it to bring your fur kid home.
Have you seen ear mites before? Here is a video of what we see when we look at them under the microscope!
Ear mites can live on dogs, although we see them most often in our cat patients. Ear mites are highly contagious, and animals become infested by direct contact with another infested animal. The mite is miniscule and sometimes can be seen as a white spot moving against a dark background. We diagnose ear mites by observing them directly in the ear using an otoscope and/or by microscopic examination of discharge from the ear.
Although we typically see infestations in our young patients, pets of any age can be affected. Clinical signs of infestation may include a combination of:
1. Ear irritation, causing the pet to scratch at the ears or shake their head.
2. A dark waxy or crusty discharge from the ear.
4. A crusted rash around or in the ear.
There are a couple ear mite medications that we carry, so treatment can be tailored to your pet’s clinical signs and your lifestyle. We will want to re-examine your pet after treatment to ensure full eradication of the mites.
Humans are infrequently affected by ear mites, they may develop an itchy rash, that will go away after the infested pet is treated.
